Heights Quotes

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

I can’t help but laugh at how perfect I am.

Failure is part of success.

Don’t be afraid to fail.

Push your limits;

that’s where greatness lives.

My parents were both born in Virginia,

of undistinguished families

second families,

perhaps I should say.

Everything takes me

longer than I expect.

It's the sad truth

About life.

Our lives are fashioned by our choices.

First we make our choices.

Then our choices make us.

Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won't forgive you if you lie.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

Whether it be true or not,

I can say, for one, that I have no other

so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow

men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

How far I shall succeed in gratifying

this ambition is yet to be developed.

Every book is a quotation;

and every house is a quotation out of all forests,

and mines,

and stone quarries;

and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

From a child,

I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music,

painting, flowers, and the sciences,

Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness

of the woods before sunrise.

I am humble Abraham Lincoln.

I have been solicited by my friends to

become a candidate for the Legislature.

My politics are short and sweet,

like the old woman's dance.

A vote is like a rifle;

its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Deep into that darkness peering,

long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting,

dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

If at first you don’t succeed,

try,

try again.

Then quit.

No use being a damn fool about it.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Press criticism is not pleasant,

but it is necessary.

It is part of the machinery of democracy.

You can’t wait for others to fix problems;

you have to act.