Heights Quotes

My observation is that

whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty...

it is worse executed by two persons,

and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

The leading rule for the lawyer,

as for the man of every calling,

is diligence.

I am from there.

I am not from there.

Today was good.

Today was fun.

Tomorrow is another one.

Never pick a fight with people

who buy ink by the barrel.

You’ve got to live your life for yourself.

Scouting is not a game;

it is a preparation for life.

Life is a test.

Everybody gets tested.

Public sentiment is everything.

With public sentiment,

nothing can fail.

Without it,

nothing can succeed.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major general.

An archaeologist is the best husband

any woman can have: the older she gets,

the more interested he is in her.

Prayer is an act of love

words are not needed.

Even if sickness distracts

from thoughts, all that is

needed is the will to love.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

To thine own self be true.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations,

she has to equip herself.

Everything is funny,

as long as it is happening to somebody else.

The human body has two ends on it:

one to create with and one to sit on.

Sometimes people get their ends reversed.

When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

Many of life's failures

are people who did not

realize how close they

were to success

when they gave up.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see

the miraculous in the common.