Hidndi Quotes

Look in the mirror;

that's your competition.

Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.

Pursue what is meaningful,

not what is expedient.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars,

or sailed to an uncharted land,

or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

You're not a dancer;

you're a girl who takes dance lessons.

Lions don’t compare themselves to humans.

I speak to you only as an American

who happens to be an American Negro

and one who is proud of that heritage.

We ask for nothing special.

We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis,

and if we are not worthy,

then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.

The martyr cannot be dishonored.

Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame;

every prison a more illustrious abode.

You learn from mistakes,

but you don’t repeat them.

All religions,

arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run.

There is another old poet whose name

I do not now remember who said,

'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

It takes 20 years to build a reputation

and five minutes to ruin it.

Put some energy into it!

It is difficult to be a man in the modern world

without being aware of the absurdity of it all.

Intellectual growth should commence

at birth and cease only at death.

I never wanted to be famous,

I just wanted to work.

I am a slow walker,

but I never walk back.

It is a great piece of folly to attempt to

make anything out of my early life.