Hidni Quotes

Men's actions are too strong for them.

Show me a man who has acted,

and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently,

half slave and half free.

I have no other view than to promote the public good,

and am unambitious of honors not founded,

in the approbation of my Country.

When nature has work to be done,

she creates a genius to do it.

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

God has promised forgiveness to your repentance,

but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.

The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance

to the proper execution of all physical action.

Train,

say your prayers,

and eat your vitamins.

As we are, so we associate.

The good, by affinity,

seek the good;

the vile, by affinity, the vile.

Thus of their own volition,

souls proceed into Heaven,

into Hell.

'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas,

if not a dead lion for this work,

is at least a caged and toothless one.

How can he oppose the advances of slavery?

He don't care anything about it.

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very';

your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

A goal is a dream with a deadline

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness

of the woods before sunrise.

I don't have a feeling of inferiority.

Never had.

I'm as good as anybody,

but no better.

If you want to conquer fear,

don't sit home and think about it.

Go out and get busy

I call not for aid from the state,

but for justice.

So long as the memory of

certain beloved friends

lives in my heart,

I shall say that

life is good.

Press criticism is not pleasant,

but it is necessary.

It is part of the machinery of democracy.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth,

and the most serious occupation of manhood.

We say,

freedom is coming,

but we must be willing to fight for it.