Identity Quotes

Desire is the starting

point of all achievement,

not a hope, not a wish,

but a keen pulsating desire

which transcends everything.

I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835.

It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.

It will be the greatest disappointment of my life

if I don't go out with Halley's Comet.

The Almighty has said,

no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks;

they came in together, they must go out together.'

My lyrics aren't offensive.

Some people find everything offensive.

Before you start some work,

always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it,

What the results might be,

and Will I be successful.

Only when you think deeply and

find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

I am grateful for

what I am and have.

My thanksgiving is perpetual

Foreknowledge is a tool;

wisdom is knowing how to use it.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion.

You must set yourself on fire.

John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space,

his courage,

and his service to all Americans.

Failure and invention are inseparable twins.

Don't let the noise of others' opinions

drown out your own inner voice.

To raise new questions, new possibilities,

to regard old problems from a new angle,

requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

I’m just trying to change the world,

one sequin at a time.

A friend is someone

who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Subjectivity is truth.

I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous

than myself to establish effectual barriers

against the horrors of spiritual tyranny,

and every species of religious persecution.

All truth passes through three stages.

First, it is ridiculed.

Second, it is violently opposed.

Third, it is accepted as self evident.

I’ve always been a bit of a dreamer.

You're not a dancer;

you're a girl who takes dance lessons.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

The best investment you can make is in yourself.