Motivation Quotes

The things that will destroy America are

prosperity at any price, peace at any price,

safety first instead of duty first,

the love of soft living, and the get rich quick theory of life.

The civilized man has built a coach,

but has lost the use of his feet.

My wife is always trying to get rid of me.

The other day she told me to put the garbage out.

I said to her I already did.

She told me to go and keep an eye on it.

Someone’s sitting in the shade today

because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children

and grandchildren is not money or other

material things accumulated in one’s life,

but rather a legacy of character and faith.

Everyone should have a passion.

If you’re passionate about something,

you’ll work hard at it.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Life is about expressing yourself in ways that feel true to you.

Management is about persuading people

to do things they do not want to do,

while leadership is about inspiring people

to do things they never thought they could do.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge,

passion and compassion.

I understand a ship to be made for the carrying

and preservation of the cargo,

and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo,

it should never be abandoned.

This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless

it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist,

without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

We will always have STEM with us.

Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away,

but there will always be science,

engineering,

and technology.

And there will always,

always be mathematics.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

The greatest delight which the fields

and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.

We sleep in separate rooms,

we have dinner apart,

we take separate vacations

we're doing everything

we can to keep our marriage together.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation

and five minutes to ruin it.

God has given us two hands,

one to receive with and the other to give with.