Own Quotes

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain

too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet.

Try to make sense of what you see, and

wonder about what makes the universe exist.

Be curious

A tree is known by its fruit a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love

When you're the most successful person in your family,

in your neighborhood,

and in your town,

everybody thinks you're the First National Bank,

and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.

You have to do your own growing no matter

how tall your grandfather was.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen.

Make it happen. Make your own future.

Make your own hope. Make your own love.

And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator,

not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high,

but by doing what you can to make grace happen...

yourself, right now, right down here on Earth

Bradley Whitford

Every known fact in natural science

was divined by the presentiment of somebody,

before it was actually verified.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Somewhere,

something incredible is waiting to be known.

We seldom realize,

for example,

that our most private thoughts

and emotions are not actually our own.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

There is nothing deep down inside us

except what we have put there ourselves

Richard Rorty

I will not allow my life to be narrowed down.

I will not bow down to the petty restrictions of society.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another,

but let him work diligently and build one for himself,

thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe

from violence when built.

All the armies of Europe,

Asia and Africa combined,

with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted)

in their military chest;

with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force,

take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge,

in a trial of a thousand years.

Associate with men of good quality

if you esteem your own reputation;

for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, Not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, Right now, right down here on Earth.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, And he who plants kindness gathers love.

I have learned that friendship Isn't about who you've known the longest, It's about who came and never left your side.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.