Persion Quotes

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow;

it empties today of its strength.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people,

not run their lives.

Don’t ever trade your authenticity for approval.

The great illusion is that we are what we own.

Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can,

at the same time,

will that it should become a universal law.

When they call the roll in the Senate,

the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

People with great gifts are easy to find,

but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

If past history was all there was to the game,

the richest people would be librarians.

After two years at UCLA,

I decided to leave.

I was convinced that no amount of education

would help a black man get a job.

Innovation distinguishes between

a leader and a follower.

The most important single ingredient in

the formula of success is knowing

how to get along with people.

We must create an economy that works for all,

not just the 1%.

A goal is not always meant to be reached;

it often serves simply as something to aim at.

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope.

He wants to reform the world.

When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world,

but he knows he can't.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

The fox has many tricks.

The hedgehog has but one.

But that is the best of all.

It is better to deserve honors

and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Mankind,

when left to themselves,

are unfit for their own government.

The first problem for all of us,

men and women,

is not to learn,

but to unlearn.