Persion Quotes

I hate quotations.

Tell me what you know.

The American people must be the ultimate judge of the public good.

The sum of wisdom is that time

is never lost that is devoted to work.

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best,

night and day,

to make you everybody else,

means to fight the hardest battle.

I haven’t slept for ten days,

because that would be too long.

Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is

the influence of good women.

Don’t compromise your principles for popularity.

You cannot have everything.

Where would you put it?

Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty

as well as by the abuses of power.

A nation will not survive morally or economically

when so few have so much,

while so many have so little.

Style is about expressing your personality,

not following rules.

You cannot do a kindness too soon,

for you never know how soon it will be too late.

I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913.

I was allowed to read.

My mother, who was a teacher,

taught me when I was a very young child.

The first school I attended was a small building

that went from first to sixth grade.

There was one teacher for all of the students.

There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages.

Justice without force is powerless;

force without justice is tyrannical.

Knowing is not enough,

we must apply.

Willing is not enough,

we must do.

When you play,

play hard;

when you work,

don't play at all.

Love the life you live.

Live the life you love.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

The things I want to know are in books;

my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.