Ralation Quotes

When one door of happiness closes, another opens;

but often we look so long at the closed door

that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

You have to be passionate about what you do.

Power is taken,

not given.

I’ve always believed in writing what I think,

even if it offends someone.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal;

it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

I can only say that there is not a man

living who wishes more sincerely than I do,

to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it

but there is only one proper and effectual mode by

which it can be accomplished,

and that is by Legislative authority: and this,

as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.

In order for the light to shine so brightly,

the darkness must be present.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon

the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

Opportunities don't happen.

You create them.

Life is complicated.

Politics is complicated.

But sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The first problem for all of us,

men and women,

is not to learn,

but to unlearn.

The price one pays for pursuing truth is loneliness.

I cannot salute the flag;

I know that I am a black man in a white world.

In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919,

I know that I never had it made.

The key to immortality is

first living a life worth remembering.

We must not fear mistakes,

for they are the steps to knowledge.

The most I can do

for my friend is

simply be his friend.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Our best thoughts come from others.