Shayri Quotes

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart:

I am, I am, I am.

Mankind,

when left to themselves,

are unfit for their own government.

If a fellow isn't thankful

for what he's got,

he isn't likely to be thankful

for what he's going to get

Be careful about reading health books.

You may die of a misprint.

I was willing to accept

what I couldn't change.

Happiness is not something ready made.

It comes from your own actions.

It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws,

but to break up both and make new ones.

I like living.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable,

racked with sorrow;

but through it all I still know quite certainly

that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Today, Negroes play on every big league club

and in every minor league.

With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life,

we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in.

In baseball or out,

we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality

we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

God does not play dice.

I don't understand why the press is so interested

in speculating about my appearance,

anyway.

What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

The alternate domination of one faction over another,

sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension,

which in different ages and countries has perpetrated

the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.

But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life.

A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation.

That cannot be abstract;

it is a lifeline.

The greatest delight which the fields

and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity,

they think of you.

Software is a great combination between

artistry and engineering.

Almost everything will work again

if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

The Times They Are A

Changin'