Shayri Quotes

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

That all men are equal is a proposition which,

at ordinary times,

no sane individual has ever given his assent.

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.

Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower,

or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets,

but I have found that when I silently commune with people,

they give up their secrets also,

if you love them enough.

Three things in human life are important:

the first is to be kind;

the second is to be kind;

and the third is to be kind.

The people,

and the people alone,

are the motive force in the making of world history.

The successful warrior is the average man,

with laser like focus.

Move fast and break things.

I decided to sell my vacuum cleaner

it was just gathering dust.

I believe that without

memories there is no life

and that our memories

should be of happy times.

Good Morning

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.

I looked up my family tree and found

three dogs using it.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance.

One must be an inventor to read well.

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus

more on creating village level enterprises,

quality health services and educational facilities.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up,

this diminishes fear;

knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Every experiment,

by multitudes or by individuals,

that has a sensual and selfish aim,

will fail.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

I’m not a big fan of the spotlight.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better,

you have to take things into your own hands.

If I had been white with the things I did,

they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.