Shayri Quotes

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.

Trifles light as air are to the jealous

confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.

I don't have a therapist,

so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.

Like what you do,

and then you will do your best.

The ends justify the means.

We may encounter many defeats but

we must not be defeated

Just as a snake sheds its skin,

we must shed our past over and over again.

I don't like being put in a box.

I just make music,

you know?

If men were angels,

no government would be necessary.

Manners require time,

and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

We are going to build a wall.

Life is short,

but it’s wide.

Take time to deliberate;

but when the time for action arrives,

stop thinking and go in.

It is with your aid, as the people,

that I think we shall be able to preserve

not the country, for the country will preserve itself,

but the institutions of the country

those institutions which have made us free,

intelligent and happy the most free, the most intelligent,

and the happiest people on the globe.

As far as I'm concerned,

I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

We especially need imagination in the pursuit of knowledge.

Climate change is a terrible problem,

and it absolutely needs to be solved.

A brave heart may be trusted to do its best.

All, everything that I understand,

I understand only because I love.