True line Quotes

The goal of my shows,

my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it,

whatever ventures I might pursue,

would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far

more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

We are made of star stuff.

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

I don't have a problem with the kids;

I have a problem with the mothers.

Much of the social history of the Western world

over the past three decades has involved replacing

what worked with what sounded good.

It is not the style of clothes one wears,

neither the kind of automobile one drives,

nor the amount of money one has in the bank,

that counts.

These mean nothing.

It is simply service that measures success.

I don't think of all the misery,

but of the beauty that still remains.

Keep your nose out the sky,

keep your heart to God,

and keep your face to the rising sun.

If your compassion does not include yourself,

it is incomplete.

Being busy does not always mean real work.

The object of all work is production or accomplishment

and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system,

planning, intelligence, and honest purpose,

as well as perspiration.

Seeming to do is not doing.

I like the silent church before the service begins,

better than any preaching.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Love means never having to say you're a zero.

I think people who have good parents come

into the world with a strength,

and an advantage.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death,

but a life without purpose.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man

without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

Work hard,

play hard,

and always stay true to yourself.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

My mother would look at me and say,

‘Kamala,

you may be the first to do many things,

but make sure you’re not the last.’

Confidence comes from preparation.