True line Quotes

From a child,

I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music,

painting, flowers, and the sciences,

Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas,

if not a dead lion for this work,

is at least a caged and toothless one.

How can he oppose the advances of slavery?

He don't care anything about it.

The most interesting information comes from children,

for they tell all they know and then stop.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment

before starting to improve the world.

If you want to succeed

you should strike out on new paths,

rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success

All the armies of Europe,

Asia and Africa combined,

with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted)

in their military chest;

with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force,

take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge,

in a trial of a thousand years.

If a country is to be corruption free and become

a nation of beautiful minds,

I strongly feel there are three key societal members

who can make a difference.

They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

It's when children are 15,

16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor,

an engineer,

a politician or go to the Mars or moon.

That is the time they start having a dream,

and that's the time you can work on them.

You can help them shape their dreams.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life

so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method

for dealing with the darkness of other people.

Revolution is not a dinner party.

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.

Focus on the process,

not the outcome.

Much success can be attributed to inactivity.

Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell.

You're my best friend,

and I don't even like you.

Confidence is your best accessory.

Sustaining true friendship

is a lot more challenging

than we give it credit for.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral?

It is because we are not the person involved.