True line Quotes

Lenience will operate with greater force,

in some instances than rigor.

It is therefore my first wish to have

all of my conduct distinguished by it.

Self knowledge involves relationship.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action

with another person.

The problem of the twentieth century is

the problem of the color line.

The things that will destroy America are

prosperity at any price, peace at any price,

safety first instead of duty first,

the love of soft living, and the get rich quick theory of life.

You shall know the truth,

and the truth shall make you mad.

A person who seeks to see the future

must first understand the present.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,

adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Many of life's failures

are people who did not

realize how close they

were to success

when they gave up.

I worked hard because I loved it.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be

suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

For it is in giving that we receive.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

Count your age by friends,

not years.

Count your life by smiles,

not tears.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

If you wait for 90%,

in most cases,

you’re probably being slow.

Legislation is meaningful only when it empowers people.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth,

and must undergo and withstand,

the shocks of adversity,

before it is entitled to the appellation.

If you can’t love yourself,

how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?

Concentration is my motto — first honesty,

then industry,

then concentration.

Because a paper has more patience than people.