“Those deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.”
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
“I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”
“Curiosity has its own reason for existence.”
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits then strict justice.”
“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
“short famous quotes, Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.”
“The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.”
“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
“Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.”
“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.”
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.”
“There are two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind.”
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on- it is going on when you don’t have strength.”
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
“The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead.”
“Two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”
“My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work and I don’t deny it. I’d rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh- anything out work.”
“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.”
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad I feel bad. That’s my religion.”
“For certain is death for the born. And certain is birth for the dead. Therefore, over the inevitable they should not grieve.”
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
“No work stains a man who is pure, who is in harmony, who is master of his life, whose soul is one with the soul of all.”
“Not by refraining from action does man attain freedom from action. Not by mere renunciation does he attain supreme perfection.”
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”
“Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.”
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
“The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.”
“Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.
Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged.
I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man’s nature
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.
A constitution is the arrangement of magistrates in a state.
A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
All human beings, by nature, desire to know.
All men by nature desire knowledge.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
Happiness is activity.
Friendship is essentially a partnership.
Change in all things is sweet.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Hope is a waking dream.
Man is by nature a political animal.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
It is possible to fail in many ways… while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
Love is composed of single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Men acquire particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
The gods too are fond of a joke.
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousand fold.
You only lose what you cling to.
The trouble is, you think you have time.
Peace comes from within.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
Speak or act with an impure mind and trouble will follow you.
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.