Those Quotes

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

As the sun sets, we've all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.

Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to be a good re-election strategy for President Obama, but is a demoralizing message for America.

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.

Those who live are those who fight.

It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.

You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.

One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wanted to see, to touch, to prove. Those who question and probe and debate are heirs of the apostles just as much as the most fervent of believers.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.