Who Quotes

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten".

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up in the morning and that's the best they're going to feel all day.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'

I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

Who am I to blow against the wind?

I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.