Quotations from Everywhere

(Part Eleven)

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

Men freely believe that which they desire.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.

Life is a tough proposition and the first hundred years are the hardest.

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

Let us live while we live.

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.

By the time we've made it, we've had it.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but his memory.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

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