The best Quotes by Patrick Henry

The best Quotes by Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 - June 6, 1799) was an American politician. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

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The future is easy because it doesn't exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.
Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.
Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 5 Episode 1
Oh yes. The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.
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Timon: "You gotta put your past behind ya. Look kid, bad things happen, and you can't do anything about it, right?"
Simba: "Right."
Timon: "Wrong!"
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The past is the past, but if you're overanalyzing or trying to repeat it, you're gonna get stuck.
The past never stops, it reviews the present.
The past is always with us, Tyler. Now, you can try and run away but it's always there.
Rendell Locke in Locke & Key - Season 1 Episode 3
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The past is a wave. Keeps returning.
You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it.
History's a rock. Can't swim if you're holding it.
Walker in Bullet Head
I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.
The only time you should look back in life is to see how far you have come.
There's no need to change the past. Because of the past we are who we are now.
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What if everything that came from the past were influenced by the future?
To live in the past is to die in the present.
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The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
No matter how fast you are, no one outruns their past.
Dominic Toretto in Fast and Furious - F9
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I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.
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You don't know where you're going, unless you know where you come from.
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I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.
The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.
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Young people compel one to look forward on a life full of effort. Old people permit one to look backward on a life whose effort is over and done with.
I realized I've spent all my life creating a past.
You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.
You can't let your past hold your future hostage.
Don't live in the past. There's no point. You can't change anything. What a waste of time.
I look back with a mix of emotions: sadness for the people who are gone, nostalgia for times that have passed, but immense gratitude for the wonderful opportunities that came my way.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
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One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024
What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.
During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.
I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.
My parents were my worst audience.
I think a night like tonight shows a lot of young girls and young boys that if you can shoot you can shoot. It doesn't matter if you're a girl or a boy, I think it just matters the heart that you have and wanting to be the best that you can be.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2024
I'm looking to do everything that I possibly can to get better in every aspect, whether that's scoring, defending, rebounding, passing, i'm really just excited to be playing against professionals and learning from them and just seeing where that takes me.
Sky is the limit for her and what she can do on the court, in terms of her impact in the game but also the court as well... It's been fun to watch her journey.
Stephen Curry - February 2024
I grew up watching Kobe Bryant game after game, ring after ring, living his greatness without apology.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2020

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