America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin, all languages, all religions, all races, can make a home. America was built by immigrants.
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
Some may never live, but the crazy never die.
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
I do have a tendency to walk on the dark side sometimes. I have suffered from depression, I know how that feels, I have an innate inclination that way. Writing does help with that.
Joanne K. Rowling - September 2012
3Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate
And though I oft have passed them by
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.
A new road or a secret gate
And though I oft have passed them by
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.
The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.
The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.
The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Commitment is an act, not a word.
We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots.
A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.
Indecision may or may not be my problem.
One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values.
Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.
The art of bread making can become a consuming hobby, and no matter how often and how many kinds of bread one has made, there always seems to be something new to learn.
All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race - racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic - what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race.
