Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
There is safety in small beginnings and there is unlimited capital in the experience gained by growing.
Leaders inspire. They aren’t assigned leadership. They command it.
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
Life did not stop, and one had to live.
If we were all just alike, one of us wouldn’t be necessary.
I don’t believe in geniuses, I believe in hard work.
I like to surprise myself.
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
If you genuinely want something, dont wait for it teach yourself to be impatient.
Are you doing what you’re doing today because you want to do it or because it’s what you were doing yesterday?
The little I know I owe to my ignorance.
The industrial value of leisure as a promoter of the consumption of goods, and thus as a stimulant to business have been proved.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.
When women come up to me like, ‘I am a freaking senator,’ or, ‘I’m a doctor,’ it’s like, ‘Damn, y’all like me? I look up to y’all!’
Many unkind people have done kind things. Doing acts of kindness is not the same as occupying kindness, of being kindness.
I don’t know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer.
I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
