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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Favorite Quotes of Famous Men

But I know somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars

MARTIN LUTHER KING

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. MARTIN LUTHER KING

If a man hasn't discovered something that he would die for, he isn't fit to live.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

The price of greatness is responsibility. WINSTON CHURCHILL

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. WINSTON CHURCHILL

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. WINSTON CHURCHILL

You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was meant to be wooed and won by youth WINSTON CHURCHILL

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time WINSTON CHURCHILL
Courage is not limited to the battlefield

or the Indianapolis 500

or bravely catching a thief in your house.

The real tests of courage are much quieter.

They are the inner tests,

like remaining faithful when nobody's looking,

like enduring pain when the room is empty,

like standing alone when you're misunderstood."

CHARLES SWINDOLL

There is nothing in the world so much admired

as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

SENECA

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference. ROBERT FROST

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one that is most adaptable to change. CHARLES DARWIN

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Destiny is not a matter of chance,

it is a matter of choice;

it is not a thing to be waited for,

it is a thing to be achieved. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

HARRY TRUMAN

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

HARRY TRUMAN

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

MARTIN LUTHER KING

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, popular, or political; but because it is right.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

JOHN KENNEDY

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

JOHN KENNEDY

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal.

JOHN KENNEDY

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Love is a better teacher than duty.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

When you lose, don't lose the lesson DALAI LAMA

Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions DALAI LAMA

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

DALAI LAMA

Be gentle with the earth. DALAI LAMA

. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. DALAI LAMA

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

A man is what he thinks about all day long. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

All life is an experiment. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

People only see what they are prepared to see. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

The only way to have a friend is to be one. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

We must be our own before we can be another's. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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