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“Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.”
“Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.”
“People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.”
“Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.”
“Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind or permit others to set up for you.”
“A lot of the best ideas seem silly or bad initially—you want an idea at the intersection of “seems like bad idea” and “is good idea”.”
“Life itself is a quotation.”
“Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages. ”
“Each path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable.”
“A person hears only what they understand.”
“Patriotism is not obedience to government. Patriotism is obedience to the principals for which government is supposed to stand.”
“Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.”
“Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process.”
“An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.”
“Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.”
“We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist.”
“The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.”
“Freedom itself demands discomfort.”
“Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.”
“Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'”
“I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”
“Never trust he who trusts everyone.”
“Love yourself with the same intensity you would use to pull yourself up if you were hanging off a cliff.”
“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”
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