30 quotes
"Why Shouldn'T Truth Be Stranger Than Fiction? Fiction, After All, Has To Make Sense."
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
"The Right Word May Be Effective, But No Word Was Ever As Effective As A Rightly Timed Pause."
"When A Person Cannot Deceive Himself The Chances Are Against His Being Able To Deceive Other People."
"Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing."
"The Reports Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated."
"The Educated Southerner Has No Use For An 'R', Except At The Beginning Of A Word."
"Drag Your Thoughts Away From Your Troubles... By The Ears, By The Heels, Or Any Other Way You Can Manage It."
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
"The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for."
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
"Thunder Is Good, Thunder Is Impressive; But It Is Lightning That Does The Work."
"The secret to getting ahead is getting started."
"George Washington, As A Boy, Was Ignorant Of The Commonest Accomplishments Of Youth. He Could Not Even Lie."
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that."
"Work Consists Of Whatever A Body Is Obliged To Do. Play Consists Of Whatever A Body Is Not Obliged To Do."
"The Very Ink With Which History Is Written Is Merely Fluid Prejudice."
"Man Will Do Many Things To Get Himself Loved, He Will Do All Things To Get Himself Envied."
"Words Are Only Painted Fire; A Look Is The Fire Itself."
"Don'T Go Around Saying The World Owes You A Living. The World Owes You Nothing. It Was Here First."
"Do The Right Thing. It Will Gratify Some People And Astonish The Rest."
"Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do The Day After Tomorrow."
"Why Is It That We Rejoice At A Birth And Grieve At A Funeral? It Is Because We Are Not The Person Involved."
"Courage Is Resistance To Fear, Mastery Of Fear, Not Absence Of Fear."
"It Is Easier To Stay Out Than Get Out."
"Don'T Tell Fish Stories Where The People Know You; But Particularly, Don'T Tell Them Where They Know The Fish."
"There Are Several Good Protections Against Temptation, But The Surest Is Cowardice."
"Reader, Suppose You Were An Idiot. And Suppose You Were A Member Of Congress. But I Repeat Myself."
"Don'T Let Schooling Interfere With Your Education."