Us Quotes

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.

Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.

A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

People are not perfect... very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises, but they've had to work through them. So the challenge to us is to work through that.

Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.

If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry.

Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.