Who Quotes

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

He who angers you conquers you.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

I wouldn't take it as a compliment if someone looked at one of my shoes and said, 'Oh, that looks like a comfortable shoe.' There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

People who don't like me talk about it as though I'm trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because it's 2008, not the 1950s. Tattoos aren't limited to sailors. It's a form of art I find beautiful. I love it.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.