Daily Quote Archives

“He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.”

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful, than a life spent doing nothing.”

“Hope is necessary in every condition.”

“If you shut your door to all errors, truth will be shut out.”

“Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.”

“When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.”

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

“Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.”

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.”

“I was drawn to music that addressed the spirit, probably because my own needed to be addressed.”

“A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.”

“Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp
of the individual who possesses it.”

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”

“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.”

“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything, is ready, we shall never begin.”