Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you read more

Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.

Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.

Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon read more

Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon --but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx --the world went around, it didn't stop for a second. It's sad but true. John Kennedy, right?

Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through
my conscious thoughts.

Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through
my conscious thoughts.

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never read more

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You
must set yourself on fire.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You
must set yourself on fire.

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the read more

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.