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The past should be a springboard not a hammock.
The past should be a springboard not a hammock.
Every burden is a blessing.
Every burden is a blessing.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
In oratory the will must predominate.
In oratory the will must predominate.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.
The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of
human failure.
The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of
human failure.
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal.
What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal.
A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and
fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.
A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and
fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.