Everything Quotes

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

Never mistake motion for action.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

I do not seek. I find.

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

The mind cannot foresee its own advance.

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids' tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results.

I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.

A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it.

An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, or dull and nasty and insipid, or profoundly stupid in the special way that 'brainy' people can be.

You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.

The farther reason looks the greater is the haze in which it loses itself.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of Hollywood. People cluster. This means you have winning regions, such as London and Cambridge, and losing regions. The people who want to be top lawyers in Sunderland are hoovered up by London.

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'

I'm 27. I feel like I get it. I'm OK with being sexy if I feel like it. Some days I'm brainy, some days I'm funny, some days I'm sexy, and sometimes, I just want to dance.

The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught.

I'm reading a book, because I'm brainy. No, it is a book - if you don't know, it is like a blog except bigger.

If kids and teenagers can get into a band, it's probably not because they think it's brainy.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

The possible ranks higher than the actual.