The love we give away is the only love we keep. |
The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on. |
The man who has no problems is out of the game |
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work. |
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher. |
The object of teaching a child is to enable them to get along without their teacher. |
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. |
The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel |
The only time some fellows are ever seen with their wives is after they've been indicted |
The path of civilization is paved with tin cans. |
The path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked. |
The point I wish to make is this: [President William] McKinley gave Rowan a letter to be delivered to Garcia; Rowan took the letter & did not ask, “Where is he at?” By the Eternal! there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze & the statue placed in every college of the land. It is not book-learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies: do the thing—“Carry a message to Garcia!” |
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. |
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is a very simple and effective one: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge |
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. |