Famous Life Quotes

Famous Life QuotesMartin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" 1963
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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
-Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" 1963

 George Washington Carver, newspaper column, "Professor Carver's Advice," 1920s
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It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile
ne drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts.
These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.
-George Washington Carver, newspaper column, "Professor Carver's
Advice, "1920s

 Victor Hugo, Villemain, 1845
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You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done
a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders
around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must
have gnats. Do not bother yourself about it; disdain. -Victor Hugo,
Villemain, 1845

 Winston Churchill, speech, Harrow School (London), 1941
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Never give in-never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small,
large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good
sense. -Winston Churchill, speech, Harrow School (London), 1941

 Stephen Colbert, speech, White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (Washington, DC), 2006
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I believe in pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. I believe it is
possible-I saw this guy do it once in Cirque du Soleil. It was magical.
-Stephen Colbert, speech, White House Correspondents' Association
Dinner (Washington, D.C.), 2006

 Mae West, Wit and Wisdom, Weintraub
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He who hesitates is last. -Mae West, Wit and Wisdom, Weintraub

 Calvin Coolidge, statement upon retirement as president of board of directors of New York Life Insurance Company, 1933
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Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccess-ful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence
and determination alone are omnipotent. -Calvin Coolidge, statement
upon retirement as president of board of directors of New York Life
Insurance Company, 1933

 George W. Bush, address, joint session of Congress (Washington, DC), 20 September 2001
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We will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. -George
W. Bush, address, joint session of Congress (Washington, DC), 20
September 2001

 A. E. Housman, No. IX, Last Poems, 1922
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The troubles of our proud and angry dust / Are from eternity, and shall
not fail. / Bear them we can, and if we can we must. / Shoulder the sky,
my lad, and drink your ale. -A. E. Housman, No. IX, Last Poems, 1922

 Mae West, Every Day's a Holiday, 1937
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then just so long as you
don't break any. -Mae West, Every Day's a Holiday, 1937