Blaise Pascal

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak of yourself.

I’m grateful for all the breaks and honors and opportunities I’ve had, but I always believe I won’t have it made until the humblest black kid in the most remote backwoods of America has it made.

Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.

You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.

It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The universe, at any given point, in any given time, is expanding indefinitely in all directions. So trust me when I say, ‘you are the center of mine.’

If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.

Do you realize if it weren’t for Edison we’d be watching TV by candlelight?

When your life is nearly over, you will regret it if you look back and recall too many nights when you made excuses instead of making love.

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possesion, a duty.

All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism.

Life is a full-contact sport, and there’s a score up on the board.

I don’t have any bad habbits. They might be bad habits for other people, but they’re all right for me.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.