Heights Quotes

You only learn who has been swimming naked

when the tide goes out.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire,

men cannot live without a spiritual life.

No individual has any right to come into the world

and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct

and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

If anything is worth doing,

do it with all your heart.

Happiness is beneficial for the body,

but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

Wars are,

of course,

as a rule to be avoided,

but they are far better,

than certain kinds of peace.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth,

and I don't have to be what you want me to be.

I'm free to be what I want

Don’t ever trade your authenticity for approval.

If I were to try to read,

much less answer,

all the attacks made on me,

this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

Better it is to live one day

seeing the rise and fall of things

than to live a hundred years without ever seeing it.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible the fear of failure.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Be yourself;

everyone else is already taken.

Everyone thinks of changing the world,

but no one thinks of changing himself.

Never bend your head.

Always hold it high.

Look the world straight in the eye.

Failure and invention are inseparable twins.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

So long as the memory of

certain beloved friends

lives in my heart,

I shall say that

life is good.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress;

therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken

until after they shall have deliberated

upon the subject and authorized such a measure.