Hidni Quotes

He who has health,

has hope;

and he who has hope,

has everything.

The only thing I learned in school

that I use today is how to write a check.

Believe in your dreams even when others doubt you.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,

and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

I do believe that God blessed me in life with a wonderful family, a successful career, and a loving marriage, and remain thankful for that blessing.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Happiness is beneficial for the body,

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

You may think it was a very little thing,

and in these days it seems to me like a trifle,

but it was a most important incident in my life.

I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy,

had earned a dollar in less than a day;

that by honest work, I had earned a dollar.

I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit;

Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of

his aren't very new at all.

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.

I speak to you only as an American

who happens to be an American Negro

and one who is proud of that heritage.

We ask for nothing special.

We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis,

and if we are not worthy,

then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone,

somewhere, may be happy.

If past history was all there was to the game,

the richest people would be librarians.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

In math,

you're either right or you're wrong.

To me,

the money is it's certainly a wonderful thing,

But it is in direct proportion to how you're able,

to bless yourself and bless others with it.

It is my desire,

in the office of a Christian minister,

to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart.

Having said this,

I have said all.

When they go low,

we go high.

If ever time should come,

when vain and aspiring men shall possess

the highest seats in government,

our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots.