Quotes May 19, 2022

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
Henry Rollins
(I saw this at Providence, must be from their Rock ‘N Roll Bible~)
 
 
 
 
I don’t dwell on success. Maybe that’s one reason I’m successful.
Calvin Klein – Fashion Designer
 
 
 
 
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.
Samuel Smiles – 1812-1904 – Author
 
 
 
 
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Abraham Lincoln – 1809-1865 – 16th President of the United States of America
 
 
 
 
“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.”
Henry Van Dyke Jr.
 
 
 
 
“The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.”
Albert Einstein
 
 
 
 
“Say ‘yes,’ and you’ll figure it out later.”
Tina Fey
 
 
 
 
“One man can make a difference and every man should try.”
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
 
 
 
 
“Power” is an abstraction, but its exercise requires tangible organization and institutions.
To concentrate power is to increase it, the whole becomes more than the sum of its parts.
Richard N. Goodwin,
speechwriter, presidential adviser
 
 
 
 
I have been driven by curiosity rather than certainty, by the wish to understand rather than the desire to pass judgment.
Ramachandra Guha,
historian, writer, environmentalist
 
 
 
 
I am learning to fly before I speak.
Jennifer Huang,
poet, writer, editor
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
How can anyone be against love?
Malcolm X,
Muslim minister, human rights activist