1,328 quotes found
“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.”
“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
“I've always seen myself as a winner even as a kid. If I hadn't I just might have gone down the drain a couple of times. I've got something inside of me peasantlike and stubborn and I'm in it 't...”
“So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?”
“If you can't write your message in a sentence you can't say it in an hour.”
“Old age is that night of life as night is the old age of day. Still night is full of magnificence and for many it is more brilliant than the day.”
“Sweet words are like honey a little may refresh but too much gluts the stomach.”
“In youth we learn in age we understand.”
“I am indeed a king because I know how to rule myself.”
“Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body.”
“He who conquers others is strong he who conquers himself is mighty.”
“Don't buy the garbage that you're over the hill at fifty. This country makes such a big thing about age particularly if you're a woman. What I think is relevant is your experience what you have t...”
“I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two even if that does make my sons illegitimate.”
“I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.”
“I am immortal! I know it! I feel it!”
“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult whereas I am merely in disguise.”
“Youth is not a time of life it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt your fear your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self-confidence young. Keep y...”
“We Can't Afford to Doubt Ourselves I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door I'll go through another door-or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come n...”
“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.”
“Minimum information given with maximum politeness.”
