Quotes
Quotes - Adams
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends-always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.
Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding.
Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.
Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist, seeing the rich man and his ;fine home, says: "No man should have so much." The capitalist, seeing the same thing, says: "All men should have as much.".
There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, ;or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow-men, not knowing what they do.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to.
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.
Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air.
It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of facts. -Henry Adams.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.
There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.
His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else.
Energy is equal to desire and purpose.
