#ken

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. ↗

— William James

#advantage #better #character #concrete #entirely

The cry comes from the friends of the school-room, from those who would give the State a strong, great, noble citizenship, for protection from the curse of drunkenness. This cry should be heard and answered by every lover of his fellow-men, no matter where his home may be. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

#citizenship #comes #cry #curse #drunkenness

Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it. ↗

— Robinson Jeffers

#mind #slain #solitude #taken #traitor

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#critics #first #gore #outspoken #senator

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects. ↗

— Lord Jeffrey

#inferior #intellects #little #may #sign

It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#did #essential #franklin #franklin roosevelt #john

The only thing that scares me in the tech area is that it moves so fast that you have to be ready to invest in 20 things. Because if you just invest in one, next week, somebody has a better mousetrap, and you get taken to the cleaners. ↗

— Daymond John

#because #better #better mousetrap #fast #get

I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.' ↗

— Jasper Johns

#could #decided #i #identify #likeness

My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it. ↗

— Jack Johnson

#chicken #friend #got #him #i

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#journey #miles #must #step #taken