Variant: Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Source: Julius Caesar
“Jesus was a great worker, and His disciples must not be afraid of hard work.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 128.
“The way to move out of judgement is to move into gratitude”
“The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today”
Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“I know my race. I just look in the mirror. I know I'm black.”
Remarks at National Action Network headquarters (9 July 2002)
“So many books, so little time.”
In that book which is
My memory...
On the first page
That is the chapter when
I first met you
Appear the words...
Here begins a new life.
Source: La Vita Nuova (1293), Chapter I, opening lines (as reported in The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time by Leslie Pockell)
“If anyone want to become a socialist in a hurry, he should come to the United States.”
American Sketches
“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”
Source: P.S. I Love You
“I shall never stop fighting. I mean this country to survive, to prosper and to be free”
Speech to Federation of Conservative Students Conference (24 March 1975) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102663
Leader of the Opposition
Context: I shall never stop fighting. I mean this country to survive, to prosper and to be free... I haven't fought the destructive forces of socialism for more than twenty years in order to stop now, when the critical phase of the struggle is upon us.
Source: The Power of Positive Thinking
While consistently attributed to Whitman, this popular motivational quote has no source. It is occasionally listed as occurring in Leaves of Grass, but the closest phrase found in that collection is "Be not curious about God."
Disputed
Variant: Be curious, not judgmental.
Source: Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
