Darkly Comical Quotes

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My share of the work of the world may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious. Darwin could work only half an hour at a time; but in many diligent half-hours he laid anew the foundations of philosophy. Green, the historian, tells us that the world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. – H. Kellogg

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works. – Cervantes

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young, but becomes constantly more valuable regardless of physical capacity. – Harvey Ullman

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. – Mark Twain

When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago—since which time he has been working, toiling and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery. – James Whitcomb Riley

Decision and determination are the engineer and fireman of our train to opportunity and success. – Burt Lawlor

If we have no faith in ourselves and in the kind of future we can create together, we are fit only to follow, not to lead. Let us remember that the Bible contains two proverbs we cannot afford to forget. The first is, “Man does not live by bread alone” and the second is, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Charles Luckman

Education is the mother of leadership. – Wendell Wilkie