Quotes from Books

The responsibility of intellectuals is to speak the truth and expose lies.

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to question and challenge power.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

The only way to get rid of the pain is to go through it.

We are not just a name, we are a legacy.

To be free is to be able to choose your own path.

I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Water for elephants is a metaphor for the burdens we carry.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

You were born to be a success, not a failure.

Your purpose is the key to your fulfillment.

The things you own end up owning you.

We all want what we want, but sometimes we can't have it.

You can't take it with you, so you might as well enjoy it while you can.

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

The greatest gift of all is the ability to share your life with others.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

It is a matter of survival. I will not let them win.

I learned that I could be a survivor, not a victim.

Hope is the anchor of my soul, the light in my darkest hours.

There comes John, and I must put this away, he hates to have me write a word.

I am absolutely forbidden to work until after the baby is born.

But there is something strange about the house I live in.

I sometimes fancy that in my condition, if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus, but John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition.

We are all born and we all die, but what we do in between is what matters.

I want to be the one who makes you feel at home in your own skin.

The body is a place of memory, even if it is a place of wounds.

I am not a poet, I am a citizen.

The word 'I' is a race.

You are not a victim but a witness.

If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.

Empathy is a kind of love, a kind of seeing, a kind of listening.

The more we listen, the more we can understand the world and each other.

Pain is a universal language, and empathy is its translator.

I am not a dream. I am not the way you think of me.

In a world where we are all so isolated, how do we find the connection?

Loneliness is the human condition. It is the price of being alive.

The car goes where the eyes go.

To be a good dog, you have to be a good listener.

There is no dishonor in losing the race, there is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

You are not born a champion. You become one.

The only way to grow is to challenge yourself.

Embrace the pain and become stronger.

The only way to get better is to push yourself beyond your limits.

You are not defined by your past; you are defined by what you do today.

Most of us only tap into 40% of what we’re capable of.

Life is one big tug of war between you and your mind.

Discipline equals freedom.

We can no longer afford to ignore the realities of climate change.

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it is happening now.

Together, we can combat the forces that seek to undermine climate science.

Sometimes the past is never truly past.

You can’t always know what’s going on in someone’s life just by looking at them.

What you see isn't always what you get.

The only easy day was yesterday.

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years.

If not us, then who? If not now, then when?

We are one people, we are one family, the human family.

You are a light. You are the hope of the world.

The things that make us different are what make us beautiful.

You don't have to be perfect to be loved.

Friendship is about being there for one another, no matter what.

The stock market is a giant distraction to the business of investing.

Spend less than you earn, invest the surplus, and do it for a long time.

Investing is not about beating others at their game. It’s about controlling yourself at your own game.