Bo Bennett Quotes

To work is to feel alive.

Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.

Great goals make great people. People cannot hit what they do not aim for.

"Benedetto" means the "blessed one" and I feel that I have truly been blessed.

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.

Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.

Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized

When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

Practice to beat the best.

Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.

Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.

Good things happen in your life when you surround yourself with positive people.

For me, a hearty "belly laugh" is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.

The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do

The real Tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.

The President is the symbol of who the people of the United States are. He is the person who stands for us in the eyes of the world and the eyes of our children.

I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose - you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.

Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it.

Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.

Be positive. Be true. Be kind.

The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?

I can't ask for more out of life, and the more I learn, the less I know.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

I will do everything in my power to prevent a Palestinian state

The land is ours. I will do everything in my power, forever, to fight against a Palestinian state being founded in the Land of Israel.

Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.

The more you give, the more you can give.

I knew very early that somehow I would sing and draw and paint my whole life.

Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality.

Much of the left-liberal elite despise traditional religious beliefs ... in general, they are profoundly uncomfortable with religious institutions and the traditional values they embody.

Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.

No one has ever achieved greatness without dreams.

Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.

It is impossible to achieve the aim without suffering.

Responsible persons are mature people who have taken charge of themselves and their conduct, who own their actions and own up to them--who answer for them.

As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession.

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you 'don't have the time'.

Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom and behold it, as it were, for the first time.

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key.

You can't teach it [jazz singing]. There's nobody who can teach you how to sing jazz. Either you know how to sing jazz, or you don't.

The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.

Home is a shelter from storms - all sorts of storms.