Ed Lee Quotes

Honestly I just wear what I like. You know why? 'Cause I can, I'm a rock star.

We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.

The freedom of the mind is the beginning of all other freedoms.

The time is not come for impartial history. If the truth were told just now, it would not be credited.

For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Knowing is not enough, You must apply

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

I invented the web just because I needed it really because it was so frustrating that it didn't exit.

Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment.

Turn your sparring into play - but always play seriously.

The Breakfast of Champions isn't cereal, it's the competition!

We have only one rule here - to act like a gentleman at all times.

The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about.

If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?

Onew hyung usually smiles a lot but when he's serious, I can't stop laughing.

Believe me that in every big thing or achievement there are always obstacles-big or small- and the reaction one shows to such obstacles is what counts, not the obstacle itself.

I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of America.

Don’t just stand there; make something happen.

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.

Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.

I'm singing from my heart now more than ever. I've gotten a lot braver with my writing.

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times.

The More we value things, the less we value ourselves

Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.

Bodybuilding isn’t 90 minutes in the gym..it’s a lifestyle

Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.

My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage.

Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end.

If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence inside our skin.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

Training in God's gym may hurt sometimes, but He will make us stronger.

To see is to be decieved. To hear is to be lied to. To FEEL is to believe.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

Put every great teacher in a room, and they'd agree about everything, but put their disciples in there and they'd argue about everything.

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.

A man strikes you, make him bleed. He makes you bleed, you break his bones. He breaks your bones, kill him. Being hit is inevitable, strike back twice as hard.

Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith.

Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.

The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

When you love something it's not a job anymore.