J.H. Lee Quotes

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.

You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.

Everybody wants happiness, and nobody wants pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

Love isn't about what we did yesterday; it's about what we do today and tomorrow and the day after

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

Keep recognizing that reality is changing and that your ideas have to change. Don’t get stuck in old ideas.

Building community is to the collective as spiritual practice is to the individual.

Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Those who give up cannot gain victory.” It’s not victory that is so important, but the fighting spirit. Even if you fail, I think even just the attitude of not giving up is beautiful in itself.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

If we dare to win, we should also dare to lose

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

There is a direct connection between violence against the Earth and violence against women.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

What’s so hard about love? You simply grab the other’s hand and refuse to let go.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.

One who wants to wear the crown, bears the crown.

Break the rules. Be a fighter. Any dream is possible if you are brave enough to do it YOUR way.

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

Talk and write in a way that encourages the mutual exchange of ideas and acts like a midwife to people birthing their own ideas.

It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.

All women are goddesses, and it's just a matter of letting that goddess-power shine - and if you don't try to be the biggest and baddest damn goddess you can be, you are selling yourself short.

To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying.

I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.

I don’t want to do what my idols did… I want to do more than they did. And I feel like I’m on my way.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.