N.B. Williams Quotes
Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual.
When they have opened a gap in the ... wall of separation between the Garden of the Church and the wildernes of the world, God hath ever ... made his Garden a Wildernesse.
If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.
The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.
Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back.
So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories.
Happiness is not about the trophy, or the finish line. It's the journey. If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.
Jim Crow is alive and it's dressed in a Brooks Brothers suit, my friend, instead of a white robe.
It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup.
The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government.
I've been watching what I eat. When I was putting on all the weight, I was drinking Guinness and not eating. I didn't have room to because I was drinking all the time.
Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.
Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.
Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.
The human body heals itself and nutrition provides the resources to accomplish the task.
I'm quite obviously not the world's most handsome man - I'm the second world's most handsome man!
You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We're always told what's beautiful and what's not, and that's not right.
Let me sum it up for ya: We got some people who work for a living, and we got some people who vote for a living.
In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.
Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one.
I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear. And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen.
I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I came near!
Remember, before you can be great, you've got to be good. Before you can be good, you've got to be bad. But before you can even be bad, you've got to try.
I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.
Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.
There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.
The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves.
