R. B. Thomas Quotes

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

The only security of all is in a free press.

There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.

A judge should be evaluated by whether he faithfully upholds his oath to God, not to the people, to the state or to the Constitution.

My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just

When the need to succeed is as bad as the need to breathe, then you'll be successful.

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.

At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.

You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

There was never anything so well devised by men which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted

Success is measured by the memories you create.

The acceptance of all that God has given us and the willingness to let it go - to give it back to him at a moment's notice - that's true human freedom.

Every child deserves a home and love. Period.

The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

The heart is not so constituted, and the only way to dispossess it of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

You should not take prayer too seriously. There is something playful about God. You only have to look at a penguin ... to realize that He likes to play little jokes on creatures.

Never Say I Failed 99 Times, Say I Discovered 99 Ways Which Causes Failure!

One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

What I really wanted was to fall in love with God. It's amazing what obstacles there are within us, or at least in me, that seem to slow this process.

Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy.

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

Ash Wednesday is full of joy...The source of all sorrow is the illusion that of ourselves we are anything but dust.

I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.

I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!

In the midst of life we are in death, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection.

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head. But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red. Crying's not for me. Cause I ain't gonna stop the rain by complaining.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity.

The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.