T.R. Patrick Quotes

Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life, but that he has surmounted them.

But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

There are some mistakes only someone with a Ph.D. can make.

Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.

You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.

People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money; but what they don't understand is that we need a lot of money because we spend a lot of money.

Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.

My most cherished possession I wish I could leave you is my faith in Jesus Christ, for with Him and nothing else you can be happy, but without Him and with all else you'll never be happy.

The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government.

I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.

Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.

Speed is absolutely key to creativity. The more time it takes to create something, the less likely you are to create something.

The cost of a loaf is a simple thing, and so a loaf is often sought, but some things are past valuing: laughter, land, and love are never bought.

The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life.

Choose your companions before you choose your road.

Love is awesome and endless, but it is constantly changing its form. You love something for what it is, then it changes. But that change can make you love it even more.

Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.

The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman.

In our pledge every day, we pledge one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all.

My bucket list is pretty much checked off. But oh, we should play in space! Let's do that. We'll play in space, up on a satellite somewhere.

They left us together for a reason. Let's show them why.

Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?

When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.

May our daily choices be a reflection of our deepest values, and may we use our voices to speak for those who need us most, those who have no voice, those who have no choice.

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.

Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world

For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and look after those who come behind.

Quiet IS the new loud.

The owner of Spotify is worth something like 3 billion dollars ... he's richer than Paul McCartney and he's 30 and he's never written a song.

The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't.

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think.

Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.

Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole; and each of its ideas and ideals wins also its place and power.

When you dance, things just go away, things don't seem so bad.

The greatest players fit with the team. They play within the team's style, rather than asking the team to change its style.

The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.

You are what you love, not who loves you.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.

The trouble with the Internet is that it's replacing masturbation as a leisure activity.