Words that outlived
the people who said them

“You told me to, Drill Sergeant.”

“You're not your hair, you're not your skin, you're the soul that lives within.”

“One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.”

“Don't compare your day one to someone else's day 100.”

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.”

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”