Francis Lieber Quotes

#1. Germans Francis Grund, and Francis Lieber, and the Pole Adam G. de Gurowski all wrote about the striking social equality they found in America, the absence of differences in status. They all noted the American obsession with work and the restless quest for the "almighty dollar."18

Alexis De Tocqueville

#2. Why are you carrying rope around with you?" I asked skeptically.
"Stop asking me dirty questions," he said with a smirk.

Brodi Ashton

#3. Great truths always dwell a long time with small minorities, and the real voice of God is often that which rises above the masses, not that which follows them.

Francis Lieber

#4. The trick is to recognize your mistakes, take what you need from them, and move on -Sue

Tamara Ireland Stone

#5. It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which has its object the support and diffusion of religion

Francis Lieber

#6. The trouble with hope is that it only pays off when there's some sense in back of it.

Thomas Adcock

#7. Races are very often invented from ignorance, or for very evil purposes.

Francis Lieber

#8. Too excited to be genuinely happy

James Joyce

#9. The thing I've learned traveling through the United States is that the people in each city are usually awesome, it's generally the 'talking heads' that give us trouble.

Christopher Sieber

#10. Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#11. I think that women, especially women in my job, come to me because they know I'm very loving and nonjudgmental and I'm not competitive, and I've been through a lot.

Gwyneth Paltrow

#12. The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.

Victor Hugo

#13. Just keep coming home to yourself, you are the one who you've been waiting for.

Byron Katie

#14. Success is being happy first with yourself, and secondly with your life.

Carolynn Hillman