Samuel Gridley Howe famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is the other, and equally important, half.
-- Samuel Gridley Howe

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Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.
Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.
Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.
For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.
Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.
But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
I never wore a single fedora filming L.A. Noire. It took about an hour and a half to do the hair - it was a very precise process.
I like to look at the glass half full.
All too often people concentrate on finding the right spouse, little realizing that half of any marriage is being the right spouse.
According to FBI statistics for 2008, only 22 percent of murder victims were killed by strangers. More than 30 percent were slain by family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends. Nearly half of all murders were committed by friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances.

Samuel Gridley Howe famous quotes

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