L.A. Paul Quotes

There is a certain noble pride through which merits shine brighter than through modesty.

The most important single influence in the life of a person is another person ... who is worthy of emulation.

It may be bizarre but in my opinion science offers a sure path to God and religion.

The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.

Security is a false god begin making sacrifices to it and you are lost.

To penetrate one's being one must go armed to the teeth.

I refuse to try to explain everything because if you know too much about yourself you become impotent. Better not to know what it is that makes you tick.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself in spite of being unacceptable.

Sorrows are like thunderclouds - in the distance they look black over our heads scarcely gray.

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger. If faith is cultivated it will achieve the mastery ... faith is the stronger emotion because it is positive whereas fear is negative.

The art of dealing with people is the foremost secret of successful men. A man's success in handling people is the very yardstick by which the outcome of his whole life's work is measured.

My formula for success is rise early work late and strike oil.

Sleep riches and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.

In times like these it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

Every minute starts an hour.

Sleep riches and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.

The joy about our work is spoiled when we perform it not because of what we produce but because of the pleasure with which it can provide us or the pain against which it can protect us.

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone and then you get a great mosaic at the end.

Sleep riches and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.

On the trail of another man the biographer must put up with finding himself at every turn: any biography uneasily shelters an autobiography within it.

Why not simply surrender to one’s doom, since one was so clearly, so spectacularly, doomed?

Later when they would mention, they would say, and everyone would know, but not nearly as well as they meant.

Monsters were one thing. She was used to monsters, she could deal with monsters. A noise in the darkness, with nothing attached to it, was another.

Since chess was such a painful test of intellect, it affected his emotions too much to be sport.

The sign above the door was written in French. It read: ARRÊTE ! C’EST ICI L’EMPIRE DE LA MORT.“That means, ” he explained to Gini, “‘Stop! It is here the Empire of Death.

Their wedding night was at a little hotel in Paris. There were walk up steps and a lovely view. And all was well for these two.

I do not think my life would make a very interesting book, ' I say. 'I feel I can speak with a certain amount of authority here.

Courage, kindness and a great determination to succeed in life with a smile were hallmarks of my wonderful wife. And why her story deserves to be told.

Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as 'suits'.

It is indeed true that the stock market can forecast the business cycle.

I think I have a mental nappy attitude.

As Americans, we have traditionally been the optimists sporting the 'can-do' attitude. But when it comes to addressing climate adaptation and resiliency, we seem to be more 'can't do' than 'can-do.'

Hope raises no dust.

Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.

Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a marine biologist. As you go through the grind and the distraction of a career, it's easy to lose sight of your dreams.

Hold on to your dream. Don't let past failures or dire economic forecasts make you a pessimist. Keep your youthful dreams alive and create your own opportunities.

I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny.

The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era.

Success unshared is failure.

Because of the failure of the federal government to enforce federal law, we now have 'banks too big to fail, ' unregulated Internet monopoly, and the evisceration of a dispersed and independent media.

The offshoring of American jobs by global corporations and the deregulation of the U.S. financial system have resulted in American economic failure.

A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

When you look into the eyes of an animal you've rescued, you can't help but fall in love.

Me and my buddies are all like brothers. So it's okay for us to say 'I love you' or whatever. It's always cool. I think that comes from my dad. That's just the way he always was.

One of my favorite things I read was John Steinbeck's journals while he was writing 'East of Eden, ' which was so cool.

Missions is not about sending missionaries, and missions is not about doing missions. Missions is about the communication of truth to men.

The knowledge we have of communication among cells does not permit my giving you a sophisticated understanding.