Archives: Light Bytes

“If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.”

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”

“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”

“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.”

“Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision.”

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it”

This quotation arose when Yogi Berra was giving directions to a friend coming to visit Yogi’s home. Yogi told him just take the fork in the road, since either way would lead to his house. Later in life he gave a college commencement speech where he repeated the quotation and left everyone in the audience wondering what he meant – what do you think he meant at that point?

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the most bitter.”

“Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.”

“Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones”