"The meek may inherit the earth, but..." - Quote by Robin Williams
The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard.
More by Robin Williams
“The little idiosyncrasies that only I know about: that's what made her my wife. Oh she had the goods on me too, she knew all my little peccadilloes. People call these things imperfections, but they're not. Ah, that's the good stuff!”
“Compassionate conservative. I don't know what that is, it sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.”
“Men may have wars, but women have their period. Men go off and kill each other, but women say nasty things, which is even better.”
More on Success
“There may be no greater tribute to Steve Jobs' success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.”
“When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.”
“Having Plan B is good. But if your obsessed with Plan A, u'll never need backup. Become Obsessed with ur goals, ur focus will bring results.”
More on Ambition
“It is sometimes said that because of our past we, as a people, expect too much and set our sights too high. That is not the way I see it. Rather it seems to me that throughout my life in politics our ambitions have steadily shrunk. Our response to disappointment has not been to lengthen our stride but to shorten the distance to be covered. But with confidence in ourselves and in our future what a nation we could be!”
“Satisfy yourself beyond all doubt that you are qualified for the course to which you now aspire.....and try to achieve something in your own land before you venture on a strange one.”
“To pace about, looking to obtain status, looking to attain 'importance' - I can think of nothing more ridiculous.”