Overground Railroad Quotes & Sayings

It is one of the secrets of happiness that you know which battles you can win and which you can't. — Robert B. Parker

We live to feed, not to make our dreams come true. (DeVante to Daniel) — S.M. Johnson

He knew Muhammad Iffat was of Turkish descent and stubborn as a mule. — Naguib Mahfouz

I walk down the street and people don't go, 'My God, there he is.' I lead as normal a life as you can lead in New York City. — Graydon Carter

Generally speaking, followers will not commit themselves for very long to a leader who is not also a pragmatist. As most of us have discovered, dreams are only powerful when we believe they can come true. Pipe dreams belong in the realm of fantasy; leaders' dreams belong in the realm of possibility. — Marlene Caroselli

Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location. — Daniel Pinkwater

Marriage is very difficult. Marriage is like a five-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle, all sky. — Cathy Ladman

It's amazing how something that had, in concept, seemed so insignificant to my life could not become my entire world. — A Meredith Walters

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of others. Be sure the staff is working on what you move to them from the President, or the President will be reacting, not leading. — Donald Rumsfeld

As to any sense of inequality, or youthfulness, or other difficulty in our way, little Em'ly and I had no such trouble, because we had no future. We made no more provision for growing older, than we did for growing younger. — Charles Dickens