Meriwether Lewis Quotes

My Dad used to tell us: 'En este pais, ustedes van a poder lograr todas las cosas que nosotros no pudimos' 'In this country, you will be able to accomplish all the things we never could.'

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.

I want to be happy, to look back and feel I danced well at the end of my career and didn't dwindle off. It would be too sad.

Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success: Don't panic. Do your best and forget the consequences.

He will punish you as a father punishes his disobedient child, unless you do as he desires.

We are responsible for the history of the future.

We are built to be happy, strong and healthy. I fear not to live. We have everything to live up to our dreams. You have everything to achieve that, and in a very short period of time you can get all the tools to manifest who you want to be.

If I could be half of what Mike Sweeney was, I'll be happy with it.

The Chain Letter to the Ephebians. Forget Your Gods. Be Subjugated. Learn to Fear. Do not break the chain -- the last people who did woke up one morning to find fifty thousand armed men on their lawn.

People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.

If you're first, no one will ever remember. If you're wrong, no one will ever forget.

Boy, take my advice, and never try to invent any thing but--happiness.

In history as in life it is success that counts. Start a political upheaval and let yourself be caught, and you will hang as a traitor. But place yourself at the head of a rebellion and gain your point, and all future generations will worship you as the Father of their Country.

A grandparent will tell you, "Have fun!" and a parent will tell you, "Be safe, do a good job, make me proud." You know what I mean? I try to grandparent myself now, because it's important to have fun, it's important to impart the fun in things to other people.

I think success is about purpose. People ask about success at different points in your life. As I look back, I think people that are successful feel good about what they are doing, and they can look back at what they've done and they feel good about it. People sometimes ask about success and they say, "What's your legacy?" and I say, "I think it's really a dumb question." I think the question is: What am I doing now? Do I feel good about myself? Am I proud of myself? Whatever purpose there is in life, I think success is about purpose. It's not about material things.

Success comes and goes. Your flops stay with you for life.

One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever.

If the legends fall silent, who will teach the children of our ways?

If I screw up raising my kids, nothing I achieve will matter much.

I won't tell you again! Don't look back! In hell you never look back!

I have seen business moguls achieve their ultimate goals but still live in frustration, worry, and fear. What's preventing these successful people for being happy? The answer is they have focused only on achievement and not fulfillment. Extraordinary accomplishment does not guarantee extraordinary joy, happiness, love, and a sense of meaning. These two skill sets feed off each other, and make me believe that success without fulfillment is failure.

It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps even in a street accident, before I had ever glimpsed the meaning of life. My moods of happiness and self-confidence convinced me that I had a "destiny" to become a famous writer, and to be remembered as one of the most important thinkers of the century.

The fears you run from run to you.