Bryan Quotes

• No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Inspirational, Witty, Truth

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• You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Gold, Thorns, Bankers

  Speech at Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Ill., 8 July 1896. In an earlier speech in the House of Representatives, 22 Dec. 1894, Bryan had said: "I shall not help crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. I shall not aid in pressing down upon the bleeding brow of labor this crown of thorns."

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  Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1900). “The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan”

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• Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Country, Spring, Cities

  Democratic National Convention Address, originally delivered 8 July 1896 and later recorded in studio

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  Life's up and down from the time you get here to the time you leave.

  Luke Bryan

  Up And Down, Luke

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• Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line.

  Luke Bryan

  Dream, Business, Smart

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• I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

  Luke Bryan

  Optimistic, Enjoy Life, Celebrate Life

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• You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Government, Gold, Bankers

  Speech at Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Ill., 8 July 1896. In an earlier speech in the House of Representatives, 22 Dec. 1894, Bryan had said: "I shall not help crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. I shall not aid in pressing down upon the bleeding brow of labor this crown of thorns."

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• Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Heart, Ears, Speech

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• The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Teacher, Atheist, Children

  John Thomas Scopes, William Jennings Bryan, Tennessee. County Court (Rhea Co.) (1971). “The world's most famous court trial: State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes; complete stenographic report of the court test of the Tennessee anti-evolution act at Dayton, July 10 to 21, 1925, including speeches and arguments of attorneys”, Da Capo Pr

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• If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?

  William Jennings Bryan

  Death, Men, Body

  William Jennings Bryan's eulogy at Elks Lodge annual memorial service in Lincoln, Nebraska (December 2, 1906), as reported by the Nebraska State Journal (p. 3), December 3, 1906.

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• The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Motivational, Inspiring, Confidence

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• I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Party, Wings, Two

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• Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral restraints to protect society from the misuse of the machine. It can also build gigantic intellectual ships, but it constructs no moral rudders for the control of storm tossed human vessel. It not only fails to supply the spiritual element needed but some of its unproven hypotheses rob the ship of its compass and thus endangers its cargo.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Spiritual, Teacher, Science

  William Jennings Bryan (1924). “William Jennings Bryan on Orthodoxy, Modernism, and Evolution”, Facsimiles-Garl

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• Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Population, Poultry, Incubation

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• Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.

  Luke Bryan

  Prayer, Blessing, Bed

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  Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

  Luke Bryan

  Heart, Honor, Anthem

  Twitter post from Jul 11, 2012

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• Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Teaching, Rights, Civilization

  WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (1899). “REPUBLIC OR EMPIRE?”

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• The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis," but the word "hypothesis," though euphonious, dignified and high-sounding, is merely a scientific synonym for the old-fashioned word "guess." If Darwin had advanced his views as a guess they would not have survived for a year, but they have floated for half a century, buoyed up by the inflated word "hypothesis." When it is understood that "hypothesis" means "guess," people will inspect it more carefully before accepting it.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Mean, Acceptance, Science

  "God and Evolution". The New York Times, February 26, 1922.

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• I thought being on stage was an amazing feeling, but there is nothing that can top watching my wife bring our son into this world.

  Luke Bryan

  Son, Wife, Feelings

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• It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you.

  Luke Bryan

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• The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is therefore as essential to honest administration as freedom of speech is to representative government. Equal rights to all and special privileges to none is the maxim which should control in all departments of government.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Rights, Government, Views

  William Jennings Bryan (1914). “The Royal Art”

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• I am not the biggest, I am not the strongest, but I am Damn sure the toughest!

  Daniel Bryan

  Wwe, Damn, Strongest

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Teaching, America, Suffering

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• The chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable rights of the individual, among which are the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness and the right to worship God according to the dictates of ones conscience.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Rights, Government

  William Jennings Bryan (1917). “Heart to Heart Appeals”

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