Mike Wallace

Broadcast Journalist American 1918 – 2012

60 Minutes pioneer known for hard-hitting interviews.

387 quotes

"A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness."
Gratitude
"The greatest act of courage is to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you someone else."
Courage
"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
Success
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
Philosophy
"The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know."
Knowledge
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
Love
"The secret of being free is caring nothing for what others think."
Freedom
"Character is what you do when no one is watching."
Truth
"Not all those who wander are lost."
Adventure
"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."
Life
"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change."
Change
"The only prison is fear, the only key is courage."
Fear
"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."
Wisdom
"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."
Creativity
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Kindness
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
Truth
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."
Education
"Every moment is a fresh beginning."
Hope
"Success is not the key to happiness; happiness is the key to success."
Happiness
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
Perseverance
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Friendship
"The purpose of technology should be to make life easier, not more complicated."
Technology
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
Kindness
"The best therapy is hard work."
Work
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
Peace
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Philosophy
"To live is to choose, but to choose well, one must know oneself."
Life
"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."
Truth
"If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough."
Dreams
"Every person has the power to change their life."
Change