It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.
From Joe Jamail
Your attitude will go a long way in determining your success, your recognition, your reputation and your enjoyment in being a lawyer.
I don't think I'm a good ol' boy. Honestly, the last thing I am is a redneck. I like silk sheets, fancy cars, beautiful women, good whiskey.
That's a good feeling, to save your clients two billion dollars.
I didn't know who she was, but I knew she was hungry, so I started handing out $100 bills and called the office and told them to bring me a bunch more. Then I had my cousin's store deliver a bunch of smoked ham and turkeys. I mean, these people are hungry and living under a bridge.
The Depression did more to me than being a little Lebanese kid did.
The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.
I was taught that a lawyer was supposed to be a custodian of the community's legal and ethical sense.
I sent people to the penitentiary as fast as I could, never thinking about whether they deserved it.
Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!
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