There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy. E. V. Lucas
There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.CourtesyQuotations by E. V. Lucas
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It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward. Dolores Ibarruri
It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.Coward and CowardiceQuotations by Dolores Ibarruri
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. Source Unknown
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.Coward and CowardiceQuotations by Source Unknown
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of. Geri Weitzman
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.CreationQuotations by Geri Weitzman
Genius is initiative on fire. George Holbrook Jackson
Genius is initiative on fire.CreativityQuotations by George Holbrook Jackson
Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious. Paul Valery
Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.CreativityQuotations by Paul Valery
A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled. Thomas Hood
A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled.CredulityQuotations by Thomas Hood
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want. Bernard M. Baruch
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.WorkQuotations by Bernard M. Baruch
Work alone is noble. Thomas Carlyle
Work alone is noble.WorkQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life. Eugene Delacroix
Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.WorkQuotations by Eugene Delacroix
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Milton Friedman
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.WorkQuotations by Milton Friedman
Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged. Abraham Lincoln
Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged.WorkQuotations by Abraham Lincoln
Work either expands or contracts in order to fill the time available. Parkinson’s Law
Work either expands or contracts in order to fill the time available.WorkQuotations by Parkinson’s Law
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.WorkQuotations by Eleanor Roosevelt
Anything that comes easy, comes wrong. Josephine Tessier
Anything that comes easy, comes wrong.WorkQuotations by Josephine Tessier
How can there be so much difference between a day off and an off day? Source Unknown
How can there be so much difference between a day off and an off day?WorkQuotations by Source Unknown
There are few things that you can’t do as long as you are willing to apply yourself. Greg LeMond
There are few things that you can’t do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.Work, HardQuotations by Greg LeMond
The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings. Martin Buber
The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.WorldQuotations by Martin Buber
Everything done in the world is done by hope. Martin Luther
Everything done in the world is done by hope.WorldQuotations by Martin Luther
The world’s a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray. George Villiers
The world’s a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray.WorldQuotations by George Villiers
One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married. Kin Hubbard
One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married.WorryQuotations by Kin Hubbard
Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia. Charles M. Schulz
Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.WorryQuotations by Charles M. Schulz
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. Pearl Bailey
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.WorthQuotations by Pearl Bailey
You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest. Denis Waitley
You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.WorthQuotations by Denis Waitley
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! Robert Browning
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!Writers and WritingQuotations by Robert Browning
Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money. J. P. Donleavy
Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money.Writers and WritingQuotations by J. P. Donleavy
If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts.Writers and WritingQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text William James
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the textWriters and WritingQuotations by William James
The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. W. Somerset Maugham
The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.Writers and WritingQuotations by W. Somerset Maugham
For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity. George Orwell
For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.Writers and WritingQuotations by George Orwell
The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession. George Sand
The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.Writers and WritingQuotations by George Sand
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. Henry David Thoreau
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.Writers and WritingQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
Writing is thinking on paper. William Zinsser
Writing is thinking on paper.Writers and WritingQuotations by William Zinsser
The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. Aristotle
The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.YouthQuotations by Aristotle
The passions of the young are vices in the old. Joseph Joubert
The passions of the young are vices in the old.YouthQuotations by Joseph Joubert
Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives. Marilyn Monroe
Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.AdulteryQuotations by Marilyn Monroe
There’s always a way — if you’re committed. Anthony Robbins
There’s always a way — if you’re committed.CommitmentQuotations by Anthony Robbins
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. Benjamin Disraeli
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.CountryQuotations by Benjamin Disraeli
Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you. Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.YouthQuotations by Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Those whom the gods love grow young. Oscar Wilde
Those whom the gods love grow young.YouthQuotations by Oscar Wilde