“An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.”
Sydney J. Harris quotes
Sydney J. Harris
More Stories Like These
As grand and griefless as a rich man’s funeral. -Dobell, Sidney Thompson
As grand and griefless as a rich man’s funeral. -Dobell, Sidney Thompson
Theodore I. Rubin
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems …
Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges. -Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges. -Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. -Greek Proverb
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. -Greek Proverb
Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. -Proverb, Swedish
Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. -Proverb, Swedish
But the peasants — how do the peasants die? -Tolstoy, Count Leo
But the peasants — how do the peasants die? -Tolstoy, Count Leo
Disappointments
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude. – …
Man is more powerful than matter. -Disraeli, Benjamin
Man is more powerful than matter. -Disraeli, Benjamin
We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year. -Walsh, Bill
We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last …
I like to interpose in all of my appointments, if the Lord wills. -Simpson, A. B.
I like to interpose in all of my appointments, if the Lord wills. -Simpson, A. B.