Constance Naden Famous Quotes
"He who, having lost one ideal, refuses to give his heart and soul to another and nobler, is like a man who declines to build a house on rock because the wind and rain ruined his house on the sand."
Constance Naden Quotations
A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.
Chester William Nimitz
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
Henry Ward Beecher
"The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness."
Cicero
Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.
Wilson Mizner
To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious.
Samuel Butler
All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.
Sir Walter Raleigh
"Cowards are cruel, but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save."
John Gay
Generally we study too much and think too little.
Hary Latham Doherty
"There are three classes of intellects one which comprehends by itself another which appreciates what others comprehend and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first."
Josiah Quincy