David M Shoup Famous Quotes
"The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one who never tries anything. His is the brake on the wheel of progress. And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes, because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize those who do things."
David M Shoup Quotations
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Russell Baker
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
Arthur C Clarke
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
J D Salinger
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer
"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever."
Jessamyn West
"Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage."
Unknown
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."
George Eliot
I never dared to be radical when young For fear it would make me conservative when old.
Robert Frost
Set your expectations high find men and women whose integrity and values you respect get their agreement on a course of action and give them your ultimate trust.
John Fellows Akers
A will finds a way.
Orison Swett Marden