Robert Merton Solow Famous Quotes
"It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in the way of treating people with kindness and decency. The point is no that they will then be nice to you. It is that you will feel better about yourself."
Robert Merton Solow Quotations
"Hold tenderly that which you cherish, for it is precious and a tight grip may crush it. Do not let the fear of dropping it cause you to hold it too tightly the chances are, it's holding you too."
Bob Alberti
Consider that this day ne'er dawns again.
Alighieri Dante
"Sometimes the world seemed to come with subtitles, like a foreign film. So help her, sometimes people's hidden motives, their lies, their rationalizations, were so pitifully apparent that Sophia felt she could just sit and read them."
Andrew Klaven
"Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult."
Nadia Boulanger
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.
Thomas Fuller
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
Kenneth Kaunda
"Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself."
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
"You can't trust a promise someone makes while they're drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office."
Joe Moore
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
Sydney Smith
"Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure."
Joseph Sugarman