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Karl von Clausewitz: If the leader...

Karl von Clausewitz: If the leader...

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will...

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Robert Baden-Powell: It is called...

Robert Baden-Powell: It is called...

It is called in our schools 'beastliness', and this is about the best name for it . . . should it become a habit it...

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Robert Baden-Powell: A Scout smiles...

Robert Baden-Powell: A Scout smiles...

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

Source: Scouting for...

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Miyamoto Musashi: Perception is strong...

Miyamoto Musashi: Perception is strong...

Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to...

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Marcel Proust: The mistakes made...

Marcel Proust: The mistakes made...

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism as to treatment, of...

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Eudora Welty: It had been...

Eudora Welty: It had been...

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were...

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Anatole France: Irony is the...

Anatole France: Irony is the...

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Source:
-- Anatole...

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Aesop: Outside show is...

Aesop: Outside show is...

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Jean Toomer: No eyes that...

Jean Toomer: No eyes that...

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

Source: Cane, 1923.
-- Jean...

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Charles Kingsley: Young blood must...

Charles Kingsley: Young blood must...

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

Source: In Correct...

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J B S Haldane: Shelley and Keats...

J B S Haldane: Shelley and Keats...

Shelley and Keats were the last English poets who were at all up to date in their chemical...

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John Lubbock: Reading and writing,...

John Lubbock: Reading and writing,...

Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon...

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John Lubbock: Be cautious, but...

John Lubbock: Be cautious, but...

Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will...

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David Hume: A wise man,...

David Hume: A wise man,...

A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

Source: In The...

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Naomi Weisstein: It's as if...

Naomi Weisstein: It's as if...

It's as if we women are in a totally rigged race. A lot of men are driving souped-up low slung racing cars, and we're...

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Desiderius Erasmus: The wedlocks of...

Desiderius Erasmus: The wedlocks of...

The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Thomas Fuller: What reason and...

Thomas Fuller: What reason and...

What reason and endeavor cannot bring about, often time will.

Source: In The...

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Thurgood Marshall: I have a...

Thurgood Marshall: I have a...

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous...

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Thurgood Marshall: We can always...

Thurgood Marshall: We can always...

We can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we're...

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Benjamin Cardozo: Method is much,...

Benjamin Cardozo: Method is much,...

Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.

Source: Law &...

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