Darkly Comical Quotes

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. – Thomas A. Edison

Opportunity is as scarce as oxygen; men fairly breathe it and do not know it. – Doc Sane

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life. – J.F. Clarke

The uprising of 1789 cost Louis XVI some prerogatives, but four years later a valueless currency cost him his head. Germany’s inflation of the 1920s laid the foundation upon which Hitler built. Indeed, a runaway inflation is the goal of revolutionists. The maxim of that apostle of revolution, Lenin, was: “Debauch the currency!” – Edgar M. Queeny

There are two ways of meeting difficulties; you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. – Phyllis Bottome

It’s an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure. Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best. – Dr. Harold W. Dodds

The man who saves time by galloping loses it by missing his way; the shepherd who hurries his flock to get them home spends the night on the mountain looking for the lost; economy does not consist in haste, but in certainty. – Ramsay MacDonald

To live is not to learn, but to apply. – Legouve