Sunday, July 5, 2009

Darkly Comical Quotes

Ulysses S. Grant seated on porch with his wife...Image via Wikipedia

He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. – Bacon

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished. – Ulysses S. Grant

Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it. – Gordon graham

There can be no economy where there is no efficiency. – Beaconsfield

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it. – Arabian Proverb

The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart. – Mencius

Many a man never fails because he never tries. – Norman MacEwan


Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

No comments: