Darkly Comical Quotes

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Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by keen desire and by definite resolution to do. – Edgar F. Roberts

When you find a man who knows his job and is willing to take responsibility, keep out of his way and don’t bother him with unnecessary supervision. What you may think is co-operation is nothing but interference. – Thomas Dreier

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. – Spinoza

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind. – Napoleon

When a man has equipped himself by thought and study for a bigger job, it usually happens that promotion comes along even before it is expected. – P.G. Winnett

There is far more danger in public than in private monopoly, for whn Government goes into business it can always shift its losses to the taxpayers. Government never makes ends meet – and that is the first requisite of business. – Thomas A. Edison

The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillations, and the effect of decissiveness itself “makes things go” and creates confidence. – Anne O’Hare McCormick

Second thoughts are ever wiser. – Euripides

He who considers too much will perform little. - Schiller