Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 6501 till 6520 of 12035.

  • Henry Ward Beecher No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Ben Johnson No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
    Ben Johnson
    English playwright and poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • John S. Bonnell No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.
    John S. Bonnell
    American pastor
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  • Oliver Cromwell No man rises so high as he knows not whither he goes.
    Oliver Cromwell
    Parliamentarian General, Lord Protector of England (1599 - 1658)
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  • A. W. Tozer No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.
    A. W. Tozer
    American Christian pastor, preacher and author
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Lord Chesterfield No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Woodrow Wilson No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Socrates No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades, that of government.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Samuel Johnson No man was ever great by imitation.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Terence No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
    Terence
    Roman writer of comedies (190 - 159)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge No man was ever yet a great poet, without begin at the same time a profound philosopher.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Demosthenes No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
    Demosthenes
    Greek statesman and orator (382 - 322)
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  • Mignon McLaughlin No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
    Mignon McLaughlin
    American writer, editor (1913 - 1983)
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  • Bill Cosby No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • William James No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Bert McCracken No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart... nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it.
    Bert McCracken
    American singer (1982 - )
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  • Bill Parcells No matter how much you've won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you're not winning now, so you stink.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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