Quotes with twenty-first

Quotes 41 till 60 of 1616.

  • Lord George Byron I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Cato the Elder I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
    Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • Stephen Hawking I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Barack Obama I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
    Town Hall Meeting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 29 March 2008
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Harold S. Geneen In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
    Harold S. Geneen
    American Accountant, Industrialist, CEO, ITT (1910 - 1997)
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  • Carol Moseley Braun It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of inspection.
    Carol Moseley Braun
    American diplomat, politician, and lawyer (1947 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Life is a first draft... with no rewrite.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • George Washington My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • William Archer One of the first and most important things for a critic to learn is how to sleep undetected in the theater.
    William Archer
    Scottish writer and theatre critic (1856 - 1924)
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  • Joseph Addison Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Our first and last love is... self-love.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Henry David Thoreau Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Stephen R. Covey Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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  • Robert J. Mckain Set priorities for your goals. A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed, the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.
    Robert J. Mckain
    American author of self-help books
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  • Thomas à Kempis The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Ba Jin The doctors realized very clearly that their minds and emotions were changing from day to day. On the one hand they were healing the patient, and on the other it looked as if they were healing themselves too. It was this chief surgeon who first volunteered to offer his skin when grafting began.
    A Battle For Life
    Ba Jin
    Chinese author and political activist (1904 - 2005)
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  • G.W.F. Hegel The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the German World knows that All are free. The first political form therefore which we observe in History, is Despotism, the second Democracy and Aristocracy, the third, Monarchy.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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  • Nelson Boswell The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
    Nelson Boswell
    American author
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