Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl. Votes: 13
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. Votes: 11
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much. Votes: 10
You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything. Votes: 9
Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value. Votes: 8
Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge. Votes: 8
There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been. Votes: 7
It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so. Votes: 6
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. Votes: 5
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door. Votes: 5
Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary. Votes: 5
Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard. Votes: 5
To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another. Votes: 5
My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you. Votes: 4
Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place. Votes: 3
I am not blaming the past. ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future. Votes: 3
Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere. Votes: 3
Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays. Votes: 3
The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality. Votes: 2
You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say. Votes: 1
Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else. Votes: 0
All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic. Votes: 0
We can't search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive. Votes: 0
There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion. Votes: 0
Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty. It is as real an energy as the energy of electricity. It is a divine energy; it is the energy of the divine affection rolling in plenteousness toward the shores of human need. Votes: 0
If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college. Votes: 0
One man is as good as another until he has written a book. Votes: 0