Friday Woot Quotes & Sayings

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. — Margaret Thatcher

It is alright to decorate construction but never construct decoration. — Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

As soon as a man recognizes that he has drifted into age, he gets reminiscent. He wants to talk and talk; and not about the present or the future, but about his old times. For there is where the pathos of his life lies - and the charm of it. The pathos of it is there because it was opulent with treasures that are gone, and the charm of it is in casting them up from the musty ledgers and remembering how rich and gracious they were. — Mark Twain

I consider Western Christianity in its practical working a negation of Christ's Christianity. — Mahatma Gandhi

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything. — Morihei Ueshiba

What distinguishes the historian from the collector of historical facts is generalization. — Edward Hallett Carr

She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. — William Shakespeare

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. — Thucydides

Why should I laugh?' asked the old man. 'Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if you do not find the happiness that you seek, at any rate you will have had the happiness of seeking it. — Andrew Lang