Herbert N. Casson Quotes & Sayings

Peace is an inner perception not an outer condition. — Debasish Mridha

There is no fate that plans men's lives. Whatever comes to us, good or bad, is usually the result of our own action or lack of action. — Herbert Newton Casson

A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm. — Herbert Newton Casson

The crowd and its team had finally understood that in games, as in many things, the ending, the final score, is only part of what matters. The process, the pleasure, the grain of the game count too. — Thomas Boswell

It is not size that counts in business. Some companies with $500,000 capital net more profits than other companies with $5,000,000. Size is a handicap unless efficiency goes with it. — Herbert Newton Casson

First come the dreamers, the theorists, the heroic innovators who awaken the world's brain upon a new line of thought. Then come the pioneers who solve certain parts of the problem and make suggestions that are of practical value. And then, in the fullness of time, comes one masterful man who is more of a doer than a dreamer, who works out exact combination of ideas to produce the result, and establishes the new product as a necessary part of the whole human family. — Herbert Newton Casson

When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity. — Lorna Luft

It's hard navigating life in a leaky boat. Meet me on the water, Lord. — Crissy Shreve

The man who broods over the past can never master the difficulties of today. Every wise man learn to forget. — Herbert Newton Casson

The average man takes life as a trouble. He is in a chronic state of irritation at the whole performance. He does not learn to differentiate between troubles and difficulties, usually, until some real trouble bowls him over. He fusses about pin-pricks until a mule kicks him. Then he learns the difference. — Herbert Newton Casson

Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think. — Robert Greene

Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all who know him. He has laid a sound foundation for success and he will have a worthwhile life. — Herbert Newton Casson

Net - the biggest word in the language of business. — Herbert Newton Casson

You were perplexed by the women who came up to your swollen body. Remove your hands, you wanted to say. Don't touch me. What a blessing, they said. What a blessing? No, you were an animal, you thought, a heatless bitch, ewe, cow, doe. You carry one of your own kind. The conception is nothing. That happens whether chosen or not. It is the persistence of life. One is begotten. One begets. — Ronlyn Domingue

I thought of beauty as of a constant effort to eliminate corporeality. I wanted him to love my body forgetful of what one knows of bodies. Beauty, I thought anxiously, is this forgetfulness. — Elena Ferrante

Every winner has scars. — Herbert Newton Casson

If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor - poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living. — Herbert Newton Casson

A true Leader asks advice, when he has time to think; but he never asks advice in a crisis. He acts. — Herbert Newton Casson

To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living. — Herbert Newton Casson

Steel can be tempered and hardened, and so can men. In this world of struggle, which was not designed for softies, a man must be harder than what hits him. Yes, he must be diamond-hard. Then he'll not be "fed up" with his little personal troubles. — Herbert Newton Casson

There is more power in the open hand than in the clenched fist. — Herbert Newton Casson

Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon. — Rita Mae Brown

The reaper can be produced only in countries where labor receives a high reward, where farmers own their own acres without fear of being despoiled by invading armies, where average of intelligence is as high in the country as in the city. — Herbert Newton Casson

The edge is a great place to be. Inside the box is too dark. Outside the box, there's no leverage. But on the edge of the box, you can get things done! — Seth Godin

Sing me a pretty love song as I start to cry
Tell me you love me as you wipe the blood from my eye
Tell me why the only one who can wipe away my tears
Is the only one who's the source of all my fears — Rachel Lloyd

A garden is a thing of beauty and a job forever. — Richard Briers

I desire the love of God not because I am worthy, but because I am unworthy. — Walter Hilton