Makijaveli Quotes & Sayings

It's I politics that men are always aggravating the hopeless tangle of their laws, obscuring the simplest principles and making a mockery of liberty. — Joseph Sobran

Love comes to everybody in many different ways. Attraction is always the first thing, no? But love must be more than that. It must be magic. — Julio Iglesias

Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others. — Andy Stanley

My object when writing prose is to write as clearly as possible. I think I know what I'm saying in prose, and I want others to understand it and to be able to restate it. — Pattiann Rogers

My body is not my own. — Mary Pride

Of course, everybody says they're for peace. Hitler was for peace. Everybody is for peace. The question is: What kind of peace? — Noam Chomsky

There is an inability to sustain the tragic mood, a phoenix quality of the mind. It may be helpful or harmful, it is just a part of the will to survive - yet, also, it has made it possible for us to engage in one weakening war after another. But it is a necessary part of our mechanism that we should be able to cry only for a time over even an ocean of spilt milk - the spectacular must soon become the commonplace if life is to be supportable. — John Wyndham

On the Television Show The X-Files So, the woman and the dopey-looking guy screw, and then they look for aliens - or they just screw and sometimes aliens follow them? — Justin Halpern

The benefits of smiling are limitless. — Asa Don Brown

Your saying to me "I do not understand you", is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve. — Kahlil Gibran

He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tiptoe44 when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall see this day, and live old age, Will yearly on the vigil47 feast his neighbours, And say, 'Tomorrow is Saint Crispian.' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say, 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.' Old men forget; yet all51 shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages52 What feats he did that day. — William Shakespeare

Good leaders motivate others by their listening skills. We are to: avoid prejudicial first impressions; become less self-centered; withhold initial criticism; stay calm; listen with empathy; be active listeners; clarify what we hear; and recognize the healing power of listening. Then we are to act on what we hear — John C. Maxwell

You have no idea, right now, what some young person in your church will mean for the cause of Christ. Lean in, encourage, mentor, think big. — Albert Mohler

What is the biggest obstacle to creativity? Attachment to outcome. As soon as you become attached to a specific outcome, you feel compelled to control and manipulate what you're doing and in the process you shut yourself off to other possibilities. Creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about experimenting and discovering. — Gordon MacKenzie

Downworld?" Tessa echoed, puzzled. "Is that a place in London?"
"Never mind that," said Will. "I'm boasting of my investigative skills, and I would prefer to do it without interruption. — Cassandra Clare