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1139 Statesman Quotes

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

Against Author Even Every
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Do-It-Yourself Done Thing Want
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I call architecture frozen music.

Architecture Call Frozen Music
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Dictionary Fools Found Impossible
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I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

Believe Better Book Friend
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To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Appreciate Gain Never Noble
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Make More Noise People
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Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Caution Every Every Step Life
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Precaution is better than cure.
Better Cure Precaution Than
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The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
Act Less More Often
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The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Coward He Only Safe
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Handicap Funny Politics Stupidity
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Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Deeds Desire Great Love
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Being Conquered Defeat Fears
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Foresight Have May Undoubtedly
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The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

Beginning Bring End Happy
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Courage Die More Requires
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Achieve Demanded Greater He
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

Art At Of War Enemy Fight
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

His Know Listen Man
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Only Ridiculous Step Sublime
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Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Childhood Immortality Life Our
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

History Philosophy Skepticism Virtue
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I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Am Better I Am I Think
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Bench Covered Only Throne
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One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
Always Apply Enough Time
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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Easily Governed Men More
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Fight Harder His Interests
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Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.

Day Devote Done Each
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Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Fearful Imagination More Nothing
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Deliver Everything Nothing Promise
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Keeps Poor Religion Rich
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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Activity Adversity Fresh Means
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

Courage Hope Like Love
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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Always Attempt End Enterprises
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Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Absent Opportunity Talk Well
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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Deed Everything Glory Naught
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Does Kind Law Men
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Battlefield Both Chaos Constant
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The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

Born Find Greatest Greatest Happiness
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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
Bridge Burn Come Will
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
Courage Endurance Fatigue First
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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character Develops Itself Life
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I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

Cannot Command Give I Can
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Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream Dreams Hearts Men
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

Answer Doctors Even Generals
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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction Does Encouragement More
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Cowardly Disagree Fear Know
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We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

Come Find Get Go
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First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Demanded First Genius Last
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