10 quotes found
Writer · English · 1881–1966
English writer (1881–1966)
“Fear born of that stern matron Responsibility.”
“The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.”
“Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.”
“If fate means you to lose give him a good fight anyhow.”
“That is my rule of life. If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. Do you remember Henley's magnificent lines? 'Under the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is bloody, but unbowed.' ? Tha...”
“People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.”
“One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.”
