404 quotes found
“Nothing great is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom then bear fruit then ripen.”
“Out of the strain of the Doing Into the peace of the Done.”
“It's the whole not the detail that matters.”
“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing while others judge us by what we have already done.”
“Do what you can with what you have where you are.”
“Give me where to stand and I will move the earth.”
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears however measured or far away.”
“I'm a slow walker but I never walk back.”
“That's one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind.”
“In esse I am nothing in posse I am everything.”
“Out of the best and most productive years of each man's life he should carve a segment in which he puts his private career aside to serve his community and his country and thereby serve his childre...”
“Good is not good where better is expected.”
“Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.”
“We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.”
“Practice yourself for heaven's sake in little things and thence proceed to greater.”
“He that leaveth nothing to Chance will do few things ill but he will do very few things.”
“When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.”
“Any jackass can kick down a barn but it takes a good carpenter to build one.”
“God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.”
“The world is all gates all opportunities strings of tension waiting to be struck.”
