war quotes

“Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.”

“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.”

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”

“Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.”

“He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.”

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”

“To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.”

 When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

“A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.”

“Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. ”

“There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. ”

War quotes - War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

“War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.”

“If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. ”

War quotes - When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

“When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.”

“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. ”

“I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. ”

“Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. ”

War quotes - When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

“When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.”

“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”

“When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.”

“It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.”

War quotes - The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

“The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.”

“War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.”

War quotes - I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

“I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.”

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.”

“It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.”

“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”

“Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.”

“The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.”