Berton Braley famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead, start where you stand.
-- Berton Braley

#Courage #Men #Brave
Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position.
-- Berton Braley

#Pride #Not Sure #Position
The future belongs to him that does and dares.
-- Berton Braley

#Famous Motivational #Doe #Dare
A preposition is a word You mustn't end a sentence with!
-- Berton Braley

#Ends #Prepositions #Sentences
The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned, The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet, The mightiest rivers aren't spanned; Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted, The chances have just begun For the best jobs haven't been started, The best work hasn't been done.
-- Berton Braley

#Jobs #Rivers #Worry
Back of the job-the dreamer Who's making the dream come true!
-- Berton Braley

#Dream #Jobs #Dreamer
Give a boy a dog and you've furnished him a playmate.
-- Berton Braley

#Family #Dog #Boys
Back of the beating hammer By which the steel is wrought, Back of the workshop's clamor The seeker may find the thought.
-- Berton Braley

#Hammers #Steel #May
I honestly believe that sound commercialism is the best test of true value in art. People work hard for their money and if they won't part with it for your product the chances are that your product hasn't sufficient value. An artist or writer hasn't any monopoly .... If the public response to his artistry is lacking, he'd do well to spend more time analyzing what's the matter with his work, and less time figuring what's the matter with the public.
-- Berton Braley

#Art #Believe #Responsibility

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.
To be afraid and to be brave is the best kind of courage of all.
There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to dieâ€”that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.
All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.
Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.
I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.

Berton Braley famous quotes

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