Herbert Kaufman famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
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The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
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Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.
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Only things the dreamers make live on. They are the eternal conquerors.
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Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers.
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Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also ran.
-- Herbert Kaufman
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A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
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When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
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When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.
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Freedom is never given; it is won.
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Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.
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Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.
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