"I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortunes."

-- Washington Irving

#Endurance Quotes #Fortitude Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.”
“The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb.”
“It looks to me as if Darwinians are like someone who, having observed that tugboats sometimes maneuver ocean liners in tight places by directing high-pressure streams of water at them, concludes that he has discovered the method by which the liners cross the Atlantic.”
“Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.”
“Give (your people) the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They will deliver.”
“Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men”

Source : Gifford Pinchot (1998). “Breaking New Ground”, p.505, Island Press
“Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken.”
“The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating.”

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