If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near. Sun Tzu Chinese Philosopher More Sun Tzu Quotes 7
The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces. Cleveland Abbe American Scientist More Cleveland Abbe Quotes 3
The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces. Cleveland Abbe American Scientist More Cleveland Abbe Quotes 3
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. Oscar Wilde Irish Dramatist More Oscar Wilde Quotes 3
Courage, then, for the end draws near! A few more years of persistent, faithful work and the women of the United States will he recognized as the legal equals of men. Mary Ashton Livermore American Social Reformer More Mary Ashton Livermore Quotes 1
A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. George Ade American Playwright More George Ade Quotes 1
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge. Napoleon Hill American Writer More Napoleon Hill Quotes 1
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. George Washington American President More George Washington Quotes 1
I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us. Samuel de Champlain French Explorer More Samuel de Champlain Quotes 1
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. Tryon Edwards American Theologian More Tryon Edwards Quotes 1
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling. Victor Hugo French Author More Victor Hugo Quotes 1
But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up. Vladimir Kramnik Russian Celebrity More Vladimir Kramnik Quotes 0
Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near. Fritz Kreisler Austrian Composer More Fritz Kreisler Quotes 0
My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the front, in order to be as near me as could be, but it developed later that no nurse was allowed to go farther than the large troop hospitals far in the rear of the actual operations. Fritz Kreisler Austrian Composer More Fritz Kreisler Quotes 0
The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy. Lajos Kossuth Hungarian Lawyer More Lajos Kossuth Quotes 0
The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been. Meriwether Lewis American Explorer More Meriwether Lewis Quotes 0
Just as the water of a river near its mouth, in its final form, is composed largely of many tributaries, so an idea, in its final form, is composed largely of later additions. Willy Ley German Writer More Willy Ley Quotes 0
We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ. Hal Lindsey American Writer More Hal Lindsey Quotes 0
Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy. Huey Long American Politician More Huey Long Quotes 0
Before my troops reached the little city, and before the people of Fredericksburg knew that any part of the Confederate army was near, there was great excitement over the demand for surrender. James Longstreet American Soldier More James Longstreet Quotes 0
You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done. Abbott L. Lowell More Abbott L. Lowell Quotes 0
As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend. James Russell Lowell American Poet More James Russell Lowell Quotes 0
Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American Poet More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes 0
I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me. Peter Lynch American Businessman More Peter Lynch Quotes 0