Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.Henry Ward Beecher
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
Nancy Gibbs -
Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
Pablo Picasso -
The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling of cowboys. The weather is very good, thermometer rarely rising above 2,500 degrees in the shade and hardly ever below 212.
O. Henry -
My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.
Ottessa Moshfegh -
There are over a million people running around the United States that were born to parents just on Match.com alone, to say nothing of the other properties we run, so that's a million lives that our company just had a little to do with in bringing their parents together.
Sam Yagan -
What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior!
W. E. B. Du Bois
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
Floyd Skloot -
It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
Oliver Tambo -
I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people.
Tammy Duckworth -
After 'The Sisters Brothers,' I tried to write a contemporary story dealing with an investment adviser in New York City who moves to Paris. I did all this research, but after about a year and any number of pages written, I was bored stiff.
Patrick deWitt -
As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
Larry Drake -
I can be very ordinary looking.
Rachel Tucker
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To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!
Edmund Waller -
I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it?
Nathan Fillion -
My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
Damian Lewis -
My life is so full of sacrifices.
Zubin Mehta -
I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
Tatum O'Neal -
Acting is very immediate.
Val Kilmer
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In the bad old days, captains were not good leaders. They didn't build teams; they were arrogant and autocratic.
Chesley Sullenberger -
Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
Gaspard Ulliel -
Everyone believes that the prospect for a civil war has diminished significantly over the past several days. All the mainstream leaders of Iraq believe that civil war must be avoided. It's very positive that they are all saying it.
Zalmay Khalilzad -
I will read anything rather than work.
Jean Kerr -
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
Henry Ward Beecher