Nellie McClung Quotes
War is the antithesis of all our teaching. It breaks all the commandments; it makes rich men poor, and strong men weak. It makes well men sick, and by it living men are changed to dead men.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't know how much the economy has changed since Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal.'
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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
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I would have a workshop attached to every school, and one hour a day given up to the teaching of simple decorative arts. It would be a golden hour to the children.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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I had left teaching, which I enjoyed, because I realized I couldn't get tenure at a research university.
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If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell.
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The San Gabriel Valley, stretching from Pasadena to Pomona, is especially starved for open space. The valley has a rich array of ethnically diverse communities, but it also has some of the highest rates of childhood obesity and diabetes in the state.
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I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.
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Rich people march on Washington every day.
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The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.
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Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous - but divorced. I'm always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.
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No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
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This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career.
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I know what I like to use myself. I use Leicas, but when I look at the photograph, I don't ask the photograph questions. Mine or anybody else's. The only time I've ever dealt with that kind of thing is when I'm teaching.
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Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed.
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One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that line. A yogi sees things in every movement he makes, maybe when practicing, maybe when teaching, or maybe when talking to people. You should have courage in your convictions and pursue what is dear to you all these years.
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Once we get our corporate culture the way we want it, we have to hire people who fit. Otherwise, the wheels fall off the wagon and we quickly find ourselves back where we started.
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It's objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last.
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[Students] often have a "We can figure this out - don't just tell us" attitude. In that way, they can be less patient with "traditional" approaches to teaching.
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We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.
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Man has become great through struggle.
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Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.
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Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.
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War is the antithesis of all our teaching. It breaks all the commandments; it makes rich men poor, and strong men weak. It makes well men sick, and by it living men are changed to dead men.
