Edwin Lefevre Quotes
My losses have taught me that I must not begin to advance until I am sure I shall not have to retreat.
Quotes to Explore
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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
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Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.
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They put arsenic in his meat And stared aghast to watch him eat; They poured strychnine in his cup And shook to see him drink it up.
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The satisfactions people derive from what they do are determined to a large degree by their self-evaluative standards
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Acquire the courage to believe in yourself. Many of the things that you have been taught were at one time the radical ideas of individuals who had the courage to believe what their own hearts and minds told them was true, rather than accept the common beliefs of their day.
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Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something sad is a really great way to help you to feel sad when you need to.
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There is nothing more soul-satisfying than the first succulent bite into the juicy frankfurter.
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Our measure of rewards and punishments is most partial and incomplete, absurdly inadequate, utterly worldly; and we wish to continue it into the next world. Into that next and awful world we strive to pursue men, and send after them our impotent paltry verdicts of condemnation or acquittal. We set up our paltry little rod to measure heaven immeasurable.
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A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.
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He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.
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Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her.
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Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.
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He has so often told me he is madly in love with me, but what does that mean when I haven't had a good word from him in three months?
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Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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Experience shows that what happens is always the thing against which one has not made provision in advance.
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My losses have taught me that I must not begin to advance until I am sure I shall not have to retreat.
