--- title: "14 Left Quotes By Paul Hoffman" description: "14 Left quotes by Paul Hoffman. Plus more from Paul Hoffman and more Left sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/paul-hoffman-8370_die_get-on-your-feet-or-die-2606886_2606886.jpg" --- > [“Get on your feet or die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/get-on-your-feet-or-die/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/paul-hoffman-8370_die_get-on-your-feet-or-die-2606886_2606886.jpg) > [“Better a live dog than a dead lion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/better-a-live-dog-than-a-dead-lion/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/paul-hoffman-8370_dead_better-a-live-dog-than-a-dead-lion-98294_982940.jpg) > [“Feeling sorry for yourself is a universal solvent of salvation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/feeling-sorry-for-yourself-is-a-universal-solvent-of-salvation/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/paul-hoffman-8370_acids_feeling-sorry-for-yourself-is-a-universa_304039.jpg) > [“Self-pity, while it should be accorded due respect, is the greatest of all acids to the human soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/self-pity-while-it-should-be-accorded-due-respect-is-the-greatest-of/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/paul-hoffman-8370_acids_self-pity-while-it-should-be-accorded-du_2237931.jpg) > [“...the heart of a child can take forty-nine blows before it’s damaged for ever and what’s done can never be undone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-heart-of-a-child-can-take-forty-nine-blows-before-it-s-damaged/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/paul-hoffman-8370_child_the-heart-of-a-child-can-take-forty-nine_810007.jpg) > [“Even for the very clever it can be like breaking bones to stand back from something that’s been in front of you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/even-for-the-very-clever-it-can-be-like-breaking-bones-to-stand-back/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/paul-hoffman-8370_bones_even-for-the-very-clever-it-can-be-like_2512580.jpg) > [“- Why you? - (...) I’m the best. - Modest of you. - I am the best. Modesty has nothing to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/why-you-i-m-the-best-modest-of-you-i-am-the-best-modesty-has-nothing/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/paul-hoffman-8370_best_why-you-i-m-the-best-modest-of-you-i-am_1705312.jpg) > [“Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it as it is to its victims—the second it crushes, the first it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/force-is-as-pitiless-to-the-man-who-possesses-it-as-it-is-to-its/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/paul-hoffman-8370_brake_force-is-as-pitiless-to-the-man-who-poss_1466156.jpg) > [“It is not against reason, said the Englishman, to prefer the destruction of the world to a scratch on your finger –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/it-is-not-against-reason-said-the-englishman-to-prefer-the/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/paul-hoffman-8370_against_it-is-not-against-reason-said-the-englis_2489943.jpg) > [“...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy and adoration —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/his-soul-was-ringing-like-a-well-struck-bell-but-it-was-a-bell-that/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/paul-hoffman-8370_anger_his-soul-was-ringing-like-a-well-struck_3152511.jpg) > [“...Again she did not seem to hear, still looking into Cale’s eyes. Then slowly, hopelessly, she dropped her gaze. “I understand,” she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/again-she-did-not-seem-to-hear-still-looking-into-cale-s-eyes-then/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/paul-hoffman-8370_adoration_again-she-did-not-seem-to-hear-still-loo_2704519.jpg) > [“t was once famously said that it is as well that wars are so ruinously expensive, else we would never stop fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/t-was-once-famously-said-that-it-is-as-well-that-wars-are-so/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/paul-hoffman-8370_cale_t-was-once-famously-said-that-it-is-as-w_511259.jpg) > [“The heart of a man is a small thing but it desires great matters. It is not big enough for a dog’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-heart-of-a-man-is-a-small-thing-but-it-desires-great-matters-it/) [paul hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/paul-hoffman-8370_amuse_the-heart-of-a-man-is-a-small-thing-but_2481218.jpg) > [“I have a message for your daughter,” said Cale. “I am bound to her with cables that not even God can break.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/i-have-a-message-for-your-daughter-said-cale-i-am-bound-to-her-with/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/paul-hoffman-8370_alabaster_i-have-a-message-for-your-daughter-said_1759575.jpg) ## Other authors on Left ## More by Paul Hoffman > [“The battle had been as hideous as you might expect between one side who were simply not afraid to die and another who regarded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-battle-had-been-as-hideous-as-you-might-expect-between-one-side/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“...the older I get, the more I believe that if love is to be judged by most of its visible effects, it looks more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-believe-that-if-love-is-to-be-judged-by/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“You should never tell your best friend anything you wouldn´t be prepared to tell your worst enemy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/you-should-never-tell-your-best-friend-anything-you-wouldn-t-be/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“That's how the world is, and there is nothing an insignificant nobody like you, or even a significant somebody like me, can do about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/that-s-how-the-world-is-and-there-is-nothing-an-insignificant-nobody/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“That was a rhetorical question, one asked solely to produce an effect and not elicit a reply.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/that-was-a-rhetorical-question-one-asked-solely-to-produce-an-effect/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“To be sociable is a risky thing—even fatal—because it means being in contact with people, most of whom are dull, perverse and ignorant and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/to-be-sociable-is-a-risky-thing-even-fatal-because-it-means-being-in/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/if-there-was-to-be-a-new-europe-there-not-only-had-to-be-a-common/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“Feeling sorry for yourself is a universal solvent of salvation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/feeling-sorry-for-yourself-is-a-universal-solvent-of-salvation/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“The wicked have weakness other than their willingness to kill and maim. Even the bleakest, cruelest soul can have its tender spots. Even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-wicked-have-weakness-other-than-their-willingness-to-kill-and/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/listen-the-sanctuary-of-the-redeemers-on-shotover-scarp-is-named/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-europeans-had-made-two-promises-to-the-united-states-if-marshall/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“non numerantur sed ponderantur (They are not counted but weighed)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/non-numerantur-sed-ponderantur-they-are-not-counted-but-weighed/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [“Until two days ago what had driven him was the will to survive: deep, animal, full of rage—but always part of him had not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/until-two-days-ago-what-had-driven-him-was-the-will-to-survive-deep/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [As far as we were concerned, we were operators, we were administrators. I don't ever recall going to Dean Acheson and asking for any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/as-far-as-we-were-concerned-we-were-operators-we-were-administrators/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) > [There are times we are givers, but others time we have to let others give to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/there-are-times-we-are-givers-but-others-time-we-have-to-let-others/) [Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left/paul-hoffman/#itemlist", "name": "14 Left Quotes By Paul Hoffman", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Get on your feet or die.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Hoffman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/get-on-your-feet-or-die/", "image": { 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He felt he’d become a kind of god in her eyes, and it was simply impossible to give up her adoration.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Hoffman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/again-she-did-not-seem-to-hear-still-looking-into-cale-s-eyes-then/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/paul-hoffman-8370_adoration_again-she-did-not-seem-to-hear-still-loo_2704519.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/paul-hoffman-8370_adoration_again-she-did-not-seem-to-hear-still-loo_2704519.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/paul-hoffman-8370_adoration_again-she-did-not-seem-to-hear-still-loo_2704519.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...Again she did not seem to hear, still looking into Cale’s eyes. 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