How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The worthiness of any cause is not measured by its clean record, but by its readiness to see the blots when they… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But let the wise be warned against too great readiness at explanation: it multiplies the sources of mistake, lengthening the sum for… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A method of child-rearing is not--or should not be--a whim, a fashion or a shibboleth. It should derive from an understanding of… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
The nature of encounter operations required of the commanders limitless initiative and constant readiness to take the responsibility for military actions. — Georgy Zhukov Copy Share Image
The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Suspending moral judgment is not the immorality of the novel; it is its morality. The morality that stands against the ineradicable human… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Overwhelment is about you not being up to speed with what you told the Universe that you want. The Universe is yielding… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
And it is through strife and the readiness for strife that a man or a nation must win greatness. So, let the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars,… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
“Leaders don't venture without vision. They don't pray without plans. They don't climb without clues. They are always prepared.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
What are the moral convictions most fondly held by barbarous and semi-barbarous people? They are the convictions that authority is the soundest… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“Your readiness to accept any changes that life throws at you, reveals your true strength!” — Somya Kedia Copy Share Image
I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in… — Edward Irving Copy Share Image
The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role… — William Greider Copy Share Image
There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior… — Alfred Thayer Mahan Copy Share Image
I have issued the command, and I'll have anybody who utters but one word of criticism executed by a firing squad, that… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one's… — S. D Gordon Copy Share Image
