Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
On your principles, you should never yield; you should be prepared to be defeated. Nobody likes to be defeated, but you should… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. The happy ending is justly scorned as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The last thing it [government] ought to do is to ground its proceedings on the ignorance of the people, - to yield… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
The truth frequently seems unreasonable; the truth frequently is depressing; the truth sometimes seems to be evil, but it has the eternal… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Great conquests trouble, where contempt may please -- the one yields glory, and the other ease. — William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling Copy Share Image
But the Jews are so hardened that they listen to nothing; though overcome by testimonies they yield not an inch. It is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small… — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
People tend to be clueless about prices. Contrary to economic theory, we don't really decide between A and B by consulting our… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness. The deer strives with his supple legs, the cowman with trap… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely. — Mary Leakey Copy Share Image
The work of art... is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“What if the wolves come?" – Lommy Greenhands "Yield." – Arya Stark” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
F.D.R. had to deal with Southern segregationists - and outright racists - who held power in Congress, so he had to yield… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will. — Joseph Glanvill Copy Share Image
When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The hands have to be like concrete when the horse resists and like butter when he yields. — Nuno Oliveira Copy Share Image
The artist yields often to the stimuli of materials that will transmit his spirit. — Odilon Redon Copy Share Image
The means that heaven yields must be embraced, and not neglected; else, if heaven would, and we will not heaven's offer, we… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I find that my cultural conditioning leads me to focus attention on places where I am unlikely to get what I want.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We invest in undervalued companies that exhibit strong fundamentals, above-market dividend yields and historic earnings growth, which our analysis indicates will persist.… — David Dreman Copy Share Image
The more important a call to action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel about answering it. But… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
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