Affairs Quotes

954 Affairs quotes by 671 unique authors

These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to… — Mother Teresa
You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order. — Jim Butcher
If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation.… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Four or five years - nothing at all. But no one over thirty could understand this peculiarly weighted and condensed time, from late teens to… — Ian Mcewan
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues. Let… — William Shakespeare
I have had affairs that lasted decades and others that lasted for hours. I have loved princesses and peasants. And I suppose they loved me,… — Erin Morgenstern
...Recognising, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe--" "Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Idiot - A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is… — Ambrose Bierce
Isn't is lovely to be all together again?" Raffin said, throwing one arm around Po and the other around Bann. -------- She wanted them near,… — Kristin Cashore
When I read these books, I no longer felt like I was confined to a very tiny world. I no longer felt housebound and bedbound.… — Gavin Extence
A proper disposition of time leaves a man at leisure in the very bustle of affairs; without delaying the attention of his concerns to the… — Norm MacDonald
A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them,… — Henry Ward Beecher
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was… — Laozi
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy. — Martha Washington
I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so… — B. C. Forbes
The man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not… — Andrew Carnegie
The ordinary affairs of a nation offer little difficulty to a person of any experience. — Thomas Jefferson
Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends — Thomas Jefferson
A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership - not natural or social… — George Roche III
Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction. — James Russell Lowell
Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity. — Stendhal
There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them. — Philibert Joseph Roux
The U.S. public is depoliticised, poorly informed on foreign affairs... and strongly patriotic in the face of a struggle with another Hitler. Even though the… — Edward S. Herman
As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it… — Paul Wellstone

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