Chief Quotes

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I was a reasonably good student in college ... My chief interests were scientific. When I entered college, I was devoted to out-of-doors natural history,… — Theodore Roosevelt
Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. — Jawaharlal Nehru
A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself… — Theodore Roosevelt
I have it on good authority-from the roads department chief, Mr. Arpin-that it will not snow after the fifteenth of March. — Jean Drapeau
The chief significance of Alpha Phi Alpha lies in its purpose to stimulate, develop, and cement an intelligent, trained leadership in the unending fight for… — Jewel
The bayonet has always been the weapon of the brave and the chief tool of victory — Napoleon Bonaparte
I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that… — Jim Thorpe
The chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own character. — Theodore Roosevelt
It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth… — Napoleon Bonaparte
What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this: It is to give men and women a sense of God… — David Lloyd-Jones
All the big corporations depreciate their possessions, and you can, too, provided you use them for business purposes. For example, if you subscribe to the… — Dave Barry
What is the end of human life? It is not, believe me, the chief end of man that he should make a fortune and beget… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
At the end of the day, I think I understand the dynamic that we face. And I'm best prepared to be commander in chief on… — Lindsey Graham
I'm probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you've ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent. — Bear Grylls
I listen to him [Chief Keef] the most. I like his older mixtapes a little better though, because old Chief Keef scared me - I… — Danny Brown
The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly… — H. L. Mencken
I speak without exaggeration when I say that I have constructed 3,000 different theories in connection with the electric light, each one of them reasonable… — Thomas A. Edison
Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin. — Mahatma Gandhi

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