Chief Quotes

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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. — J. Paul Getty
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. — Khalil Gibran
A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has… — Ellen Glasgow
The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. — Ulysses S. Grant
After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. — Calvin Coolidge
In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand. — Barbara Corcoran
I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold… — Aleister Crowley
Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers. — John Cusack
If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them. — Jim DeMint
As Commander in Chief of the United States Military, I will never send our sons and daughters and our brothers and sisters to die in… — Howard Dean
That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind. — Mos Def
I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going… — Alan Dershowitz
The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage… — Charles Alexander Eastman
One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a… — Abba Eban
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. — Thomas A. Edison
There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know,… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams… — Albert Einstein
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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