Chief Quotes

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A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.' — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The president of the United States is a commander-in-chief, and the president of the United States, you know, executes the laws and tries to motivate… — Rick Santorum
Strangely enough, politics may just be the one realm in which having kids imposes no penalty on women. Kids are practically a necessity. For scientists,… — Stacy Schiff
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he… — Arthur Schopenhauer
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. — Walter Scott
Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or… — Chief Seattle
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. — Adam Smith
I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
One's ignorance is one's chief asset. — Wallace Stevens
The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him;… — Henry L. Stimson
The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. — William Graham Sumner
I can remember the morning after President Nixon won re-election in 1972. His chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, called a Cabinet meeting and told the… — Helen Thomas
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for… — Leo Tolstoy
The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people. — Dalton Trumbo
Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and purposes of Socialism are the chief leaders of the… — Benjamin Tucker
The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects. — Leonardo da Vinci
It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them. — Ellen G. White
Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army. — Elie Wiesel

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