Eager Quotes

455 quotes by 386 authors

I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I'm eager to follow a hero if… — Edward Abbey
A peculiar fact about termite-tapeworm-fungus-moss art is that it goes always forward, eating its own boundaries, and, likely as not, leaves nothing in its path… — Manny Farber
President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on Castro's Cuba. He abandoned our friends in Poland… — Mitt Romney
If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplishedâ€”mountains can be crumbled into atoms. — Swami Vivekananda
I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager… — Harry Houdini
Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But… — Samuel Johnson
Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
I've noticed two things about men who get big salaries. They are almost invariably men who, in conversation or in conference, are adaptable. They quickly… — Unknown Author
The great Pioneer Missionaries all had 'inverted homesickness' this passion to call that country their home which was most in need of the Gospel. In… — Samuel Marinus Zwemer
Crossing the uplands of time, Skirting the borders of night, Scaling the face of the peak of dreams, We enter the region of light, And… — Unknown Author
Begin today. Declare out loud to the universe that you are willing to let go of struggle and eager to learn through joy. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
This is an historic day for American public education and for our nation as we begin the journey to level the academic playing field for… — Unknown Author
Christians appeal to those who wrong them and make them friendly to themselves; they are eager to do good to their enemies; they are mild… — Unknown Author
Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and… — Plato
A wonderful, warm, positive individual who exhibits the values that are prerequisite to a significant faculty post in higher education, I think that it is… — Unknown Author
I have never in my life encountered a religion as oppressive, cold, and stiff as Progressivism. I've never known a faith more eager to burn… — Matt Walsh
Small groups of persons can, and do, make the rest of us think what they please about a given subject. But there are usually proponents… — Edward Bernays
The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human… — Walt Whitman
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Â Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you… — Twyla Tharp
Treason is a strong word, but not too strong to characterize the situation in which the Senate is the eager, resourceful, and indefatigable agent of… — David Graham Phillips

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