Early Quotes

3964 Early quotes by 3007 unique authors

Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early… — Laozi
Work hard. Come early, stay late. That's the way leadership has to approach it. — T. Boone Pickens
My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as… — Herbert Read
I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was… — Thom Gunn
Everyone is gonna have a bad day, everyone is gonna have a bad game. The questions are: How do you recover? What builds your character?… — Gilbert Arenas
At an early age, I quit high school at 17 and joined the Air Force. — Sandy Adams
I loved this smart, funny, big-hearted novel. As hilarious and wise as early Philip Roth, The Mathematician's Shiva will delight and move you. — Steven Strogatz
My parents ingrained in me early on that the perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win and I want to… — Andrea Jung
I hit the ball early and move my wrist a lot, so I get bigger angles. — Alexandr Dolgopolov
Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth… — Isaac Watts
Though my mom had too many of her own dreams denied, deferred and destroyed, she instilled in me that I could have dreams. And not… — Chris Gardner
You want to come in and prove yourself early. Obviously, it is a responsibility being drafted that high to come in and play well and… — A. J. Hawk
Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached… — Samuel Johnson
I've had a lot of friends in the business that got out earlier than normal. They tell me they got out too early and that… — LaVell Edwards
. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that if… — James A. Michener
Early in April, as I was vigorously hoeing in a corner, I unearthed a huge toad, to my perfect delight and satisfaction; he had lived… — Celia Thaxter
One purpose of CRC cards [a design tool] is to fail early, to fail often, and to fail inexpensively. It is a lot cheaper to… — Unknown Author
The discipline of programming is most like sorcery. Both use precise language to instruct inanimate objects to do our bidding. Small mistakes in programs or… — Richard E. Pattis
When building a complex system, having crackerjack programmers (who can make any design work, even a bad one) can be a liability. The result, after… — Richard E. Pattis
I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work. — Louis D. Brandeis
All of Western tradition, from the late bloom of the British Empire right through the early doom of Vietnam, dictates that you do something spectacular… — June Jordan
Some important ideas from the book of early Christians which is called Philokalia: From Spiritual Directions of Diadochus of Photiki The acme of faith is...… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
The plea for the predominance of learning to read in early school life because of the great importance attaching to literature seems to be a… — John Dewey
The lime trees were in bloom. But in the early morning only a faint fragrance drifted through the garden, an airy message, an aromatic echo… — Isak Dinesen
Clean hearts and healthful food, exercise, early sleep and fresh air, wholesome recreation and meditation combined with optimism that comes from fighting for the right… — Ezra Taft Benson

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