Incurring Quotes
16 quotes by 16 authors
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It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings…
— Chanakya
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A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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May the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the…
— Zachary Taylor
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A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even…
— Carlo M. Cipolla
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We feel led to caution . . . against forming the bad habit of incurring debt and taking upon themselves obligations which frequently burden them…
— Wilford Woodruff
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Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free constitutions.…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If…
— Elizabeth Aston
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I learned little save that most of the deeds, good and bad both, incurring opprobrium or plaudits or reward either, within the scope of man's…
— William Faulkner
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The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers. In an era and in a society where freedom of speech was not held in high regard, of…
— Pierre Trudeau
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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur…
— Frederick Douglass
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The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
— Henry James
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A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their…
— Thomas Jefferson
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To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a…
— Plutarch
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Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments
— Confucius
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It is critical that low-income consumers have access to alternative products and services such as rent-to-own. It gives working-class families opportunities to obtain decent household…
— William Lacy Clay, Jr.
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Momma will be forever remembered with the love, kindness, and warmth she brought to so many lives. Grief is something that all must travel in…
— Tammi Post
Who Wrote These Incurring Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 16 Incurring Quotes as follows: