Long Quotes

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Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger — Michael Kirby
We know the battle ahead will be long. But always remember that, no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the… — Barack Obama
Life often seems like a long shipwreck of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love. - The shores of existence are strewn with them. — Madame de Stael
It takes a long time to turn a big country around. Just be of good cheer and keep working on it. — William J. Clinton
Controlled, universal disarmament is the imperative of our time. The demand for it by the hundreds of millions whose chief concern is the long future… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not wonder why things are "taking so long." In fact, everything is rolling out exactly as it needs to, using not a minute more… — Neale Donald Walsch
One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to… — F. H. Bradley
Thief!- how did you crawl into, crawl down alone into the death I wanted so badly and for so long ... — Anne Sexton
the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training. — Thomas Jefferson
I've got a long history of suicid in my family; the good news is it skips a generation, so, if I'm lucky, my kids will… — Anthony Jeselnik
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march… — Sun Tzu
There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take… — Sun Tzu
I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set about it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed he will have good friends,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays. — Sun Tzu
If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed. — Sun Tzu
The policy of letting the child 'do what he likes' is an insidious one, since the children are encouraged to continue always at their original… — Murray Rothbard
The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as… — Mahatma Gandhi

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