Overtakes Quotes

38 quotes by 31 authors

One is also reminded of how, in art, the tortoise so often overtakes the hare... — Clement Greenberg
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the… — Napoleon Hill
Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesnâ€™t catch up, it overtakes â€¦ blotting out the future. — Sarah Dessen
THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well… — Edgar Allan Poe
A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him… — Edgar Allan Poe
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at… — Benjamin Franklin
In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you. — Brandon Mull
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it. — Benjamin Franklin
Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers. — Carlos Fuentes
Marketers know - no matter how deep the emotional connection or brand loyalty - when a product does not perform, rational thought overtakes emotion, and… — Mark McKinnon
Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us. — Lawrence Summers
Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you. — Katherine Anne Porter
Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. — James Thurber
In a sacred ground like marriage, you find yourself out of it at certain times for reasons unknown that can be destructive. There could be… — David Boreanaz
Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your… — Bible
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. — Benjamin Franklin
What is a farm but a mute gospel? The chaff and the wheat, weeds and plants, blight, rain, insects, sunit is a sacred emblem from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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