Prowess Quotes
45 quotes by 43 authors
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Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.
— Kathryn Bigelow
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People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.
— Van Wyck Brooks
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We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.
— James L. Jones
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O son, thou hast not true humility, The highest virtue, mother of them all; But her thou hast not know; for what is this? Thou…
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess. ... We found our refuge in science. ...…
— Freeman Dyson
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I appeal to the contemptible speech made lately by Sir Robert Peel to an applauding House of Commons. 'Orders of merit,' said he, 'were the…
— John Joseph Griffin
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At all times, except when a monarch could enforce his will, war has been facilitated by the fact that vigorous males, confident of victory, enjoyed…
— Bertrand Russell
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I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born with a passionate desire to communicate, to…
— James A. Michener
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The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out…
— Winston Churchill
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All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for…
— Samuel Gompers
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Sometimes men present a swagger that suggests a prowess, whether it's sexual or financial. L.A. seems to be a place where trying too hard is…
— Michael C. Hall
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How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the…
— Van Wyck Brooks
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Human beings have fabricated the illusion that in the 21st century they have the technological prowess to be independent of nature. Bees underline the reality…
— Achim Steiner
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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of…
— Sallust
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There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.
— Henry Theodore Tuckerman
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If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital…
— John F. Kennedy
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In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power.
— Upton Sinclair
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In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting,…
— Harsha Bhogle
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One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess…
— Michael Shannon
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Intellectual prowess has its limitations. Thus, do not limit the scope of your learning to the realm of the intellect.
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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