Rough Quotes

870 quotes by 734 authors

We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to… — George Orwell
At its best, the US Open demands straight drives, crisp iron shots, brilliant chipping and putting, and strategic position play. Plus the patience of St.… — Thomas Boswell
The real key to Jack's [Nicklaus] success was his fantastic ability to score. His drives sometimes went into the rough, but he could plow the… — Gardner Dickinson
There be delights that will fetch the day about from sun to sun and rock the tedious year as in a delightful dream ... For… — J. D. Sedding
The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little and the kite soars a… — Lin Yutang
...above all, you have to love what you are doing. You cannot fake passion. If you love it you can fight through the rough times… — Shannon Miller
People who don't want to weather some of the rough periods miss out on something better. — Lisa Niemi
In those days contests were extremely rough and frequently cost the participants their lives. Thus, whenever I sallied forth to take part in any of… — Yokoyama Sakujiro
I'd like to see the fairways more narrow. Then everybody would have to play from the rough, not just me. — Seve Ballesteros
A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they? — Lee Trevino
There are rough players and there are dirty players. I'm rough and dirty. — Stan Mikita
The men whom I have seen succeed best in life always have been cheerful and hopeful men; who went about their business with a smile… — Charles Kingsley
The world must be rather a rough place for clever people. Ordinary folk dislike them, and as for themselves, they hate each other most cordially. — Jerome K. Jerome
Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order; Bleak blows the blast-your hat has got a hole… — George Canning
But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its attractions, and becomes… — Henry David Thoreau
The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed.… — Clarence Day
Any sensibility which can be crammed into the mold of a system, or handled with the rough tools of proof, is no longer sensibility at… — Susan Sontag
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America ... (She is)… — Ben Stein
I know, perhaps as well as anyone, what depression means, and what it is to feel myself sinking lower and lower. Yet at the worst,… — Charles Spurgeon

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