Best Shortest Sayings

209 Shortest quotes by 179 unique authors

What is my task? To get the gospel around the world in the shortest possible time to every man and woman and boy and girl! — Aimee Semple McPherson
We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor. — Charles Stanley
Find the shortest, simplest way between the earth, the hands, and the mouth. — Lanza del Vasto
One must seek the shortest way and the fastest means to get back home-to turn the spark within into a blaze, to be merged in… — Bhagawan Nityananda
Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the… — George Mikes
Natural movement is the shortest way to an effective result. Like the way the water runs, it always finds the right way. — Vladimir Vasiliev
A sceptical young man one day conversing with the celebrated Dr. Parr, observed that he would believe nothing which he could not understand. "Then, young… — Arthur Helps
A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories, they were also… — Anthony de Mello
Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end of life puts… — Saint Augustine
You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is… — Bernard DeVoto
[Mary] is the safest, easiest, shortest and most perfect way of approaching Jesus and will surrender themselves to her, body and soul, without reserve in… — Louis de Montfort
God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once." — Samuel Smiles
Every action done by nature is done in the shortest way. — Leonardo da Vinci
[My vision is] To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Americans are incredibly inpatient. Someone once said that the shortest period of time in America is the time between when the light turns green and… — Jim Rohn
The shortest distance to leadership is service. — Myles Munroe
It is a fact worthy of note that the shortest lived nations of which we have record have been monogamic. Rome...was a monogamic nation and… — George Q. Cannon
They say that even the brightest star won't shine forever. But in fact, the brightest star would live the shortest amount of time. Feel free… — Phil Plait
Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest… — Edward Tufte
Violet has the shortest wavelength of the spectrum. Behind it, the invisible ultraviolet. Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. Poor violet, violated for a rhyme. — Derek Jarman
What is simplicity? Simplicity is the shortest path to a solution. — Ward Cunningham
It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line. — Ibrahim Babangida
Do, each day, all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork-or to rush blindly into your work, trying to do the… — Earl Nightingale
In my opinion instruction is very purposeless for such individuals who do no want merely to collect a mass of knowledge, but are mainly interested… — Carl Friedrich Gauss

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