Spoils Quotes

118 Spoils quotes by 103 unique authors

True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war. — Laurell K. Hamilton
While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. — Abigail Van Buren
He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip. — Laozi
The greater the battle - the greater the spoils. — T.D. Jakes
Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it. — Ibn Majah
God give us men! A time like this demands. Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does… — J. G. Holland
The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason. — Immanuel Kant
The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them. — Jean de la Bruyere
Socialism and capitalism are both essentially materialist, just different ways of approaching the lifeless world of matter and deciding how to share the spoils. — Iain McGilchrist
Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind. — Baldur von Schirach
It takes two to paint. One to paint, the other to stand by with an axe to kill him before he spoils it. — William Merritt Chase
No praying, it spoils business. — Thomas Otway
Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously. Adultery? Phooey! You… — Quentin Crisp
The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers. — James Agate
But the best argument of all [for evangelism] is to be found in the wounds of Jesus. You want to honor Him, you desire to… — Charles Spurgeon
Do not procrastinate. Someone has said that procrastination is the thief of time. Actually, procrastination is much more. It is the thief of our self-respect.… — Thomas S. Monson
You see, no one can teach anybody. The teacher spoils everything by thinking that he is teaching. Thus Vedanta says that within man is all… — Swami Vivekananda
Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it. — Russell Baker
The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political… — Eugene V. Debs
I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others. — Phil Donahue
Reasons are the spoils of victory. When you've destroyed the enemy, then your leaders write down the reasons in books, and give moving speeches about… — Terry Goodkind
In our own time we have seen domination spread over the social landscape to a point where it is beyond all human control. Compared to… — Murray Bookchin
Bad teaching wastes a great deal of effort, and spoils many lives which might have been full of energy and happiness. — Gilbert Highet
Google is the enemy. I would tell that to anyone who enjoys any TV show like 'Game of Thrones' to avoid it; it spoils so… — Richard Madden
Lessons learned are like bridges burned you only need to cross them but once. Is the knowledge gained worth the price of the pain, are… — Dan Fogelberg

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