Surest Quotes

271 quotes by 223 authors

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. — Lord Acton
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. — Robert Benchley
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and… — Henry Bolingbroke
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their… — Jean de la Bruyere
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. — James Buchanan
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. — Dale Carnegie
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. — Dale Carnegie
Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind — Isaac Pitman
The person of Christ is to me the greatest and surest of all facts. — Philip Schaff
National injustice is the surest road to national downfall. — William E. Gladstone
If we ever establish contact with intelligent aliens living on a planet around a distant star ... They would be made of similar atoms to… — Martin Rees
The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who… — Benjamin Haydon
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know. — Mark Twain
I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed a constitutional amendment. The reason… — George W. Bush
Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass? — Michel de Montaigne
Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to offer. — Ken Robinson
Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always… — Alfred Whitney Griswold
This silence, this moment, every moment, if it's genuinely inside you, brings what you need. There's nothing to believe. Only when I stopped believing in… — Rumi

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