Causes Quote by Demosthenes Download Open image “Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.” — Demosthenes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acts Extravagance Cause Foolish Causes Extravagance Foolish Foolish Rushing Rushing Success Unexpected Unexpected Successes
Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
By the delusions of seeming good the people are often misled to desire their own ruin; and they are frequently influenced by great hopes… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“people do get carried away and make mistakes, but one must have indulgence; those mistakes are merely evidence of enthusiasm for the cause and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it. — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“People often find themselves achieving victories that are empty, successes that have come at the expense of things they suddenly realize were far more… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To avoid an occasion for our virtues is a worse degree of failure than to push forward pluckily and make a fall. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Every great cause is born from repeated failures and from imperfect achievements. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“Successes are secret and thankless, failures are splashy and gain you only blame.” — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Foolishness is a gift in life some times, because he is not aware of consequences. — Yssubramanyam Copy Share Image
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots.… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe. — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue. — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each me wishes, that he also believes is true.” — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men. — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
It appears to me that one great cause of our difference in opinion on subjects which we often discuss is that you have always… — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
Many patients imagine that they have tried everything. True, they have used many remedies, but they have never had the cause of their infirmity… — Daniel D. Palmer Copy Share Image
Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans. Well, roll my breakfast cause I'm a hungry man. — Big Joe Turner Copy Share Image
This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare,… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Well the first time I performed, my mom was like how she is now when sees me on stage – all red, smiling from… — Chris Brown Copy Share Image