"The world is wide, and I will not……" — Frances E. Willard
"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum."
More Friction Quotes
- It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. — Henry Ward Beecher
- We need to understand that we are not each others' enemies in this country. And it is only the political… — Benjamin Carson
- Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change… — Saul Alinsky
- So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional… — John Abizaid
- Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. — Clare Boothe Luce
- To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in… — Dalai Lama
- Om is the pointed piece and Dhyâna (meditation) is the friction. — Swami Vivekananda
- In war, while everything is simple, even the simplest thing is difficult. Difficulties accumulate and produce frictions which no one… — Carl von Clausewitz
- Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction,… — Marcus Buckingham
- It's very hard to write about that which is always beautiful and pleasant and good. You don't get anywhere with… — Paul Bowles
- Writer's block is a natural affliction. Writers who have never experienced it have something wrong with them. It means there… — Stanley Kunitz
- The Internet will help achieve "friction free capitalism" by putting buyer and seller in direct contact and providing more information… — Bill Gates