Action Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the results of any great design, but of chance.

— François De La Rochefoucauld

Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance.

— Anonymous

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at…

— Herodotus

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform.

— Hugh Walpole

... that order generated without design can far outstrip plans men consciously contrive

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is necessary to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

— Giacomo Leopardi

Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity. For Chance rarely conflicts with intelligence, and most things in…

— Democritus

The thinking of creative and successful men is never exerted in any direction other than that intended. That is why great men produce such…

— Walter Russell

Men are rather beholden ... generally to chance or anything else, than to logic, for the invention of arts and sciences.

— Francis Bacon

“Men are much more likely to discover easier and readier methods of attaining any object, when the whole attention of their minds is directed…

— Adam Smith