"Heroism is endurance for one moment more." — George F. Kennan
"Heroism is endurance for one moment more."
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George F. Kennan
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33 Quotes by George F. Kennan
George F. Kennan has 33 quotes on this site.
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...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the…
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This is a big world. Billions - rapidly increasing billions - of people live outside our borders. Obviously, a great…
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It is obviously easier, for the short run, to draw cheap labor from adjacent pools of poverty...than to find it…
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Actually, the inability of any society to resist immigration, the inability to find other solutions to the problem of employment…
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Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not…
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It is an undeniable privilege of every man to prove himself right in the thesis that the world is his…
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Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a…
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The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors…
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It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of…
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There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of…
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War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.
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A foreign policy aimed at the achievement of total security is the one thing I can think of that is…
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More Endurance Quotes
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one of 509 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure…
— Joyce Banda
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I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I…
— Tyra Banks
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If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.
— Drew Barrymore
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By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir…
— Theodore Bikel
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Prolonged endurance tames the bold.
— Lord Byron
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with…
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of…
— John Climacus
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