"Optimism is the foundation of courage." — Nicholas Murray Butler
"Optimism is the foundation of courage."
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Nicholas Murray Butler
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25 Quotes by Nicholas Murray Butler
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The forty-four-hour week has no charm for me. I'm looking for a forty-hour day.
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Modern mathematics, that most astounding of intellectual creations, has projected the mind's eye through infinite time and the mind's hand…
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The modern university does not exist to teach alone...It exists also to serve the democracy of which it is a…
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I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen,…
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The history of the building of the American nation may justly be described as a laboratory experiment in understanding and…
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The fifth freedom, the Freedom of Individual Enterprise, is the keystone of the arch on which the other Four Freedoms…
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The old world order changed when this war-storm broke. The old international order passed away as suddenly, as unexpectedly, and…
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Businesses planned for service are apt to succeed businesses planned for profit are apt to fail.
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Many peoples tombstones should read, 'Died at 30. Buried at 60.'
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This desire of knowledge and the wonder which it hopes to satisfy are the driving power behind all the changes…
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Every attempt, by whatever authority, to fix a maximum of productive labor by a given worker in a given time…
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The epitaphs on tombstones of a great many people should read: Died at thirty, and buried at sixty.
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
— Aristotle
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
— Aristotle
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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.
— Richard Bach
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it…
— Lance Armstrong
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
— Arthur Ashe
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
— Teresa of Avila
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Action is the antidote to despair.
— Joan Baez
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