Captains Quote by William Graham Sumner Download Open image “Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals” — William Graham Sumner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Captains Captains of industry Industry Inspirational Love Organize
Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
If you put on the military uniform, you're a prima facie hero. Generals are the epitome of that. They're the ones who have been… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals. — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“The Continental army got more generals than they got private soldiers, these days. An officer lives through more 'n two battles, they make him… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of General Douglas MacArthur and General George Patton.We have a few generals that have been so incredible to me. Now… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“A general may succeed for some time in persuading his superiors that he is a good commander: he will never” — Field Marshal Archibald wavell Copy Share Image
Not only generals can be politicians, and not only generals can be defense ministers. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
We had generals who were admirals and admirals who wanted to be generals. Generals acting as admirals are bad enough, but it was the… — Holland Smith Copy Share Image
The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war. — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured. — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
“Can anyone imagine that the masterfulness, the overbearing disposition, the greed of gain, and the ruthlessness in methods, which are the faults of the… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty. — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is never heard… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its 'debt' in… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
The taxing power is especially something after which the reformer's finger always itches. — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and that means… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
The yearning after equality [in economic outcome] is the offspring of envy and covetousness, and there is no possible plan for satisfying that yearning… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy and the… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Before the tribunal of nature, a man has no more right to life than a rattlesnake; he has no more right to liberty than… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
If i can't even protect my captain's dream, then whatever ambition i have is nothing but talk.. — Zoro Copy Share Image
In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to… — Thomas Sankara Copy Share Image
Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
I was 35 years old and in a position to take a shot at whatever I wanted to try. The Air Force said I… — Jerry Doyle Copy Share Image
Christianity, righty understood, is utterly unlike religion that man invents. It is so completely contrary to the way man does things that it must… — Richard Halverson Copy Share Image
In high school, my sister went out with the captain of the chess team. My parents loved him... They figured that any guy that… — Brian Kiley Copy Share Image
Sourav's greatest asset is his ability to communicate. He is a naturally very confident person. He encourages his team, is a great motivator and… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
I need to gain a lot more experience. I think so much of being a director, other than the technical aspect and the artistry… — Josh Peck Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate when final decisions are made by chieftains headquartered miles away from the front, where they can only guess at conditions and… — Attila the Hun Copy Share Image
But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
![“The yearning after equality [in economic outcome] is the offspring of envy and covetousness, and there is no possible plan for satisfying that yearning which can do aught else than rob A to give to B; consequently all such plans nourish some of the meanest vices of human nature, waste capital, and…” quote by William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9b4/william-graham-sumner-5011_can-do_the-yearning-after-equality-in-economic_454035.jpg)
