Nothing Quotes - page 97

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself. (Patrick Rothfuss)
Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear. View quote
Patrick Rothfuss
Strive for perfection in everything we do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough. View quote
Henry Royce
We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
What I have done up to this is nothing. I am only at the beginning of the course I must run. Do you imagine that I triumph in Italy in order to aggrandise the pack of lawyers who form the Directory, and men like Carnot and Barras? What an idea! View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
What is the government? nothing, unless supported by opinion. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
(On being the world's richest man) I wish I wasn't ... There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it. View quote
Bill Gates
To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life. View quote
Victor Hugo
Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket. View quote
Victor Hugo
What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another. View quote
Victor Hugo
Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it. View quote
Victor Hugo
It is nothing to die it is dreadful not to live. View quote
Victor Hugo
Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect. (Terry McMillan)
Capitalism has been fully restored in Yugoslavia, as is well-known, but this capitalism knows how to disguise. Yugoslavia portrays itself as a socialist state, but of a special kind, as the world has never seen it before! The Titoites even boast that their state has nothing in common with the first socialist state which emerged from the socialist October Revolution and which was founded by Lenin and Stalin on the basis of the scientific theory of Marx and Engels. View quote
Enver Hoxha
What did Jesus Christ say to the Teamsters? 'Do nothing till I get back. View quote
Donald E. Westlake
Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason. View quote
Stanisław Leszczyński
Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing. View quote
Evan Esar