Quotes for All
I do not say that there is no glory to be gained [in war]; but it is not personal glory. In itself, no cause was ever more glorious than that of men who struggle, not to conquer territory, not to gather spoil, not to gratify ambition, but for freedom, for religion, for hearth and home, … Read more
Do not entertain the notion that you ought to advance in your prayer. If you do, you will only find you have put on the brake instead of the acceleration. All real progress in spiritual things comes gently, imperceptibly, and is the work of God. Our crude efforts spoil it. Know yourself for the childish, … Read more
The best way to spoil a good story is by sticking to the facts. Evan Esar
People hate what they don’t understand and try to destroy it. Only try to keep yourself clear and don’t allow that destructive force to spoil something that to you is simple, natural, and beautiful. Eva Le Gallienne
A rare spoil for a man Is the winning of a good wife; very Plentiful are the worthless women. Euripides
The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles. Eugene V. Debs
Watch me closely – only one can spoil it. Eugene Ormandy
One always has to spoil a picture a little bit, in order to finish it. Eugene Delacroix
Stigma is a process by which the reaction of others spoils normal identity. Erving Goffman
Teachers should be very careful not to spoil their pupils’ taste for poetry for all time by making it a task and an imposition. Ernest Shackleton