Logo
Quote by Leon Trotsky
Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without f

Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. – Leon Trotsky

Other quotes by Leon Trotsky

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. – Leon Trotsky

Category:
strength
Author
Leon Trotsky
Read Quote

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens. – Leon Trotsky

Category:
car
Author
Leon Trotsky
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
great
category

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books. – Dr. Seuss

Category:
great

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. – Blaise Pascal

Category:
great

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. – Plutarch

Category:
great

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets. – Larry Hagman

Category:
great

Random Quotes

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. – Jane Austen

Category:
Home

Art owes its origin to Nature herself… this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. – Giorgio Vasari

Category:
Intelligence

History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums. – Alan Greenspan

Category:
History

To us, who live in the nineteenth century, any century is a suitable subject for art except our own. The only beautiful things are things that do not concern us. – Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying: A Dialogue,” in The Nineteenth Century: A Mont

Category:
Art