Logo
Quote by Robert Hall
In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall

Other quotes by Robert Hall

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. – Robert Hall

Category:
best
Author
Robert Hall
Read Quote

War is nothing less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included. – Robert Hall

Category:
War
Author
Robert Hall
Read Quote

Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy. – Robert Hall

Category:
Health
Author
Robert Hall
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
power
category

Doing the right thing has power. – Laura Linney

Category:
power

Bloombergs $50 million is not going to revolutionize the electric power industry. But his willingness to fight is already inspiring others to see Big Coal differently. – Jeff Goodell

Category:
power

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, thats totally nonsense. – Dalai Lama

Category:
power

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Category:
power

Random Quotes

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. – Stephen Hawking

Category:
Intelligence

And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether youre talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership and youre part of that leadership. – Don Nickles

Category:
Leadership

My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud. – William Blake

Category:
Birth

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders. – Sloan Wilson

Category:
Intelligence