He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold. – Baltasar Gracián, translated from Spanish Category: Boldness
It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and repulses all who are not ardent. – Machiavelli Category: Boldness
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. – Theodore Roosevelt Category: Boldness
The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent. – Bob Riley Category: Education
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. – Max Beerbohm Category: History