Short quotations about, wrong - Page 2

Confucius, The Confucian Analects

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall…

13 Oct , 2011  

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius, The Confucian Analects , Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

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To live a creative life, we must lo…

13 Oct , 2011  

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: Joseph Chilton Pearce ,

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Sir Arthur Eddington

We are bits of stellar matter that …

15 Feb , 2011  

We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Arthur Eddington , English astronomer (1882 – 1944)

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We made too many wrong mistakes….

15 Feb , 2011  

We made too many wrong mistakes. Great short quote and quotation by: Yogi Berra , US baseball player, coach, & manager (1925 – )

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James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937

Well, if I called the wrong number,…

15 Feb , 2011  

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? Great short quote and quotation by: James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937 , US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 – 1961)

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What is all wisdom save a collectio…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: Norman Douglas ,

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What is all wisdom save a collectio…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes. Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings– they are so trite, so threadbare. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot be far wrong. Has any man ever attained to inner […]

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Whatever you do, you need courage. …

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage […]

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John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids

When a day that you happen to know …

15 Feb , 2011  

When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere. Great short quote and quotation by: John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids ,

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Albert Guinon

When everyone is against you, it me…

15 Feb , 2011  

When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong– or absolutely right. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Guinon , (1863 – 1923)

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Charles A. Stoddard

When we can say “no” not only to th…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we can say “no” not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder and clog our grand duties and our chief work, we shall understand more fully what life is worth, and how to make the most of it. Great short quote and […]

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When women go wrong, men go right a…

15 Feb , 2011  

When women go wrong, men go right after them. Great short quote and quotation by: Mae West , US movie actress (1892 – 1980)

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