Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Keywords:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "S" » surpass
«True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.»
Author: Arthur Ashe
(Activist, Tennis Player)
| About:
Heroism
| Keywords:
cost, heroism, remarkably, serve, sober, sobered, soberest, sobering, sobers, sober up, surpass, surpassed, surpassing, The Urge, undramatic, urge
«It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But don't worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers.»
Author: David Joseph Schwartz
| Keywords:
beyond, doers, harbor, harbored, harbors, invariably, leader, observe, respect, second, second best, study, surpass, surpassed, surpassing, The Second, worship, worshipping
«The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.»
Author: Denis Waitley
(Author, Speaker)
| Keywords:
achievement, approval, constant, of your own, splendid, striving, surpass, surpassed, surpassing, with approval, worthy
«There'll come a time when all of us must leave here, then nothing sister Mary can do Will keep me here with you. As nothing in this life that I've been trying could equal or surpass the art of dying. Do you believe me?»
Author: George Harrison
| About:
Life,
Trying
| Keywords:
Mary, Mary I, sister, sister Mary, surpass
«To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
accomplishments, supervise, supervised, surpass
«Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
creature, strives, surpass, surpassed, surpassing, yearns
«In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.»
«Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(Author, General)
| Keywords:
achievements, conquer, enlightened, enlightening, foreknowledge, general, ordinary, prince, surpass, surpassed, surpassing, The Enemy
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
