#succeed

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#calculators #chivalry #economists #europe #extinguished

In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#called #class #cut #down #especially

I must firmly adhere to the views I have held and practice, that Socialism to succeed must be practical, tolerant, cohesive and consciously compromising with Progressive forces running, if not so far, in parallel lines towards its own goal. ↗

— John Burns

#cohesive #compromising #consciously #far #firmly

Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed. ↗

— Peter Coyote

#any #argument #begin #going #half

When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom. ↗

— Larry David

#complete freedom #concerned #freedom #succeeding #work

I still believe the Lewinsky investigation was way off from the focus of what Whitewater was, which turned out to be nothing at the end of the process. And I think that there were people who were determined as political opponents to not allow his presidency to succeed. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#believe #determined #end #focus #his

Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed. ↗

— Abdallah II

#believe #century #create #every #human

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#failed #humiliating #idiots #more #nothing

It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#death #education #enable #preventable #put

They succeed, because they think they can. ↗

— Virgil

#because #succeed #think