“If a man is not bound down, he is sure to succeed.”
Bell Telephone Talk (1901)
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scientist and inventor known for his work on the telephone 1847–1922Related quotes
“No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.”
Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
“The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby.”
Natalie Wood (1938–1981) American actress
Henry Miller book Sexus
The Rosy Crucifixion I : Sexus (1949), Chapter 1. (New York: Grove Press, c1965, p. 17-18)
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Source: The Doctrine of the Mean
“A worthy man is bound to suffer malice and envy: a man grows in worth so long as he is envied.”
Gottfried von Straßburg book Tristan
Hazzen unde nîden
daz muoz der biderbe lîden.
der man der werdet al die vrist,
die wîle und er geniten ist.
Source: Tristan, Line 8395
“What a man has, so much he is sure of.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Variant: What a man has, so much he is sure of.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 43.
John Boyne (1971) Irish novelist, author of children's and youth fiction
Source: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.”
James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)
A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being A Cyclopedia Of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tryon Edwards, p. 327
Variant: I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.