It is a great misfortune to be born with the soul of a king if one is not destined to reign.
~Maurice Druon
Tag: quotes
Quotes – Foundations of Friendship
The best friendships are based on mutual interest and common plans for the future.
~Maurice Druon
Quotes – When Courage Falters
There are lists in which the bravest of warriors prove themselves singularly clumsy.
~Maurice Druon, The She Wolf
Quote – The Struggle For Success
What is success? A mysterious, indescribable power– a vigilance, a readiness, the awareness that simply by my presence I can exert pressure on the movements of life around me, the belief that life can be molded to my advantage. Happiness and success are inside us. We have to reach deep and hold tight. And the moment something begins to subside, to relax, to grow weary, then everything around us is turned loose, resists us, rebels, moved beyond our influence. And then it’s just one thing after another, one setback after another, and you’re finished.
~Thomas Buddenbrooks, in Buddenbrooks
Quotes – Beauty and Ability
Nature has frequently planted astonishing genius in men of monstrously ugly appearance.
~Giovanni Boccacio
Quotes – Life As Strategy
For life is a series of acts of choice, and each choice is at the same time a renunciation.
~Alexander Gray
Quotes – Cultivating Cooperation In A Toddler
If you’ve told a child a thousand times, and the child still has not learned, then it is not the child who is the slow learner.
~Walter B. Barbe
