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Quotes

Collection of quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.

2026-05-21 00:16:07

So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people. That’s democracy. A terrible way to run a country, but every other system is worse.

Ken Follett
Fall of Giants
2026-05-21 00:10:04

a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.

Ken Follett
Fall of Giants
2026-02-08 00:41:38

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

James Stephens
2026-02-03 11:48:07

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

Henry J. Kaiser
2026-02-02 12:00:58

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Winston Churchill
2026-02-01 09:21:38

Every failure is a step to success.

William Whewell
2026-01-29 10:18:11

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

William Inge
2026-01-24 18:18:26

Man is what he reads.

Joseph Brodsky
2026-01-24 18:17:20

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

Dag Hammarskjöld
2026-01-18 12:58:26

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

E. M. Forster