William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 8, 1820 - February 14, 1891

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I don't have to be working every moment. Why turn something good into a hard job? It's more special when it's not a daily occurrence. It doesn't cheapen it so much.

Mel Gibson

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When I first started writing songs, I was probably about ten or twelve years old, and the first thing you think as a songwriter is, 'Can this be a hit? Can this come out, and people are going to hear the song and like the song, and then they're going to like you, and you'll get famous and rich?' That hasn't changed a bit.

Michael Bacon

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By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers.

Mercy Otis Warren

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Some days, I get overwhelmed and a bit breathless... I've probably cried at work, but I'm limited with my crying: I'm the boss; I'm not really allowed to cry at work.

Stella McCartney

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Be grateful. That's one of the most important lessons in life, I think, is to just be grateful for every minute, every moment.

Stephanie McMahon

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I had benefited so much from Vipassana, I felt it was important for many more people to be able to share the experience.

Subhash Chandra

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Football coaches don't have real problems.

Lou Holtz

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You can choose to live in love or choose to live in fear.

Josh Tillman

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My agents and my managers are very good at whittling things down to the things they think I would be good at and that I'd respond well to, and that includes theater, TV and film. Whatever it is, if the material is right for me, then I'll go for it.

Dominic Sherwood

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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.

Donald Rumsfeld

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When trying to locate something, search your mind first.

Craig Bruce

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Here's one thing I can't understand: people who are friends with their exes.

Timothy Hutton

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