Peter Stuyvesant Quotes

The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg.

Peter Stuyvesant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: 1612 - 1672

Topics

SucceedSmallLossRightLegAttack

The game is not lost - or won - until the last bell goes.

John Curtin

GameLostBellLastGoesUntil

Kids with Down syndrome are, by and large, quite affectionate and relatively guileless, and frequently, the attachments to them grow and deepen. And the meaning that parents find in it grows and deepens.

Andrew Solomon

ParentsGrowMeaningFindDownKids

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

John Locke

MenSocietyWhyReasonProperty

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

John McCarthy

HonestyOpinionStand UpFaceBetter

Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.

John Wycliffe

GodBestLawLearnTongueOwn

There is a Fountain of Youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

Sophia Loren

LifeLoveAgeCreativityMindYouth

As a fiction writer, my favorite tools are my imagination and the peculiar opportunities offered by different points of view.

Stewart O'Nan

ImaginationOpportunitiesToolsView

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

Tracy Chapman

LifeLiveMy LifeRightMayTried

I did not know that the wounds of war are often invisible.

Mary Gauthier

WarKnowInvisibleWoundsDidOften

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!

Dolly Parton

RespectPeopleAppreciateWishYou

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

Deepak Chopra

PeopleYouSituationDramaMatter

Every shuttle mission's been successful.

Christa McAuliffe

MissionSuccessfulBeenEvery

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