Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.

Quote by H G Wells

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Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does...

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does...

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them...

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.

The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is...

The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a...

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a...

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges...

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges...

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been...

The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been...

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they...

Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they...

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.