When an empire fears for its survival, its prime has passed.

Quote by Martin Dansky

Topics: Survival Quotes

It is not only easier to find fault with another person than to examine one's...

It is not only easier to find fault with another person than to examine one's...

(On sleep) Is it just the interval of life rudely interrupted by the static of...

(On sleep) Is it just the interval of life rudely interrupted by the static of...

Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.

Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.

Thrift shop popularity parallels increased poverty.

Thrift shop popularity parallels increased poverty.

Once thrift shops hit your district it is a good sign that more citizens are...

Once thrift shops hit your district it is a good sign that more citizens are...

Being sincere to earn a woman's respect, doesn't guarantee an equal return.

Being sincere to earn a woman's respect, doesn't guarantee an equal return.

Whoever says artists can't deal with corporate pressures because they have frail minds, is missing...

Whoever says artists can't deal with corporate pressures because they have frail minds, is missing...

Some sincerity will serve well in the long run but total sincerity is often detrimental.

Some sincerity will serve well in the long run but total sincerity is often detrimental.

Look to the next world for perfection, look at this one for its opposite.

Look to the next world for perfection, look at this one for its opposite.

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light

The farther a man knows himself to be free from perfection, the nearer he is...

The farther a man knows himself to be free from perfection, the nearer he is...

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith...

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith...

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

If you're expecting perfection from me then walk right out of my life and don't...

If you're expecting perfection from me then walk right out of my life and don't...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time

For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit...

For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit...

Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished

Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished