When success turns a man's head he faces failure

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Education Quotes, Failure Quotes

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of infinitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of infinitude we are surrounded...

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes...

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes...

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its...

Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its...

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not...

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not...

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about...

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about...

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of...

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of...