G. M. Trevelyan

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#readiness #responsibility #springs #thought

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#control #madness #momentary #passion #will

Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#civilization #curiosity #disinterested #intellectual #intellectual curiosity

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#i #left #leg #right #two

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#been #cannot #centuries #done #enough

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#best #buck #coming #done #excuses

A little man often cast a long shadow. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#little #little man #long #man #often

If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#burnt #capable #cricket #french #had

One half who graduate from college never read another book. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#another #book #college #graduate #half

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#history #left #might #negatively #out