#all things

Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation. ↗

— Robert Hall

#appropriate #ask #brandy #call #current

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor. ↗

— Hesiod

#due #factor #important #important factor #measure

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things. ↗

— Hesiod

#best #mean #moment #opportune #preserve

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#cannot #great #great things #great way #small

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#all things #allow #contented #defence #down

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#all things #art #attention #create #creative

Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away. ↗

— Jean Ingelow

#asleep #away #childish #come #day

A man can do all things if he but wills them. ↗

— Leon Battista Alberti

#man #them #things #wills

So you can't lose serving God, and that all things work together for good. ↗

— Jim Bakker

#god #good #lose #serving #things

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#all things #avoid #beyond #conscience #dissipate