Sooner barbarity than boredom

If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.

One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

Yes, I wish I’d done it sooner.

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you’ve got to compromise. You’ve got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.

Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck.

No sooner did we arrive on the land than we took some natives and made them quite serviceable as per our needs.

What paralyzes life is lack of faith and lack of courage. The difficulty lies not in solving problems but in expressing them correctly; and we can now see that it is biologically undeniable that unless we harness passion to the service of spirit there can be no progress. Sooner or later, then, and in spite of all our incredulity, the world will take this step – because the greater truth always prevails and the greater good emerges in the end.

Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.

Everything comes to light, sooner or later. When God Almighty wills it, our secrets are found out.

Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.

Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.