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Herbert Inspirational Quotes (1632)

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You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
George Herbert
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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
George Herbert
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Summe up at night what thou hast done by day And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul mark the decay And growth of it if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both since we shall be Most surely judg'd, make thy accounts agree.
George Herbert
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There is no origin for the idea of an afterlife, save the conclusion which the savage draws from the notion suggested by dreams.
Herbert Spencer
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Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased.
Herbert Hoover
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What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.
Frank Herbert
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A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
George Herbert
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Better good afarre off, then evill at hand. [Better good afar than evil at hand.]
George Herbert
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Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
George Herbert
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Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe, Whence cam'st thou, that thou art so fresh and fine? I know thy parentage is base and low: Man found thee poor and dirty in a mine.
George Herbert
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When dealing with Canadians, it is advantageous to seem to be negotiating from a position of weakness, for when faced with an abject opponent, they become concession-happy and will accede to almost anything.
Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
Herbert Spencer
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Do not try to produce an ideal child, it would find no fitness in this world.
Herbert Spencer
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Give me simplicity, that I may live, So live and like, that I may know Thy ways, Know them and practise them: then shall I give For this poor wreath, give Thee a crown of praise.
George Herbert
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For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
George Herbert
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Does a population have informed consent when that population is not taught the inner workings of its monetary system, and then is drawn, all unknowing, into economic adventures?
Frank Herbert
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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
Herbert Spencer
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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]
George Herbert
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We have gold because we cannot trust governments
Herbert Hoover
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Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
George Herbert
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Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature
Herbert Simon
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
George Herbert
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Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
George Herbert
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One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it
Herbert Simon
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