Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Herbert Kaufman

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Herbert Kaufman.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Herbert Kaufman

Herbert Kaufman was an American writer and newspaperman whose editorials were widely syndicated in both the United States and Canada. During World War I, Kaufman regularly contributed articles and editorials to the Evening Standard, The Times, and other leading British periodicals, along with more than 50 war poems, including the classic The Hell-Gate of Soissons.

Only things the dreamers make live on. They are the eternal conquerors.
Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is.
Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones. — © Herbert Kaufman
Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers.
Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also ran.
The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
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