Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Nicholas M. Butler

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American philosopher Nicholas M. Butler.
Last updated on April 16, 2025.
Nicholas M. Butler

Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the deceased James S. Sherman's replacement as William Howard Taft’s running mate in the 1912 United States presidential election. He became so well known and respected that The New York Times printed his Christmas greeting to the nation every year.

Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.'
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. — © Nicholas M. Butler
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Optimism is the foundation of courage.
Necessity does the work of courage.
America is the best half-educated country in the world.
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