A Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Undoubtedly, in the most brilliant successes, the first rank is always sacrificed.

Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau
American - Author
July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You stick to the life and let the fools stick to the death!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

When I was in the army, there were four times that I was wounded. I also got more than 30 wounds on my body, and my injuries were ranked on the second rank of invalids. The first rank is the most severe. So, that means that I had lost more than 60 per cent of working capability.

Nguyen Tan Dung

Stuart Clark's The Sun Kings is undoubtedly the most gripping and brilliant popular-science history account that I have ever read. It is informative, accurate, and relevant. Clark's ability to write so vividly makes me seethe with jealousy.

Owen Gingerich

And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most

Patrick Ness

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

W. Somerset Maugham

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

Agatha Christie

I said Revolver is my favorite The Beatles album, but only because it came to my head and it's a brilliant one. But they're all pretty brilliant. There's variations, but they're all brilliant, and it just depends on if they're very brilliant, or just a bit brilliant. It changes.

Nick Hodgson

The problem is that most people focus on their failures rather than their successes. But the truth is that most people have many more successes than failures.

Jack Canfield

People always describe my successes in life. My successes in life tend to be personal, not career.

Roger Ailes

I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.

Moss Hart

One of the most brilliant parts of being a first-time founder is that you experience everything for the first time. It never gets old.

Julia Hartz

History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people.

Mildred Cable

Most comics' first gig is either brilliant or horrific.

Russell Howard

Our politicians have sacrificed their principles on the altar of special interests; our corporate leaders have sacrificed their integrity on the altar of profits; and our media watchdogs have sacrificed the voice of dissent on the altar of audience competition.

Cornel West

They say martyrdom is the highest rank a believer can achieve! Do not believe in this! The highest rank is the life itself, it is the existence itself! There is no rank in death, but only nothingness! Rank exists only in life! Stick to the life, stay away from death! Neither kill nor die!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Brett Kavanaugh is a brilliant, brilliant judge and one of the most-distinguished conservative jurists in the country.