A Quote by Napoleon Hill

The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.

Napoleon Hill

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Napoleon Hill
American - Author
October 26, 1883 - November 8, 1970

It is the path of least resistance that makes rivers and men crooked.

B. J. Palmer

The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.

Henry David Thoreau

Men as well as rivers grow crooked by following the path of least resistance.

Thomas Jefferson

They're going to clear cut your best thoughts for the sake of profit unless you learn to resist, because the profit system follows the path of least resistance and following the path of least resistance is what makes the river crooked!

Utah Phillips

Taking the line of least resistance, we lump the most different people together under the same heading. Taking the line of least resistance, we ascribe to them collective crimes, collective acts and opinions. "The Serbs have massacred…", "The English have devastated…", "The Jews have confiscated…", "The Blacks have torched", "The Arabs refuse…". We blithely express sweeping judgments on whole peoples, calling them "hardworking" and "ingenious", or "lazy", "touchy", "sly", "proud", or "obstinate". And sometimes this ends in bloodshed." – Amin Maalouf "On Identity

Amin Maalouf

It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.

Winston Churchill

For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may no longer be that of least resistance. In studying the physical aspect, we must never lose sight of the psychological, and only when both are combined is the strategy truly an indirect approach, calculated to dislocate the opponent's balance.

B. H. Liddell Hart

Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.

Mae West

Too many girls follow the line of least resistance but a good line is hard to resist.

Raoul Walsh

There's something about taking the path of least resistance that makes a lot of sense. But at the same time, we have to figure out which things in life are worth struggling through.

Angela Duckworth

You are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they do to valuable natural resources?! Have you seen a strip mine? Have you seen a clear cut in the forest? Have you seen a polluted river? Don't ever let them call you a valuable natural resource! They're going to strip mine your soul. They're going to clear cut your best thoughts for the sake of profit unless you learn to resist, because the profit system follows the path of least resistance and following the path of least resistance is what makes the river crooked!

Utah Phillips

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.