A Quote by William Powell

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.

William Powell

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Acquaintances Cultivate Few Friends Merriment Mob Nodding Noise Quiet Rather Sincere Sincere Friends Solitude Than Thousands

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William Powell
American - Actor
July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984

A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.

Swami Vivekananda

I don't have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children.

Charles Bronson

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.

Robert Louis Stevenson

There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude is to be able to see and hear. Control rather than no noise is the key to silence. James saw clearly that the person who could control his tounge is perfect (James 3:1-12). Under the Discipline of silence and solitude we learn when to speak and when to refrain from speaking.

Richard J. Foster

The ideal life is that which has few friends, but many acquaintances.

Humphry Davy

Although I have always loved the noise of laughter, I really can't fear the coming of quiet. As for funerals, I rather like them. Such nice things are always said about the deceased, I feel sad that they had to miss hearing it all by just a few days.

Bob Monkhouse

Reality is self-defined as the mob, any mob, writes its own history, never to be contradicted by the quiet statement of truth.

Mike Barnicle

At times I think I actually hate Hollywood. I have many acquaintances there, but few friends.

Grace Kelly

Because sometimes there's more worth in silence than noise. Sometimes everything you need to know is contained in that small quiet space. Sometimes we get so caught up in distraction and noise and seeking other people's approval we forget the quiet seed of truth that lives in our hearts. But just because we fail to tune in to it, doesn't mean it's not there.

Alyson Noel

I would so much rather have a few of good friends than a lot of fake friends.

Lauren Conrad

A few times in my life I've had moments of clarity where the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think.

Tom Ford

Solitude. It is way underrated in our world of writing. We stay busy. We act busy. We thrive on busy. The truth is there is a lot of beauty that lives in the solitude. Quiet is not the enemy. Quiet is necessary for brains to not self-destruct.

Bonnie Baker

We may have many acquaintances, but we can have but few friends; this made Aristotle say that he that hath many friends hath none.

Samuel Johnson

I would be the last to condemn the thousands of sincere and dedicated people outside the churches who have labored unselfishly through various humanitarian movements to cure the world of social evils, for I would rather a man be a committed humanist than an uncommitted Christian.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have not the slightest feeling for seclusion; for solitude, I maintain, when joined with a quiet contemplation of nature, a serene and conscious faith in creation and the Creator, and a few vexations from outside is the only school for a mind of lofty endowment.