Prowess Quotes

• We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.

  James L. Jones

  Military, Marine, Two

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• He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.

  Jack London

  Strong, Predator, Killers

  Jack London (2008). “The Call of the Wild: Easyread Edition”, p.101, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Strength, Courage, Endurance

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1846). “Thoughts on the Poets”, p.240

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• Ability is God-given, prowess is earned.

  John Harbaugh

  Given, Ability

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• I pray God that we shall never use our physical prowess to oppress the human race, but we will use our strength, physically, morally and otherwise to preserve humanity and civilization.

  Marcus Garvey

  Race, Civilization, Humanity

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.12, Ravenio Books

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• People of small calibre are always carping. How affected so-and-so is! Don't you think he is silly? He was certainly quite mistaken about this or that. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or their prowess or good breeding.

  Van Wyck Brooks

  People, Bent, Breeding

  "Opinions of Oliver Allston".

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• Men nearly always follow the tracks made by others and proceed in their affairs by imitation, even though they cannot entirely keep to the tracks of others or emulate the prowess of their models. So a prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Men, Track, Imitating Others

  "Memorable Quotations: Philosophers of Western Civilization". Book by Carol Dingle, p. 144, July 26, 2000.

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• I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.

  Ken Livingstone

  Clever, Kids, Men

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• In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions.

  Harsha Bhogle

  Sports, Team, Flaunting

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• we ought to realize by now (see Korea, see Vietnam, see Afghanistan, see Iraq, see Iran) that deploying the US military, or dealing billions of dollars a year of arms to our ally of the moment that can serve as a regional rival to our enemy of the moment, is not always the best way to make threats go away. Our military and weapons prowess is a fantastic and perfectly weighted hammer, but that doesn't make every international problem a nail.

  Rachel Maddow

  Military, Iran, Korea

  Rachel Maddow (2012). “Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power”, p.251, Broadway Books

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• It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.

  Sallust

  Law, Bravery, Victory

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• If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital to an expanding and complex America.

  John F. Kennedy

  Skills, America, Endurance

  "Sport at the New Frontier: The Soft American". Sports Illustrated, Volume 13, Issue 26, pp. 14-17, December 26, 1960.

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• Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.

  Kofi Annan

  Poverty, Threat, Extremes

  "What’s Poverty Got to Do With It?" by Freeman Osonuga, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 22, 2013.

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• ...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it.

  Kofi Annan

  Time, Rights, Humanity

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• Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.

  Kathryn Bigelow

  Heroism, Submarines, Way

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• All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Dayis devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation.

  Samuel Gompers

  Holiday, Men, Race

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• We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Japan, Littles

  Arthur Erickson's Address to the Institute of Canadian Bankers, www.arthurerickson.com. October 16, 1972.

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• Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are.

  Dale Archer

  Emotional, Keys, Understanding

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• One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something.

  Michael Shannon

  Sports, Children, Growing Up

  Interview with Paul Rudd, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 17, 2013.

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• A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess.

  Jaron Lanier

  Accomplishment, Culture, Valleys

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• Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

  Winston Churchill

  Memorial Day, Military, War

  Speech in House of Commons, 20 Aug. 1940

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• A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow and aim a good deal higher than their objective, not in order to shoot so high but so that by aiming high they can reach the target.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Archer

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• Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.

  Samuel Gompers

  Men, Race, Labor Day

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• Sometimes men present a swagger that suggests a prowess, whether it's sexual or financial. L.A. seems to be a place where trying too hard is almost a given. Some people are unapologetic about how blatantly they represent who they are through what they wear or drive. Subtlety is in short supply.

  Michael C. Hall

  Apology, Men, People

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• Bloom never pissed me off because there are critics out there, and he's one of them, who take their ignorance about popular culture as a badge of intellectual prowess.

  Stephen King

  Ignorance, Intellectual, Culture

  Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

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