Sticks Quotes

• Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Presidential, Conservative

  Letter to Henry L. Sprague, 26 Jan. 1900

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• Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

  Josh Billings

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Perfection, Beats

  Rebecca Solnit (2010). “Hope In The Dark”, p.105, Canongate Books

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• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.

  Randall Munroe

  Math, Thinking, May

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• If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

  Agatha Christie

  Principles, Literature, Ifs

  Agatha Christie (1978). “The mousetrap, & other plays”, Putnam Adult

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• Sometimes, you just get a label and it sticks.

  Jamie Redknapp

  Labels, Sometimes

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• Error will slip through a crack, while truth will stick in a doorway.

  Josh Billings

  Errors, Cracks, Doorways

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• The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Beautiful, Literature, Faster

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• To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

  A. A. Milne

  Graduation, Education, Memorable

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• Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

  Winston Churchill

  Urban, Planning, Project Management

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• Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

  James Bryant Conant

  Motivational, Courage, Funny Inspirational

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

  Robert Fulghum

  Heart, Stones, Bones

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• In my experience, there's only one thing that will always steer you toward success: That's to have a vision and to stick with it... Once I have a vision for a new venture, I'm going to ride that vision until the wheels come off.

  Russell Simmons

  Character, Positivity, New Ventures

  Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow (2007). “Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success”, p.20, Penguin

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• I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Wisdom

  Albert Einstein (2003). “Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the special theory of relativity”, George Braziller

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• I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Inspiring

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• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me.

  Rihanna

  Bullying, Dry Bones, Useless Life

  Song: S&M, Album: Loud

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• Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

  Arthur Miller

  Life, Heartbreak, Betrayal

  Arthur Miller (2015). “After the Fall”, p.96, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

  Clay Aiken

  Winning, Hair, Trying

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• Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Hurt, May, Stones

  "Lullaby". Chapter 14. Book by Chuck Palahniuk, 2002.

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• When people tell me they will give it a try, I say don’t bother, you have already decided to fail. It takes more than a try to quit addictions; it takes a commitment. A commitment is a promise that you stick with, no matter what.

  Joel Fuhrman

  Commitment, People, Giving

  Joel Fuhrman (2011). “Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss”, p.12, Hachette UK

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• We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

  Seneca the Younger

  Motivational, Caring, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Perseverance, Jobs

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.70, Penguin

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• A leader puts himself last then he sticks out.

  Ray Lewis

  Leader, Lasts

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• It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.

  Ouida

  Mother, Hard Work, Kissing

  Ouida (2016). “Signa”, p.14, Ouida

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• I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

  Winston Churchill

  Pregnancy, Inspiration, Land

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