C.L. Grant Quotes

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

... anything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find out and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.

There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party.

The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.

Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

The will of the people is the best law.

Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

It will be all right if it turns out all right.

I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

A good football coach needs a patient wife, a loyal dog and a great quarterback - but not necessarily in that order.

It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you arecruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

It's better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

There's no such thing as perfect people. There's no such thing as a perfect life. So come as you are, broken and scarred. Lift up your heart and be amazed and be changed by a perfect God.

All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one's own style

All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

I used to collect charms and bracelets.

When you photograph people in color you photograph their clothes. When you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their soul!

Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

In all forms of magick, the imagination or image-making faculty is the most important factor

I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.

Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge.

It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.

Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

Anyone who minimizes the importance of success to your future has given up on his or her own chances of accomplishment and is spending his or her life trying to convince others to do the same.

She was no longer theirs. She was his. And he was hers. And this was their world.

I had a polynomial once. My doctor removed it.

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing.

The difference between the truth and a lie is that both of them can hurt, but only one will take the time to heal you afterward.

The interior of our skulls contains a portal to infinity.