Mark Quotes

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.

An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don’t know it all and never will.

It is the mark of a primitive society to view regression as progress.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Mark Twain Women are an alien race set down among us.

The one sure mark of a con, though, is the promise of free money.

The mark of a successful organization isn't whether or not it has problems, its whether it has the same problems it had last year.

I'm an animal with you," he murmured. "I want to mark you. I want to possess you so completely there's no separation between us.

I don't know a single person who truly seems to bear the mark of God's presence and power in his or her life who hasn't been asked by God to be obedient in a way that was dramatically painful.

Eventually you'll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you've copped and begin to put your own mark on them

The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening.

'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.

A fellow by the hand of nature mark'd, Quoted, and sign'd, to do a deed of shame.

Breaking a glass in the northwest is rather like belching in Arabia, for it appears to be done as a mark of appreciation or elation.

But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at dock or plover Bear wide, and kick their owners over.

When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers.

We can never judge a soul above the high water mark of our own.

I'd like to make people who see me in comic pantomime on the screen feel the way Mark Twain makes his readers feel.

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life assail,- Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.

It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms.

The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.

When we kicked off and no one came to mark me I thought, 'Hello, it's Christmas.'

I won't make a mark on history. I have some importance in the time we live in, but that's all.

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.

Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.

Humility is the mark of a genuine disciple.

Titles or awards are not the mark of your success. They are the beginning of a life-long sadhana.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal.

Leaders live by choice, not by accident.

Mark my words, Princess,” Loki said. “One day, you’ll be madly in love with me.

A tired exclamation mark is a question mark.

I gave it everything in the last 20 minutes. I knew that I still had the energy, that I was ahead of the mark. I felt euphoric — it was the last 20 minutes of my sporting career.

The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange.

The mark of mediocrity is to look for precedent.

Without picking out anyone in particular. I thought Mark Wright was tremendous.

Just as the ability to devise simple but evocative models is the signature of the great scientist so overelaboration and overparameterization is often the mark of mediocrity.

Owning your own feelings, rather than blaming them on someone else, is the mark of a person who has moved from contracted to expanded awareness.

To mark the hundredth anniversary of the Titanic, the Republicans have nominated Mitt Romney.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

Just seize every opportunity you have, embrace every experience. Make a mark, for all the right reasons.

John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on history those who can't will be so grateful they'll turn it into a cage for you.

You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.

Discipline is the mark of intelligent living.

A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

The bourgeois stands like a question mark, Speechless, like the hungry cur, The ancient world stands there behind him, A mongrel dog, afraid to stir.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

The gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather, it sets a question mark against all truths.

The true mark of a Christian leader is trying to build up other people. Raise up other leaders!

Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.