Churton Quotes

#1. Half of our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. - John Churton Collins The person who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

William Magee

#2. If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

John Churton Collins

#3. 90% of the world's data was created in the last two years

Marc Benioff

#4. Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

John Churton Collins

#5. To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.

John Churton Collins

#6. I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.

Moby

#7. There is no reason in the world why you should not be important where you are known. You have good sense, and a sweet temper, and I am sure you have a grateful heart, that could never receive kindness without hoping to return it. I do not know any better qualifications for a friend and companion.

Jane Austen

#8. In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

John Churton Collins

#9. Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.

John Churton Collins

#10. Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

John Churton Collins

#11. A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

John Churton Collins

#12. Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

John Churton Collins

#13. Start Change Ourselves to Better and Then the World

Jan Jansen

#14. I've spent my whole life in airports. I don't come home but every two and a half months, which is pretty crazy.

Alison Mosshart

#15. What attracts us in a woman rarely binds us to her.

John Churton Collins

#16. I decline utterly to be impartial between the fire brigade and the fire.

Winston S. Churchill

#17. There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

John Churton Collins

#18. Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

John Churton Collins

#19. Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

John Churton Collins

#20. We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling.

John Churton Collins

#21. Bolivia historically made and still makes a living from natural resources. Before it was tin, but also silver, gold, and other minerals were plundered by many foreign countries. Europe after the United States.

Evo Morales

#22. No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.

John Churton Collins

#23. To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

John Churton Collins

#24. I learned that real happiness doesn't come from getting but from giving.

Gabrielle Bernstein

#25. The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.

John Churton Collins

#26. Nicholas Anelka - 24 years of age but he's been around a lot longer than that

Kevin Keegan

#27. Suicide is the worst form of murder, because it leaves no opportunity for repentance.

John Churton Collins

#28. Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.

Pedro Martinez

#29. If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?

John Churton Collins

#30. A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

John Churton Collins