Phocion L Quotes

#1. The only real owner of anything is its commander;

Herman Melville

#2. There's a rainbow around every corner is a well known saying and is supposed to make negative people positive.

Enid Blyton

#3. Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not.

Marty Robbins

#4. Bacon distrusts the people, who were in his day quite without access to education; "the lowest of all flatteries is the flattery of the common people";41 and "Phocion took it right, who, being applauded by the multitude, asked, What had he done amiss?

Will Durant

#5. Once when Phocion had delivered an opinion which pleased the people, ... he turned to his friend and said, Have I not unawares spoken some mischievous thing or other?

Plutarch

#6. Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. "They are tall," said he, "and comely, but bear no fruit.

Plutarch

#7. When someone tells you they are too 'busy' ... It's not a reflection of their schedule; it's a reflection of YOUR spot on their schedule.

Steve Maraboli

#8. Dream steals from its lair towards its prey.

Margaret Atwood

#9. Demosthenes told Phocion, "The Athenians will kill you some day when they once are in a rage." "And you," said he, "if they are once in their senses.

Plutarch