I haven't executed against them. The first time around, you might get away with a few things, but to have success over time, you have to execute your pitches.
Jeff Francis
Related You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do. CRAIG GROESCHEL Sometimes you have to find the strength to forgive someone every time you think of them. It might ge... NICOLE SHURRI HASTINGS It can get away from you in a hurry if you lose a couple pitches. I have to stay focused next time o... JASON DAVIS Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh... DEBRA WINGER I probably could have broken away from the guy, but you know, I didn't want to overdo it the first t... STEPHEN DAVIS It was a hard time but you have to get on with things.You can't wander around miserable. EMMA THOMPSON I think the success around any product is really about subtle insights. You need a great product and... CHAD HURLEY I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. You have to go o... CORY LIDLE The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL I used to have a rant all the time when things went wrong, at everybody around me, because you just ... VICTORIA PENDLETON It is true that you may have lost some time in the past. You may have allowed your life melt away wi... SUNDAY ADELAJA If you stopped yourself every time you said "I have to", and changed it to "I get to" it might chang... KYLE PAGERLY If you listened hard enough the first time, you might have heard what I meant to say. UNKNOWN I have always been very choosy, but as you grow older, your tolerance for crap becomes less. The rol... KAJOL It takes time to develop a program, and you have to have somebody stick around and work with the stu... MARIO ANAYA I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But ... STEFFI GRAF We executed the things we needed to execute. I know it's preseason, but I'm impressed with our overa... BRIAN LYNCH All I want is to be by your side. When you are not around, I feel time passes too slowly. But when I... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get a... OMAR EPPS My name can get them here the first time, but if you don't have good food you can't keep them coming... ERIC ESCH People come into your lives who you have a good time with, and time goes by and you still have a goo... DANNY DEVITO We get to go for a ride. Now how long a ride it is we'll see. We competed (with Lake Howell) the fir... MIKE AUSTIN Going back over the last ten U.S. Opens I've played in, I think this course is probably the best bec... STEWART CINK Things get better — hurt less — over time. If you let them. RAINBOW ROWELL One of the things that I'm realizing is that in voice-over work, you have to actually do more wo... MARK VALLEY The great thing in life is efficiency. If you amount to anything in the world, your time is valuable... ORISON SWETT MARDEN The time for them creates a bit of a challenge in the mindset of 'what the heck is going on here,' .... BRIAN JOYCE If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your ti... RICHARD CECIL If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your ti... RICHARD CECIL We face up to awful things because we can't go around them, or forget them. The sooner you say 'Yes,... ANNIE PROULX Sometimes when you have success over and over, you lose that hunger of wanting to be successful. The... BILL LEGG As I see it, you are living with something that you keep hidden deep inside. Something heavy. I felt... HARUKI MURAKAMI For me, I put down the best suggestion I have and they throw it. They still have to execute the pitc... A.J. PIERZYNSKI So if I'm inside your head, don't believe what you might have read, you'll see what I might have sai... PHISH I won't have you electioneering on my doorstep. Every time you get in trouble in Parliament you run ... LYNDON B. JOHNSON To be a success, you will have people walk out on you, walk over you, and walk away from you. If the... ROBERT J. BRAATHE You have to let fear go. Another lesson is you just have to believe in yourself; you just have to. T... VENUS WILLIAMS Have you ever met someone for the first time, but in your heart you feel as if you’ve met them bef... JOANNE KENRICK I have done everything I can to make sure my daughter knows her father because you form your own ide... GRETA SCACCHI There's time where you have to have fun, ... The grind of the camp becomes too much for the psyche o... MAJOR APPLEWHITE I tell them you can have it all but not at the one time. You have got to get the timing right. JOAN BAKER In my 39 years in the military, I have learned that you are not a profession just because you say yo... MARTIN DEMPSEY God can allow you to pass through storms and get to your success. But what the devil loves to do is ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR It's good to get your butt kicked a few times, that way you never take anything for granted. But I d... HANNAH HOTTLE You don't have to get it right the first time. BARBARA SHER It's a great time of year to get your house thoroughly cleaned and to get spots you might have misse... AMY OLSON When you truly embrace your human impermanence you connect with the power you have, and influence yo... STEVE MARABOLI I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy ... SARAH DESSEN There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. S... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same toke... LAUREN BACALL I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to ke... GEORGE C. MARSHALL I didn't have time to get nervous. I was in a situation where I had to make pitches. BRYAN BULLINGTON I ain't got no people. I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain't no good. They... JOHN STEINBECK You can never tell if you're going to have a good game like this. I felt like I was able to execute ... AARON HARANG I think the written word is probably the best medium of communication because you have time to refle... RICHARD DAWKINS The more you spend time in a herd, the more you will move away from yourself! So you must move away ... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN You have got to turn things around, and you only have a few minutes to do that. DR. DENNIS WYMAN When you're young, you think everything you do is disposable. You move from now to now, crumpling ti... MARGARET ATWOOD If you're entering a room for the first time, do it the way you would in life - look around; see... CHARLES NELSON REILLY There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your ... JEFFREY R. IMMELT I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I've always believed you make your own luck. I wouldn't say I had bad luck today. I just didn't exec... JOSH BECKETT My father never did any of the things that my friends’ fathers did with them. We never tossed a fo... SUSAN FORWARD I think I've always been prepared for this. I know what I have to do. You can't make rocket science ... JOSH BECKETT With day dreaming, you have to invest more time to get things done than normal SUNDAY ADELAJA They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself ANDY WARHOL They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. ANDY WARHOL Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for ... JOHN IRVING You wouldn't know it, from some of the things I've said over the years, but I like people... I do...... GEORGE CARLIN It's funny, but you get to a time in your life when you think you have all the friends you will ... LIAM NEESON When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're... LANDON DONOVAN We got the loose balls in the second half that we didn't get in the first half. Those are the things... AUSTIN CROSHERE I consider myself very lucky. God has a funny way of bringing some things around and knocking you in... JIM MORRIS When you can only remember the mundane things you did but do not have any valuable products to show ... SUNDAY ADELAJA I have nothing against gay officers, but its time to get your shit straight an leave the drag at hom... KHALIA N. HADES I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you. EMINEM If you have no time to take care of your sickness, you get time to die. VIKRANT PARSAI Chance is the one thing you can't buy. You have to pay for it and you have to pay for it with your l... ROBERT DOISNEAU Your children can be around you all day, but if you don't spend quality time with them and you don't... BRANDY NORWOOD Most of the time you can get away with launching a terrible product, or with not washing your hands,... MEGAN MCARDLE He looked pretty good early. We didn't make some plays that we should have, so he had to throw a few... DAVE ROWELL This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh y... JOE HENDERSON It's important to be smart, but it's also important to be active with your intelligence. The more yo... ALISA VALDES When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the ene... ECKHART TOLLE Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you ha... CRAIG GROESCHEL If you have a max and go with it on the first round, you might blow the competition away, but you mi... HUGO PAPSTEIN Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for ... JOHN IRVING In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL I like to see where guys can mix it up, where you might have a guy that's not so long going against ... DEAN WILSON Two weeks, maybe three. You never know with psychosomatic injuries You have to take your time with t... JIM PALMER You use the same things you learn in school, but you get to take it further. You get to spend time w... AMBER WILSON I just read that Time magazine cover story with all this information about how you have to have your... JILL CLAYBURGH Sometimes people won't notice symptoms for a few days. They might experience some abdominal pain, so... KATHY JACOBITZ When you notice someone does something toxic the first time, don't wait for the second time before y... SHAHIDA ARABI The kids had a chance to execute against a top quality team. They are solid all the way around, and ... DOUG LIPSCOMB Not all scars are visible. Regardless, they are usually painful when you first get them. But with ti... JOSé N. HARRIS They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. ANDY WARHOL You don't have to get it right the first time. BARBARA SHER Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around. CATHERINE DENEUVE
More Jeff Francis
The three runs in the fourth came when I made bad pitches all in a row and they took advantage of th... JEFF FRANCIS I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I can drop that ball in th... JEFF FRANCIS telling you what he thinks of his fastball. JEFF FRANCIS I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I could drop that ball in ... JEFF FRANCIS Solo home runs usually don't hurt you. But when there's four they do. JEFF FRANCIS What helps us as young guys is we're not intimidated by anybody. We leave it all on the field. JEFF FRANCIS Once the season is over. I just kind of go back through it, look at the things I wrote down over the... JEFF FRANCIS I've gotten myself into a lot of trouble, more so than when I had success at lower levels. But I've ... JEFF FRANCIS I don't want to do it when I'm angry. JEFF FRANCIS I don't know what I expected at this point of the year, but I do know if I'm not pitching well, I'm ... JEFF FRANCIS If God is real, I'm going to be sadly disappointed in Science... FRANCIS “Everytime Illegal Immigration is brought up in the Good 'Ol U.S. of part of America, 'Native Amer... FRANCIS Family ain't blood or sharing a last name, Family are those who treat you like it. FRANCIS Humans come equipped with Bullshit. FRANCIS Our thoughts and dreams make this world, and reality is only as true as we perceive it to be. FRANCIS Friends let friends wear purple. FRANCIS It prolly' subscribes to some type of Personal Jesus, otherworldly devices, or a Higher Power... FRANCIS Mensa, n. Head case with delusions of grandeur. FRANCIS Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. FRANCIS BACON Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has ... POPE FRANCIS The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and t... POPE FRANCIS Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her. FRANCIS I Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation. POPE FRANCIS If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. FRANCIS BACON A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just. POPE FRANCIS There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not tr... FRANCIS BACON Abortion isn't a lesser evil, it's a crime. Taking one life to save another, that's what... POPE FRANCIS Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity... FRANCIS BACON In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. FRANCIS BACON Money has to serve, not to rule. POPE FRANCIS Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world. POPE FRANCIS We all have the duty to do good. POPE FRANCIS From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve ... POPE FRANCIS In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, R... POPE FRANCIS When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without ... POPE FRANCIS The Church is or should go back to being a community of God's people, and priests, pastors and b... POPE FRANCIS Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do giv... FRANCIS BACON I actually do not believe that there are any collisions between what I believe as a Christian, and w... FRANCIS COLLINS We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Be... FRANCIS MAUDE I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19, and a sea of people were screaming and p... GENIE FRANCIS Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It i... FRANCIS THOMPSON Our God and Souldiers we alike adore,Evn at the Brink of danger; not before:After deliverance, both ... FRANCIS QUARLES Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death. FRANCIS PICABIA Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him... FRANCIS BACON To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body... FRANCIS BOWEN I could fill my whole time doing interviews, speaking to crowds, and there's this natural human ... FRANCIS CHAN The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials. POPE FRANCIS Manchester was a fantastic place to go out in. There were 10 clubs with world-class cabaret and come... FRANCIS LEE My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed. FRANCIS ASBURY We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie. FRANCIS PARKMAN If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with d... FRANCIS BACON Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider... FRANCIS BACON Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. FRANCIS BACON The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. FRANCIS BACON Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cott... FRANCIS PARKMAN Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the
mother.
[Lat., Religio peperit divit... FRANCIS BACON The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
vicissitude of sects and religions. FRANCIS BACON There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify
goodness, as the Christian religion dot... FRANCIS BACON But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
ground of Truth. FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and co... FRANCIS BACON Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. FRANCIS PICABIA A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ... FRANCIS BACON Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth. FRANCIS PICABIA A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. FRANCIS BACON Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
are incensed or crushed. FRANCIS BACON Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is... FRANCIS CRAWFORD In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea fir... FRANCIS DARWIN There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
... FRANCIS THOMPSON Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It i... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others' pain ... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far... FRANCIS BACON One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught,... FRANCIS BACON We cannot command nature except by obeying her. FRANCIS BACON Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the... FRANCIS BACON We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity. POPE FRANCIS Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action. FRANCIS QUARLES Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for
execution than for counsel; and fitter for... FRANCIS BACON Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot de... FRANCIS QUARLES Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. FRANCIS BACON Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. FRANCIS QUARLES That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. FRANCIS QUARLES The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving... FRANCIS QUARLES God invented concubinage, Satan marriage. FRANCIS PICABIA To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy. POPE FRANCIS For knowledge, too, is itself a power.
[Lat., Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.] FRANCIS BACON Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up. FRANCIS BACON Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of
the cause frustrates the effect. FRANCIS BACON For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is
an impression of pleasure in itsel... FRANCIS BACON If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. FRANCIS BACON Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.. FRANCIS PICABIA The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. FRANCIS HUTCHESON Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is ha... QUARLES FRANCIS So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virg... FRANCIS BACON States are great engines moving slowly. FRANCIS BACON They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is
of kin to the beasts by his body;... FRANCIS BACON All beliefs are bald ideas. FRANCIS PICABIA Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and soli... FRANCIS BACON Education is too important to be left solely to the educators. FRANCIS KEPPEL Those good men who take such pleasure in relieving the miserable for Christ's sake, would not have b... FRANCIS ATTERBURY They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made ... FRANCIS ATTERBURY The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from when... FRANCIS ATTERBURY The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused m... FRANCIS BACON If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin wit... FRANCIS BACON Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God. FRANCIS CHAN Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss;... FRANCIS BACON Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them. DICK FRANCIS Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. FRANCIS BACON If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to ... FRANCIS BACON No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being. FRANCIS BACON Money makes a good servant, but a bad master. FRANCIS BACON Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. FRANCIS BACON Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must... FRANCIS BACON The essence of a man is found in his faults. FRANCIS PICABIA For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own. FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And per... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equalit... FRANCIS PICABIA A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself. FRANCIS PICABIA Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent. FRANCIS PICABIA Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, a... FRANCIS QUARLES To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the b... FRANCIS BACON Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. FRANCIS BACON Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend... FRANCIS BACON The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. FRANCIS BACON For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal,... FRANCIS BACON Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it. FRANCIS BACON All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from... FRANCIS BACON It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what ... FRANCIS BACON There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy... FRANCIS BACON Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest. FRANCIS BACON Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their f... FRANCIS BACON Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for, as Virgil... FRANCIS BACON He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great ent... FRANCIS BACON An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident. FRANCIS THOMPSON No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say ma... FRANCIS LOCKIER Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou... FRANCIS QUARLES Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life. FRANCIS SCHAEFFER You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy ... CLARENCE FRANCIS Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be de... FRANCIS BACON Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom driv... FRANCIS BACON Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. FRANCIS BACON The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is mor... BRENDAN FRANCIS The road to perseverance lies by doubt. FRANCIS QUARLES If God exists and we are made in his image we can have real meaning, and we can have real knowledge ... FRANCIS SCHAEFFER Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep. FRANCIS BEAUMONT I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. FRANCIS BACON It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the... FRANCIS BACON Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. FRANCIS QUARLES The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns. FRANCIS PICABIA To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. FRANCIS CRAWFORD Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven. FRANCIS THOMPSON Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue. FRANCIS QUARLES Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatr... FRANCIS QUARLES Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god. FRANCIS PICABIA If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself,... FRANCIS QUARLES The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl. FRANCIS THOMPSON Wickedness is its own punishment. FRANCIS QUARLES Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety. FRANCIS QUARLES My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back. FRANCIS PICABIA Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. FRANCIS QUARLES The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous. FRANCIS PICABIA Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. FRANCIS QUARLES He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent. FRANCIS QUARLES Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world. FRANCIS SCHAEFFER Silence is the virtue of fools. FRANCIS BACON It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. FRANCIS BEAUMONT Believing that I was born for the service of mankind, and regarding the care of the commonwealth as ... FRANCIS BACON People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and ... FRANCIS BACON Science is but an image of the truth. FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and co... FRANCIS BACON Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason. FRANCIS BACON Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortun... FRANCIS QUARLES Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. FRANCIS BACON A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. FRANCIS BACON Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed... FRANCIS BACON The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands. FRANCIS BACON The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were. FRANCIS QUARLES Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discou... FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discou... FRANCIS BACON The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. FRANCIS BEAUMONT I hold every man a debtor to his profession. FRANCIS BACON He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and ... FRANCIS BACON Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. FRANCIS BACON All colors will agree in the dark. FRANCIS BACON Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far... FRANCIS BACON It is a strange desire, to seek power and lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose pow... FRANCIS BACON It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. FRANCIS BACON In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin wi... FRANCIS BACON Philosophers make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and their discourses are as the stars,... FRANCIS BACON We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. FRANCIS BACON Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. FRANCIS BACON Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwre... FRANCIS BACON The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. FRANCIS BACON Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. FRANCIS BACON The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. FRANCIS BACON The best armor is to keep out of gunshot. FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosp... FRANCIS BACON Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety. FRANCIS BACON