H. Rider Haggard Quotes

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

Noble houskeepers neede no dores.

Everything that you need to succeed has been given to you.

When you have the goods, you don't need to dress up what you're writing.

An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history - he is one who can accomplish things.

Of course not,” said Hermione. “Everything we need is here on this paper.

What society needs is broad men sharpened to a point.

Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on deadline, you'll call me.

It doesn't do any good to hold the door open for someone if they don't have a way to walk through it. And if they do have a way to pass through it then you probably don't need to hold it open because they can open it for themselves.

When I was small I didn't really know what i was doing. I just sang and it came out sounding pretty good. I just do it and it happens.

All things require skill but an appetite.

Open your arms as wide as you can to receive all the miracles with your name on them. Never forget that all you have is all you need.

the best committee's a committee of one!

Live below your means but within your needs.

It's only our story that keeps us from knowing that we always have everything we need.

Don't say I'm not talented. If you haven't noticed, I wasn't made. I was found.

Look for competence not claims.

Service makes men competent.

I can deal with everything. I got the answer for anything.

He is rich enough who does not want bread.

If I could be really competent, that goes such a long way toward things, because the majority of things are not competent. If I can be competent, and have moments of originality, that's all I would ask for.

The knife flaying the elephant does not have to be large, only sharp!

Enjoy everything. Need nothing.

A man should ever, as much as in him lieth, be ready booted to take his journey, and above all things look he have then nothing to do but with himself.