He [Theodore Roosevelt] acted upon the maxim that half a loaf is better than no bread. I believe that half a loaf is fatal whenever it is accepted at the sacrifice of the basic principle sought to be attained.... A half-way measure never fairly tests the principle and many utterly discredit it.
The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.
Saying "I'll try" really means "I'm not really committed."
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.
Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.
When you just coast through work and don't feel inspired, I feel you are lying to yourself.
Because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, the war, of course, continues, because the waging of war, by its nature, is total - but the waging of peace, by our own cowardice, is partial.
My policy is to do the least amount to get by.
I'm not dedicated to the game at all.
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.
I feel anything done half heartedly is a waste.
I do everything halfway, a thing of which adults disapprove, but things done halfway are deceptive, and in a class of their own – for instance, the sun is really twice its size.
