Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
JOHN STEINBECKHow can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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