Necessary Quotes

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.

When you start training camp, you’re building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.

Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.

It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.

How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.

Failure is very much necessary on any journey to success.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.