A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
Quote by Walter Scott
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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
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Walter Scott Quotes
- Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
- Teach you children poetry it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
- A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
- Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.
- For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
- Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
- It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
- Look back, and smile on perils past.
- There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.
- The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
- He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.