Without obsession, life is nothing.
He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the most part in vain.
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as possible.
Everybody is a hypocrite. You can’t live on this planet without being a hypocrite.
You cannot win an election without a fight.
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.
Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
You can’t make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can’t make peace without Syria.
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
Friendship is Love without his wings!
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The whole industrial revolution would almost have been impossible without the development of science.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.
Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince – so are patience and a sense of humor. Without those qualities he’s no Prince Charming!
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.
I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government. The one thing that’s missing, but that will soon be developed, is a reliable e-cash – a method whereby on the Internet you can transfer funds from A to B without A knowing B or B knowing A.
We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power.
In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.
Being self-made means doing things your own way – and doing it without any handouts.
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends – your own chosen family. There’s nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.
I will never be happy without having someone. Going to sleep alone kills me.
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.
Food is your body’s fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.
A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on.
People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.
You borrow from the greats, and you make your own path without losing the core of who you are.
Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
Football is a game you cannot play without making mistakes.
Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there’s shadow – no, not just shadow, but fullness. You’ve got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that’s real.
It’s not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even – or rather, especially – when we’d prefer not to be.
The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.
Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses… on your powers, instead of your problems.
Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
If you haven’t used Bitcoin first-hand, you may not get the inherent advantage of a quicker appreciation and understanding of its potential. Seeing assets move swiftly without intermediaries is an eye opening experience, and that is just a starting point.
No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.
