Robert Burton's Quotes

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

A quiet mind cureth all.

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.

Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning.

Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs.

But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency.

In the business world and the volunteer world, each job has certain requirements that must be met in order for that job to be done properly and for that organization to survive and prosper.

We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas.

While different people may approach opportunities in different ways, we need to base decisions on a fundamental set of values as we chart our course of action.

Every day, I love what I do and I think it's a gift and privilege to love your job.