Home / Quotes / Quote by William Graham Sumner

Quote by William Graham Sumner

“What we prepare for is what we shall get”

Quote by William Graham Sumner

Book:War and Other Essays

Work

War and Other Essays

This book is a compilation of essays that delve into the complexities of war and its profound effects on human civilization. The essays within offer various perspectives on the nature of conflict, its historical significance, and its implications for the future. more

Author

William Graham Sumner

William Graham Sumner was an influential American political scientist born on October 30, 1840, and died on April 12, 1910. He was a leading figure in social Darwinism and had a profound impact on American political thought from the late 19th to the early 20th century. more

You May Also Like

“You can't make anything authentic by asking people what they want because they don't know what they want. That's what they're looking at you for.”

People Knows Want Asking

Author:Thom Mayne

“I try not to be too hard on myself. My husband reminds me that life is a marathon, not a sprint.”

Trying Hard Life Is Husband My Husband Marathon Sprint

Author:Ivanka Trump

“In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.”

Sacrifice Willing Strive This Life Hunts

Author:George Matthew Adams

“Do what experts since the dawn of recorded history have told you you must do: pay the price by becoming the person you want to become. It's not nearly as difficult as living unsuccessfully.”

Want Persons Difficult Pay Becoming Dawn Experts Pay The Price Strangest Secret

Author:Earl Nightingale

“By our attitude, we decide to read, or not to read. By our attitude, we decide to try or give up. By our attitude, we blame ourselves for our failure, or we blame others. Our attitude determines whether we tell the truth or lie, act or procrastinate, advance or recede, and by our own attitude we and we alone actually decide whether to succeed or fail.”

Giving Trying Lying Attitude Failing Succeed Giving Up Blame Determine Telling The Truth Deep Thought Procrastinating

Author:Jim Rohn

“I'm fully aware that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: `Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars.”

Ifs Men Firsts Land Tomorrow Profession Newspapers Mars Astronaut Headlines Darcy

Author:Colin Firth

“I always stress condition with my basketball players. I don’t mean physical condition only. You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned.”

Mean Player Conditions Basketball Stress Basketball Player

Author:John Wooden

“Many bodybuilders sell themselves short. Erroneously attributing their lack of satisfactory progress to a poverty of the requisite genetic traits, instead of to their irrational training and dietary practices, they give up training. Don't make the same mistake”

Giving Mistake Poverty Practice Progress Giving Up Training Sells Traits Irrational Same Mistakes Bodybuilder

Author:Mike Mentzer

“Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.”

Needs Order Ambition

Author:Bob Dylan

“Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.”

People Want Trust Built Telling The Truth

Author:Simon Sinek