"We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways."
-Clarence Day
natureView Quote
"You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.“
-Clarence Day
posted in wisdom
Other Quotes
Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection
"A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health."
-Clarence Day
moneyView Quote
"A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health."
-Clarence Day
healthView Quote
"A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health."
-Clarence Day
financeView Quote
"Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character."
-Clarence Day
experienceView Quote
"Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience."
-Clarence Day
experienceView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity."
-Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
wisdomView Quote
"A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one."
-Lord John Russell
wisdomView Quote
"Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means."
-Francis Hutcheson
wisdomView Quote
"This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will."
-Stanford Moore
wisdomView Quote
"I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom."
-Nina Totenberg
wisdomView Quote
"The result showed the wisdom of your orders."
-John Bigelow
wisdomView Quote