The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
Cause Quotes
Misfortunes occur only when a man is false… Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.
Every cause that has not yet produced its effect is an event that has not yet come to its completion.
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions.
I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
Ours is an abiding faith in the cause of human freedom. We know it is God’s cause.
A Pasteur, a Morse, an Edison, a Ford, a Wright, a Marx, a Lenin, a Mao Tse Tung are the effects of numberless causes, the causes of endless effects.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit cannot be severed; for the effect already blooms in the cause, the end preexists in the means, the fruit in the seed.
If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.
