Neglect Quotes

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

I despise making the most of one’s time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s.