Begets Quotes

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

Work begets work.

Solitude begets whimsies.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.

Scare answers to scare, and force begets force, until at length it comes to be seen that we are racing one against another after a phantom security which continually vanishes as we approach.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

I am a big believer that orderliness begets wealth.

Arguments, like children, should be like the subject that begets them.

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.'

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.

Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

Love begets love. This torment is my joy.

Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice.

Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all.

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.