Seldom Quotes

He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.

The cautious seldom err.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town.

It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

I seldom ever missed a Gary Cooper picture if I could manage to see it.

Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.

What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.

If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.

In serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the same thing.

Heroes always make the right decision; I find that seldom happens in my life.

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

I heard Yiddish when my father's family came to the house, which was as seldom as my mother could arrange it.