Demoralise Famous Quotes & Sayings

Have you ever seen fishermen when a storm is brewing on a great river? I have seen them many a time. In the face of a storm one group of fishermen will muster all their forces, encourage their fellows and boldly put out to meet the storm: 'Cheer up, lads, hold tight to the tiller, cut the waves, we'll pull her through!' But there is another type of fishermen - those who, on sensing a storm, lose heart, begin to snivel and demoralise their own ranks: 'What a misfortune, a storm is brewing; lie down, boys, in the bottom of the boat, shut your eyes; let's hope she'll make the shore somehow. — Robert Harris

China is a much richer country than any part of Europe. — Adam Smith

Every fortune-teller I ever met was a faker. First thing you should do to a soothsayer is poke them in the eye and say, 'Didn't see that coming, did you? — Mark Lawrence

Successfully reframing the climate debate in the United States from one based on environmental values to one based on health values ... holds great promise to help American society better understand and appreciate the risks of climate change ... — George Mason

Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience. — Swami Vivekananda

My real pleasure is that 4 times a week 1,800 people are standing up and shouting on Broadway for an author who died hundreds of years ago. — Terry Hands

I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them. — Tony Benn

I thought you lot brought a buildin' down on 'is 'ead."
"We did," Sam replied before she could. "I don't think it took. — Kady Cross

What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel. — Dawn French

Encouragement is the most important thing in the world for young people, rather than league tables, which demoralise everyone. — Tony Benn

If you were to describe me as teetotal, on behalf of my constituency I'd have to sue; that would lose me every vote in the Highlands. — Charles Kennedy

If we allow ourselves contemplative time in nature-whether it's gardening, going for a walk with the dog, or being in the heart of the southern Utah wilderness-then we can hear the voice of our conscience. If we listen to that voice, it asks us to be conscious. And if we become conscious we choose to live lives of consequence. — Terry Tempest Williams