Sir John Buchan Quotes

Without humility there can be no humanity. - Sir John Buchan quote.

Without humility there can be no humanity.
— Sir John Buchan

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
— Sir John Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door: The Autobiography of John Buchan

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There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. - Sir John Buchan quote.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.
— Sir John Buchan Pilgrim’s Way: An Essay in Recollection

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Happiness lies only in a divine unrest; and if you are lapped in comfort you stagnate and miss it.
— Sir John Buchan A Lodge in the Wilderness

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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. - Sir John Buchan quote.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
— Sir John Buchan Montrose on Leadership

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I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. - Sir John Buchan quote.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.
— Sir John Buchan

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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
— Sir John Buchan Great Hours in Sport

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You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism.  I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass.
— Sir John Buchan The Power House

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