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Quotes about Ruthlessness

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 22:10
Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.
- Aldous Huxley
A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
- Confucius
Those whom life does not cure death will. The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and the reality, even where we will not.
- Cormac McCarthy
There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful.
- Henry A. Wallace
No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Father, Your Word clearly states that You will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. You will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. (Isa. 13:11)
- Beth Moore
An interesting insight into the ruthlessness of studio executives: I was having a conversation with Alex Gansa, a creator of 'Homeland,' and I said, 'So you guys must have seen 'Life' and liked me in it, right? That's the most recent thing I've done over here.' And he went, 'No, Damian. You actually nearly didn't get the job because of 'Life.'
- Damian Lewis
The senator...was a smart man who had made his way in life with a single-mindedness oblivious to any of those stumbling blocks known as conscience, sworn oaths, justice, duty...
- Victor Hugo