Quotes about Maxim

Good things come in small packages.

A proverb and a byword among all people.

The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact; and great trade will always be attended with considerable abuses. The contraband will always keep pace in some measure with the fair trade. It should stand as a fundamental maxim, that no vulgar precaution ought to be employed in the cure of evils, which are closely connected with the cause of our prosperity.

The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection," may be spelled PARALYSIS.

What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.

This is one of the innovator's dilemmas: Blindly following the maxim that good managers should keep close to their customers can sometimes be a fatal mistake.

Such incidents usually move me to try to find relief in the building of a maxim. It is a good way, because if you have luck you can get the venom out of yourself and into the maxim; then comfort and a healed spirit follow. Maxims are not easy to make; they do not come in right shape at the first call; they are creatures of evolution, of development; you have to try several plans before you get one that suits you, or even comes fairly near to suiting you.

To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some time become our enemies, is not a moral but a political maxim

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest