Quote authors in 1918

Authors of 1918

Born or Deceased in 1918

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Born :18 July 1918

Patty Berg

Patty Berg

Born :13 February 1918

Pee Wee Reese

Pee Wee Reese

Born :23 July 1918

Bobby Riggs

Bobby Riggs

Born :25 February 1918

Ted Williams

Ted Williams

Born :30 August 1918

T.Berry Brazelton

T.Berry Brazelton

Born :10 May 1918

James MacGregor Burns

James MacGregor Burns

Born :3 August 1918

Quotes of 1918

Quotes taken from the authors in 1918

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.

Always keep learning. It keeps you young.

It's a wonderful day for me, I made it to 80.

There is nothing in this game of golf that can't be improved upon if you practice.

It's not how fast you get there, but how long you stay.

If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them.

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.

Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that.

I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed 120 pounds. I didn't go with the Dodgers until spring training of 1940 and I weighed all of 155 pounds soaking wet.

Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the breaks had gone right.

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

James MacGregor Burns

Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.

James MacGregor Burns

Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.

James MacGregor Burns

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.

James MacGregor Burns

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

James MacGregor Burns