Quotes by Nicholas Murray Butler

Explore a curated collection of 11 quotes by Nicholas Murray Butler. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing. — Nicholas Murray Butler
The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematica — Nicholas Murray Butler
A degenerate nobleman or one that is proud of his birth is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which — Nicholas Murray Butler
Necessity does the work of courage. — Nicholas Murray Butler
Optimism is the foundation of courage. — Nicholas Murray Butler
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress. — Nicholas Murray Butler
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd. — Nicholas Murray Butler
The forty-four-hour week has no charm for me. I'm looking for a forty-hour day. — Nicholas Murray Butler
Optimism is essential to achievement and is also the foundation of courage and of true progress. — Nicholas Murray Butler
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress. — Nicholas Murray Butler
This was the penn'worth of his thought. — Nicholas Murray Butler