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Alfred Nobel Quotes

Total quotes: 20
“It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Respect, Worth, Worthy of Respect
“Perhaps my factories will put an end to war sooner than your congresses: on the day that two army corps can mutually annihilate each other in a second, all civilized nations will surely recoil with horror and disband their troops.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: invention, Factory, War, nation
“We build upon the sand, and the older we become, the more unstable this foundation becomes.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Age, foundation, Getting Old
“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Ideas, Satisfaction, motivation
“I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Fund, Peace, skeptical, Death
“A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: heart, force, Love, food, Digestion, Persuasion
“I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers as they find it difficult to get on in life.”
— Alfred Nobel, Nobel: Dynamite And Peace
Tagged: Action, Dreamers, Work, Helping Others
“My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Dynamite, invention, Peace, army, War
“Self-respect without the respect of others is like a jewel which will not stand the daylight.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Respect, Self-Respect, Gaining Respect
“For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibition and use.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Guns, Gun Use, Violence
“The best excuse for the fallen ones is that Madame Justice herself is one of them.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: excuse, Fallen, Justice
“Worry is the stomach's worst poison.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: worry, poison, worries in life
“Lying is the greatest of all sins.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: lying, Sin, Lies, Deception, Dishonesty
“Home is where I work and I work everywhere.”
— Alfred Nobel, Aphorisms
Tagged: Home, Work, Work Environment, Working Anywhere
“Justice is to be found only in the imagination.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Justice, Imagination, Looking for Justice
“Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Peace, Action, Action Vs Words, wishes
“Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Deception, Dishonesty, Industry, Agriculture
“Contentment is the only real wealth.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Contentment, Wealth
“Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Hope, Truth, Nature
“The truthful man is usually a liar.”
— Alfred Nobel
Tagged: Liar, Deception, skepticism, Truth
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