Charles Buxton
Charles Buxton
Charles Buxtonwas an English brewer, philanthropist, writer and member of Parliament...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth18 November 1823
Charles Buxton quotes about
life winning chess
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
cold truth-is results
All high truth is poetry. Take the results of science: they glow with beauty, cold and hard as are the methods of reaching them.
men self stamps
Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
bitterness bitter feels
Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter.
men insult injury
I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult.
success positive-attitude enthusiasm
Sometimes success is due less to ability than to zeal.
sacrifice winning without-sacrifice
You cannot win without sacrifice.
successful careers blunders
A successful career has been full of blunders.
men poison victim
A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims.
children block book
In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him
sea-breeze water sailing
Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.
duty pleasant fulfilled
You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant.
quotations
Proverbs are potted wisdom.
desire movement something-better
All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better.