Grantland Rice Quotes

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

Grantland Rice

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Grantland Rice

Henry Grantland "Granny" Rice (November 1, 1880 – July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.

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Grantland Rice

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.

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Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgement will be much in your favor.

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Grantland Rice

Failure isn't bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.

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You are meant to play the ball as it lies, a fact that may help to touch on your own objective approach to life.

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All wars are planned by old men in council rooms apart.

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Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.

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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

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Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.

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There's no dearth of kindness in this world of ours; Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers.

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