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Quotes by John Buchan - (10 quotes)

John Buchan - From the Brother/Sisterhood category:

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them. (John Buchan)

John Buchan - From the Competence category:

'What would you call the highest happiness?' Wratislaw was asked. 'The sense of competence,' was the answer, given without hesitation. (John Buchan)

John Buchan - From the Education category:

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education. (John Buchan)

John Buchan - From the Future category:

- address to the people of Canada on the coronation of George VI, May 12, 1937...
We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. (John Buchan)

John Buchan - From the Happiness category:

There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness. (John Buchan)

John Buchan - From the Humility category:

Without humility there can be no humanity. (John Buchan)

John Buchan - From the Leadership category:

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already. (John Buchan)

John Buchan - From the Peace category:

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown. (John Buchan)

John Buchan - From the Prayer category:

The best prayers have often more groans than words. (John Buchan)

John Buchan - From the Religion category:

-On Being a Real Person by Harry E. Fosdick, 1943...
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. (John Buchan)