Do not be afraid of taking a big step-you cannot cross a chasm in two steps. David Lloyd George More Quotes by David Lloyd George More Quotes From David Lloyd George Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George success motivational inspirational If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know. David Lloyd George would-be war people The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. David Lloyd George things-done finest done One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, "Wait a minute, Mr. George. Isn't it true your grandfather used to peddle tinware around here in an oxcart hauled by a donkey?" Lloyd George replied, "I digress just a moment and thank the gentlemen for calling that to my attention. It is true, my dear old grandfather used to peddle tinware with an old cart and a donkey. As a matter of fact, after this meeting is over, if my friend will come with me, I will show him that old cart, but I never knew until this minute what became of the ass." David Lloyd George political waiting justice What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in. David Lloyd George firefighter hero country We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink. David Lloyd George germany alcohol fighting The League of Nations is the greatest humbug in history. They cannot even protect a little nation like Armenia. They do nothing but pass useless resolutions. David Lloyd George armenia useless league The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics. David Lloyd George lunatic-asylums political running Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George courage motivational two Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence of the German people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not in the might of their armies. David Lloyd George victory army people A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head. David Lloyd George young heart men Four specters haunt the Poor - Old Age, Accident, Sickness and Unemployment. We are going to exorcise them. We are going to drive hunger from the hearth. We mean to banish the workhouse from the horizon of every workman in the land. David Lloyd George land heart mean If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control. David Lloyd George politics political want There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. David Lloyd George procrastination motivation character Who ordained that a few should have the land of Britain as a perquisite, who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest of us trespassers in the land of our birth? David Lloyd George freedom land should-have Golf is the only game where the worst player gets the best of it. He obtains more out of it as regards both exercise and enjoyment, for the good player gets worried over the slightest mistake, whereas the poor player makes too many mistakes to worry about them. David Lloyd George exercise mistake golf No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people must either go on or go under. David Lloyd George democracies-have long people He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul. David Lloyd George iron sarcastic long Liberty has restraints but no frontiers. David Lloyd George restraint liberty freedom You cannot trust the interests of any class entirely to another class; and you cannot trust the interests of any sex to another sex. David Lloyd George interest class sex
