Second Quotes

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
Honore de Balzac

Husband, Himself, Mistress

I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views, primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA, the Second Amendment, and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy.
Ted Nugent

Good, Rock, Bad

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Lou Holtz

Game, Loser, After

There are no second acts in American lives.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

American, Lives, Acts

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
Nathaniel Branden

Change, Acceptance, Step

I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.
Carl Jung

Life, Problem, Last

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
Thomas Carlyle

Become, Lies, Duty

When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.
Woody Allen

Guilty, Played, Steal

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.
Rush Limbaugh

Government, Why, Follow

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
Honore de Balzac

Love, Time, Complaint

The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution.
Marco Rubio

Important, Rights, Republican

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.
Carl Jung

Life, Death, Away

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.
Blaise Pascal

Nature, Why, Afraid

To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis.
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Heart, Give, Same

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.
Emil Zatopek

Goal, Bitterness, Try

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Job, Terrible, Leading

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.
Chuck Tanner

Patience, Important, Secret

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.
John Ruskin

Education, Government, Food

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.
Raymond Chandler

Love, Girl, After

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Time, Desire, Praise

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Long, Made, While

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Life, Nothing, Made

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.
Agatha Christie

Justice, Put, Often

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.
Jackie Kennedy

Love, Time, Money

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.
Ayrton Senna

Win, Third, Designed

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Place, Reach, Highest

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
Julius Caesar

Rather, Rome, Village

No one remembers who came in second.
Walter Hagen

The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.
John C. Maxwell

Time, Learned, Heard

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
George W. Bush

Life, America, Path

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