Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harriswas an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and, later, the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote 11 books and his weekday column, “Strictly Personal,” was syndicated in approximately 200 newspapers throughout the United States and Canada...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 September 1917
CountryUnited States of America
Sydney J. Harris quotes about
answers world trouble
More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.
wall weak-will justice
It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.
mind filth weakness
Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.
leadership sports successful
A truly successful person knows how to overcome the past, use the present, and prepare for the future-but unless we can first surmount the past, we cannot effectively cope with either the present or the future.
hero character men
If you want to know what a man's character is really like... ask him to tell you the living person he most admires - for hero worship is the truest index of a man's private nature.
tunnels light next
The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light - and the next tunnel.
wife chance telling-the-truth
A 'penchant for telling the truth' can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor's wife.
party people wish
People decline invitations when they are "indisposed" physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they feel indisposed emotionally. A person has no more right to attend a party with a head full of venom than with a throat full of virus.
achievement risk significant
All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.
food credit littles
Gourmet: Usually little more than a glutton festooned with credit cards.
nice done deeds
Nice things are done for our own sake, not for the sake of others. The pleasure must reside in the performance, not in the applause. Good deeds are, in a deeper psychological way, a favor to oneself. If this is not grasped, then our whole sense of personal relationships becomes warped.
advice kind trouble
Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.
dream follow-your-dreams boundaries
Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.
feelings firsts second-thoughts
When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.