Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller

47 quotes

Known primarily as an English churchman and historian, Thomas Fuller also happens to be one of the most quotable figures in our collection. Their thinking spans from Great to Men, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Our collection includes 57 quotes from Thomas Fuller, touching on Great, Men, Fear, Patience, and Money — a testament to just how much they had to say. A line that stays with you: "He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it."

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“Abused patience turns to fury.”

— Thomas Fuller

Patience

All Quotes by Thomas Fuller

“'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.”

— Thomas Fuller

Strength

“In fair weather prepare for foul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

“Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.”

— Thomas Fuller

Thankful

“Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.”

— Thomas Fuller

Travel

“Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Anger

“Despair gives courage to a coward.”

— Thomas Fuller

Courage

“If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.”

— Thomas Fuller

Home

“Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.”

— Thomas Fuller

Power

“Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.”

— Thomas Fuller

Art

“All things are difficult before they are easy.”

— Thomas Fuller

Work

“He that hopes no good fears no ill.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

“Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.”

— Thomas Fuller

Best

“He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.”

— Thomas Fuller

Forgiveness

“There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.”

— Thomas Fuller

Anger

“Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

“A good garden may have some weeds.”

— Thomas Fuller

Gardening

“Abused patience turns to fury.”

— Thomas Fuller

Patience

“A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.”

— Thomas Fuller

Money

“All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.”

— Thomas Fuller

Patience