Hold Office

Famous quotes containing the words hold and/or office:

“Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)

“We need not fear excessive influence. A more generous trust is permitted. Serve the great. Stick at no humiliation. Grudge no office thou canst render. Be the limb of their body, the breath of their mouth. Compromise thy egotism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)