Cause Quotes

It is common error to infer that things which are consecutive in order of time have necessarily the relation of cause and effect.

It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.

Men are blind in their own cause.

To believe that is we could but have this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness.

The humblest citizen of all the land when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of Error.

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.