Famous quotes with Sink or swim

• Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

  James A. Garfield
• In this business you either sink or swim or you don't.

  David Smith
• How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him to sink or swim for a few years in trying to derive it. That would have been merely an instance of the way great mathematicians since the very beginnings of mathematical research have effortlessly maintained their superiority over ordinary mortals.

  Clifford Truesdell
• In this business you either sink or swim or you don't.

  David Smith
• Each experience of life can make you either bitter or better. Each challenge can either make you stronger or break you apart. Every unexpected wave can make you either sink or swim. The choice is always yours whether you want to be a Victim or a Victor. Life is what you make of it - with the choices you make every moment. Make a good one!

  Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate

Antonyms for the word "anti-bellicistic" can include pro-war, militaristic, aggressive, warlike, and bellicose. These words reflect a positive attitude towards the use of military ...