Cromwell, Oliver quotes
1599-1658 Parliamentarian General Lord Protector of EnglandSubtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
Cromwell, Oliver
Deception
No man rises so high as he knows not whither he goes.
Cromwell, Oliver
Getting Ahead
A few honest men are better than numbers.
Cromwell, Oliver
Honesty
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
Cromwell, Oliver
History and Historians
I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
Cromwell, Oliver
Mistakes
Make the iron hot by striking it.
Cromwell, Oliver
Opportunity
Necessity has no law.
Cromwell, Oliver
Necessity
Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
Cromwell, Oliver
Portraits
You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Cromwell, Oliver
Parliament
He who stops being better stops being good.
Cromwell, Oliver
Self-improvement
Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry.
Cromwell, Oliver
Trust
The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
Cromwell, Oliver
Public Office
Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
Cromwell, Oliver
Approval
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
Cromwell, Oliver
Army and Navy