Jeffrey Archer > Quotes

“Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Only Time Will Tell

“We all make mistakes but one has to move on.”
― Jeffrey Archer

“I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.”
― Jeffrey Archer, A Prisoner of Birth

“If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Only Time Will Tell

“we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.”
― Jeffrey Archer, A Prisoner of Birth

“I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking”
― Jeffrey Archer, Only Time Will Tell

“While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.”
― Jeffrey Archer

“Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves?”
― Jeffrey Archer, A Prisoner of Birth

“Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

“You can often judge the character of a person by the way he treats his fellow men.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Only Time Will Tell

“Fortune favours the brave”
― Jeffrey Archer, Kane & Abel

“If you have to pay a bill, always make it look as if the amount is of no consequence.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Kane and Abel

“There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Best Kept Secret

“The sign of a great man is how you handle defeat. - Old Jack”
― Jeffrey Archer, Best Kept Secret

“The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle”
― Jeffrey Archer, Only Time Will Tell

“It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing their skills, and at least a day attempting to reach the summit. And then, having achieved their goal, they spend just a few moments enjoying the experience, along with one or two equally certifiable companions who have little in common other than wanting to do it all again, but a little higher.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Paths of Glory

“I want to be your stranger across a crowded room. ”
― Jeffery Archer

“A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.”
― Jeffery Archer

“إن أغلب الناس قد عاشوا حدثًا واحدًا على الأقل خلال حياتهم يعد حدثًا فريدًا حقًا، ويصلح تمامًا لصياغته في قصة قصيرة.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Cat O' Nine Tales: And Other Stories

“A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For

“Sometimes an abundance of sympathy can be more overwhelming than solitude”
― Jeffrey Archer , Only Time Will Tell

“You see, the problem with being a bully is that on the flipside of that particular coin, you’ll find the imprint of a coward.”
― Jeffrey Archer, The Sins of the Father

“Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For

“The bastard. It's bad enough knowing he's stolen our money,but it's humiliating having to watch him spend it.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

“With torture ,as with making love, foreplay is the all important factor”
― Jeffrey Archer

“if you take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Mightier than the Sword

“only a fool blames the messenger.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Only Time Will Tell

“No time like the present”
― Jeffrey Archer, Best Kept Secret

“Good night, good night, parting is such sweet sorrow,' she whispered
'That I shall say good night till it be morrow,' Harry replied.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Only Time Will Tell

“Then one morning she woke to find him sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at her. She blinked at him. ‘Is something wrong, darling?’ ‘No. I’m just looking at my greatest asset, and making sure I never take it for granted.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Kane and Abel