| 438 trang
...faithful. Do you remember this song - it shows the importance of a nail in a horse's shoe. "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost; For want of a horse, the rider was lost; For want of a rider, the battle was lost; For want of... | |
| Davis Liu - 2008 - 266 trang
...THREE: Do the Right Thing Regularly and Repeatedly A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse...lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost. THE PRUDENT APPROACH TO STAYING HEALTHY Should we actively search for good health? Should we be proactive... | |
| William Sloane Coffin - 2008 - 630 trang
...vicious one to another so much as neglectful. Over 350 years ago George Herbert wrote: "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the rider was lost." Commenting on these words, Ben Franklin concluded,... | |
| Dimitris N. Chorafas - 2008 - 384 trang
...events can reach a point of crisis that magnifies small changes. As a popular verse has it, For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost; For want of a horse, the rider was lost; For want of a rider, the battle was lost; For want of... | |
| George Schloss - 2008 - 405 trang
...dreams to come true and as simply as in a Mother Goose rhyme and even more presciently. 148 "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For want of a horse, the rider was lost. For want of a rider, the battle was lost. For want of... | |
| Preston T. Bailey - 2008 - 390 trang
...Christian for one year or forty years. God expects you to be a Christian soldier in his army. "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost; For want of a horse, the rider was lost; For want of a rider, the battle was lost; For want of... | |
| C. William Salm - 2008 - 222 trang
...desk?" Chapter 22 Perfection You may have heard (with some embellishment by yours truly), "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For want of a horse, the rider was lost. For want of a rider, the message was lost. For want... | |
| C. William Salm - 2008 - 222 trang
...desk?" Chapter 22 Perfection You may have heard (with some embellishment by yours truly), "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For want of a horse, the rider was lost. For want of a rider, the message was lost. For want... | |
| Normand Baillargeon - 2011 - 336 trang
...the relevant facts and good reasons to support this conclusion. 75 THE SLIPPERY SLOPE For want of the nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of... | |
| Nicholas Delbanco - 2008 - 486 trang
...entirety to the public's sustained attention. It is time for a full listing of accounts. For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse, for want of a horse the battle was lost, for want of a battle the war. Thus it is not my proper business... | |
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