Quotes with (self-development)

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  • C. L. R. James The late development of mass industrial organization in the United States has both stimulated and retarded the political development of the American working class.
    C. L. R. James
    Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist (1901 - 1989)
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  • Raymond Chandler The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some of them powerful, almost all of them vociferous, and almost none of them capable of anything much more creative than credit-stealing and self-promotion.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The masses have no habit of self reliance or original action.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Reinhold Niebuhr The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    American theologist, historian (1892 - 1971)
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  • Ban Ki-moon The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle The most fearful unbelief is unbelief in your self.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Barry Commoner The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it.
    Barry Commoner
    American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician (1917 - 2012)
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  • C. L. R. James The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
    C. L. R. James
    Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist (1901 - 1989)
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  • George S. Patton The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.
    George S. Patton
    American Army General during World War II (1885 - 1945)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by accident or for the pilgrim to see with awe. It is meant for the mere slave of a routine of self-education to stuff himself with every sort of incongruous intellectual food in one indigestible meal.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Carlos Fuentes The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
    Carlos Fuentes
    Mexican novelist and essayist (1928 - 2012)
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  • Stephen Nachmanovitch The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.
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  • Arthur Erickson The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.
    Arthur Erickson
    Canadian architect and urban (1924 - 2009)
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  • Bill Gates The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers.
    The Road Ahead p. 265
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Francis H. Bradley The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.
    Francis H. Bradley
    British Philosopher (1846 - 1924)
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  • Bum Phillips The only discipline that last is self discipline.
    Bum Phillips
    American football coach (1923 - )
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  • Annie Dillard The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents.
    Annie Dillard
    American author (1945 - )
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  • Confucius The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Brian Tracy The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
    Brian Tracy
    Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development aut (1944 - )
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  • Thornton Wilder The planting of trees in the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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