Quotes 41 till 60 of 1725.
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Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
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How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! He is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated in him as his only duty,
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How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.
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I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others.
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I am against an adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause of an adjournment: if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought.
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I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.
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I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred - that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
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I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
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I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
Source: Town Hall Meeting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 29 March 2008 -
If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend.
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In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
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It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of inspection.
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Life is a first draft... with no rewrite.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
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