Quotes 6681 till 6700 of 6709.
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Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.
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One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
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One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.
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One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.
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One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
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Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
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Patience and the passage of time do more than strength and fury.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
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Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
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Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
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Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.
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The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and unfulfillment, and in the uninterrupted struggle both of individuals and humanity.
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The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.
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The logic of the heart is usually better than the logic of the head, and the consistency of sympathy is superior as rule for life to the consistency of the intellect.
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The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.
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The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
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The perfect no-stress environment is the grave. When we change our perception we gain control. The stress becomes a challenge, not a threat. When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable.
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