Quotes with needle-work

Quotes 1 till 20 of 1709.

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  • Oscar Wilde A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Harry S. Truman It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Confucius Chose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Florence Scovel Shinn Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
    Florence Scovel Shinn
    American artist, writer
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  • Theodore I. Rubin Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
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  • Sherlock Holmes I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
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  • Igor Stravinsky In the course of your work, you will from time to time encounter the situation where the facts and the theory do not coincide. In such circumstances, young gentlemen, it is my earnest advice to respect the facts.
    Igor Stravinsky
    Russian composer (1882 - 1971)
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  • Calvin Coolidge Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Barbra Streisand Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Sholem Aleichem A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.
    Sholem Aleichem
    Yiddish author and playwright (1859 - 1916)
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  • Iris Murdoch A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the façade of his appearance.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Albert Camus A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Thomas Carlyle A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Bertrand Russell A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Brian Tracy All successful people are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
    Brian Tracy
    Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development aut (1944 - )
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  • John Wooden Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • Publilius Syrus At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Abbie Hoffman Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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  • Charles Kingsley Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.
    Charles Kingsley
    British writer (1819 - 1875)
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