Quotes 141 till 160 of 2959.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth. Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man's power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
Who Is Man? (1965) -
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
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The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.
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The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler.
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Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
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To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you'll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.
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Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour (1984) ch. 7 -
You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
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You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.
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You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.
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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
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'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.
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'Tis better to have loved and lost
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'Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes, thou hast got an hundred enemies; and till thou hast gone on, and raised a swarm of wasps about thine ears, and art half stung to death by them, thou wilt never be convinced it is so.
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... if we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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