Quotes 25241 till 25260 of 25371.
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One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
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One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
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Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
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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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Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
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Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. ... It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.
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Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
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Our civilization is characterized by the word ''progress.'' Progress is its form rather than making progress being one of its features. Typically it constructs. It is occupied with building an ever more complicated structure. And even clarity is sought only
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Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us.
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Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
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Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
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Patience and the passage of time do more than strength and fury.
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Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.
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Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.
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Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
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People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.
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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.
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People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
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