Quotes 301 till 320 of 12035.
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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
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Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
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For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.
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For lust of knowing what should not be known, we take the Golden Road to Samarkand.
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For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from the force of character.
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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
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Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it
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Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
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From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
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Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.
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Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all.
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Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.
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Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.
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Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.
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Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them.
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