Quotes 2501 till 2520 of 4548.
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One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.
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One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
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One said of suicide, ''As long as one has brains one should not blow them out.'' And another answered, ''But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.''
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One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.
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One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The superior man perseveres long in his course, adapts to the times, but remains firm in his direction and correct in his goals.
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One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way.
Striking Thoughts (2000) -
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
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One sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That way, the scholars can appear Superior, and will not likely be suspected of Not Knowing Something.
The Tao of Pooh -
One way for investors to protect themselves from a rapid change in the price of a stock is to use a limit order rather than a market order.
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One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures.
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One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
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One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find 'em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of 'em.
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One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.
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One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.
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One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
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One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.
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One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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