Quotes with second-best

Quotes 1301 till 1320 of 1600.

  • Blaise Pascal There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and those who live not seeking, or finding him. The first are rational and happy; the second unhappy and rational, and the third foolish and unhappy.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Bob Woodward There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Willa Cather There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
    Willa Cather
    American author (1873 - 1947)
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  • Oscar Wilde There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Machiavelli There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Confucius There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Carla Bley There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all.
    Carla Bley
    American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936 - )
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  • Gordon Graham There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first, but success and there's no cure at all for the second.
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  • Bill Hybels There are two main principles I've picked up over the years as they pertain to cultivating the type of faith that moves mountains. The first is this: Faith comes by looking at God, not at the mountain. The second is this: God gives us faith as we walk by his side.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Logan Pearsall Smith There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
    Logan Pearsall Smith
    English writer (1865 - 1946)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, ''Is it good in itself?'' In the second, ''Can it be easily put into practice?''
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Max L. Lucado There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself. The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish.
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  • M. Rukeyser There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist.
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  • A. J. Liebling There is a healthy American newspaper tradition of not taking yourself seriously. It is the story you must take that way.... And if you do take yourself seriously, according to this sound convention, you are supposed to do your best not to let anyone else know about it. (Like bed-wetting.)
    A. J. Liebling
    American journalist (1904 - 1963)
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  • Bruce Springsteen There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Walt Disney There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.
    Walt Disney
    American producer (1901 - 1966)
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  • Sri Swami Sivananda There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
    Sri Swami Sivananda
    Indian Hindu spiritual teacher (1887 - 1963)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that builds and creates itself out of the Best as the past withdraws.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Bjorn Lomborg There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn't mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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