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Nick B.
Sleep well. Wake inspired.
Sleep well. Wake inspired.
20
Henry Ward Beecher
The philosophy of one century
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
72
Mehmet Murat Ildan
By respecting the trees, you
By respecting the trees, you prove that you are a person who deserves to be respected!
58
Henry Van Dyke
Gratitude is the inward feeling
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
152
Mehmet Murat Ildan
We love the morning, because
We love the morning, because we know that there will be night soon! We love the night, because we know that there will be morning soon! Who loves the morning if there shall be no night? Who loves the night if there shall be no morning?
50
Anonymous
If you get up one
If you get up one time more than you fall, you will make it through.
91
Henry Van Dyke
Who can explain the secret
Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory of the lost Paradise. It is the sense that even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.
225
Mehmet Murat Ildan
If you want to shine
If you want to shine over the world, first let the wisdom shines over you!
48
Florence Scovel Shinn
Every great work, every great
Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
65
Mehmet Murat Ildan
We are all on the
We are all on the stairs, my friend; some of us are going down, some us are going up!
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Kevork Rafic Altounian
the best part of life
the best part of life is that one could be quite daring...
15
Theodore Parker
Wealth and want equally harden
Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.
32
François de La Rochefoucauld
Few things are impracticable in
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
47
Mehmet Murat Ildan
For your enemies, keep the
For your enemies, keep the door open forever!
61
Theodore Parker
Politics is the science of
Politics is the science of urgencies.
31
Hammurabi
if a builder builds a
if a builder builds a house and the house falls and kills some one in the house the owners may kill the builder.
44
Lucretius
The falling drops at last
The falling drops at last will wear the stone.
38
Mehmet Murat Ildan
Petronius says that ‘Mundus vult
Petronius says that ‘Mundus vult decipi - The world wants to be deceived.’ That is very true, otherwise there wouldn’t exist any religion!
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Mehmet Murat Ildan
Night is the fatherland of
Night is the fatherland of the great inspirations.
48
Theodore Parker
As society advances the standard
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
33
Mehmet Murat Ildan
Master Michelangelo once said that
Master Michelangelo once said that ‘I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’ This is what we must do when we see an ignorant man: To set him free from the black marble we call ignorance!
44
Elbert Hubbard
How many a man has
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?
36
Theodore Parker
Let us do our duty,
Let us do our duty, in our shop in our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depends on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.
39
Mehmet Murat Ildan
There is no life in
There is no life in war; there is life only in peace.
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