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John Ruskin
Quality is never an accident;
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.
115
Friedrich Nietzsche
What a time experiences as
What a time experiences as evil, is usually an untimely echo of what was formerly experienced as good--the atavism of a more ancient ideal.
42
Demosthenes
He who receives a favour
He who receives a favour must retain a recollection of it for all time to come; but he who confers should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid and ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred on him, and to talk of it, is little different from a reproach.
28
Steve Maraboli
Nothing is as unpopular as
Nothing is as unpopular as the truth."
19
John Locke
The dread of evil is
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
169
GI Joe
Knowing is half the battle.
Knowing is half the battle.
20
Demosthenes
The man who is in
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
25
Steve Maraboli
Those who are successful give
Those who are successful give credit to their mistakes and give them a polished new name, experience."
25
Benjamin Franklin
If man could have half
If man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.
175
Henry Ward Beecher
Children are the hands by
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
54
Demosthenes
It is impossible for those
It is impossible for those who are engaged in low and grovelling pursuits to entertain noble and generous sentiments. Their thoughts must always necessarily be somewhat similar to their employments.
36
Steve Maraboli
Live authentically. Why would you
Live authentically. Why would you continue to compromise something that's beautiful to create something that is fake?"
13
Isadora Duncan
What one has not experienced
What one has not experienced one will never understand in print.
62
Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace!
28
Steve Maraboli
You did not go through
You did not go through everything you've gone through just to end up in the same place you were when you started."
15
Demosthenes
Great and unexpected successes are
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
41
Miguel de Cervantes
Delay always breeds danger and
Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
116
Francis Bacon
Certainly virtue is like precious
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
53
Steve Maraboli
The art of letting go
The art of letting go is simply about personal empowerment. Realizing what you're in charge of, realizing what you control, and more importantly, what you don't control."
17
The Dhammapada
The fool who knows his
The fool who knows his foolishness is wise so far, at least; but a fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.
81
Dr. Seuss
Young cat, if you keep
Young cat, if you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you would learn! The most wonderful stuff!
70
Italian Proverb
Between saying and doing many
Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.
25
Steve Maraboli
You're life is a print-out
You're life is a print-out of your thoughts."
20
The Dhammapada
As a solid rock is
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so wise men falter not amidst blame or praise.
46