Escritas - Poems List

George Washington

I know [patriotism] exists, and

I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.

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Elizabeth Janeway

Unless I am what I

Unless I am what I am and feel what I feel -- as hard as I can and as honestly and truly as I can -- then I am nothing.

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We in reality only know

We in reality only know when we doubt a little. With knowledge comes doubt.

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Steve Maraboli

Life is the definition you

Life is the definition you give to events that occur."

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Greville

No man was ever so

No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself.

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Susan Laurson Willig

Limited expectations yield only limited

Limited expectations yield only limited results.

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Goldoni

Laughing is peculiar to man,

Laughing is peculiar to man, but all men do not laugh for the same reason. There is the attic salt which springs from the charm in the words, from the flash of wit, from the spirited and brilliant sally. There is the low joke which arises from scurrility and idle conceit.

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Steve Maraboli

If you intend to change,

If you intend to change, decide what you want and live your life accordingly."

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John F. Kennedy

Those who make peaceful revolution

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.

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Frances E. Willard

Sow and act and you

Sow and act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap destiny.

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Goldoni

This world is a beautiful

This world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.

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Steve Maraboli

At any given moment the

At any given moment the choice to be happy is present - we just have to choose to be happy."

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Shakti Gawain

As long as we focus

As long as we focus on the outside, there will always be that empty, hungry, lost place inside that needs to be filled.

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W. Somerset Maugham

You are not angry with

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

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Goldsmith

While the slightest inconveniences of

While the slightest inconveniences of the great are magnified into calamities, while tragedy mouths out their sufferings in all the strains of eloquence, the miseries of the poor are entirely disregarded; and yet some of the lower ranks of people undergo more real hardships in one day than those of a more exalted station suffer in their whole lives.

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Steve Maraboli

The value of a moment

The value of a moment is immeasurable. The power of just ONE moment can propel you to success and happiness or chain you to failure and misery."

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May Lamberton Becker

Filling a bookcase is like

Filling a bookcase is like gathering a social circle.

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Emil Nolde

Clever people master life; the

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.

34

Steve Maraboli

While intent is the seed

While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success."

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Guicciardini

Experience has always shown, and

Experience has always shown, and reason shows, that affairs which depend on many seldom succeed.

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Paul Duncun

Intellectuals are the most intolerant

Intellectuals are the most intolerant of all people.

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Madre Teresa

God loves the world through

God loves the world through us.

93

Steve Maraboli

The purpose of fear is

The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress."

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Guicciardini

It is easy to lose

It is easy to lose important opportunities, and difficult to regain them; therefore when they present themselves it is the more necessary to make every effort to retain them.

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