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Diane Westlake
Whatever the struggle continue the
Whatever the struggle continue the climb it may be only one step to the summit.
31
Lauren Bacall
Imagination is the highest kite
Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.
18
Richter
It is a common remark
It is a common remark that men talk most who think least; just as frogs cease their quacking when a light is brought to the water-side.
17
James Russell Lowell
They are slaves who fear
They are slaves who fear to speak,
49
Thomas Carlyle
No sadder proof can be
No sadder proof can be given by man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
73
Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams for
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
200
Richter
The more weakness the more
The more weakness the more falsehood; strength goes straight: every cannon ball that has in it hollows and holes goes crooked.
18
Grenville Kleiser
By constant self-discipline and self-control
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character
46
Bruce Lee
When you point to the
When you point to the moon, what do you see in front of your finger; Your task is to feel, not to think, when you can understand that the lesson will be learned.
85
Ida Scott Taylor.
One day at a time-
One day at a time- this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.
24
Richter
The rose does not bloom
The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.
22
John Howe
Character is power; it makes
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.
39
Dorothy Parker
A little bad taste is
A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
198
George Bernard Shaw
When a thing is funny,
When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.
56
John Ballantine Gough
A man is what he
A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only he himself can damage that. His reputations what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity
13
Richter
Never does a man portray
Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another.
16
English Proverb
Proportion your expenses to what
Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect.
48
Lewis Ward
Boredom is a finicky creature,
Boredom is a finicky creature, never around when you need it, and always popping up when you want it the least.
25
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do what you know and
Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
146
Richter
Sorrows are like thunder-clouds: in
Sorrows are like thunder-clouds: in the distance they look black, over our heads, hardly gray.
22
An Wang
Success is more a function
Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.
17
Lewis Ward
Your problems and mine, they
Your problems and mine, they are nothing new. They are all just another small part of the generic nightmare.
15
Richter
No one is more profoundly
No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much.
24
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-trust is the essence of
Self-trust is the essence of heroism
186