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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Death tugs at my ear
Death tugs at my ear and says: "Live, I am coming."
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Norman Vincent Peale
There is real magic in
There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
92
Sadi
Hast thou not perfect excellence,
Hast thou not perfect excellence, ?tis best To keep thy tongue in silence, for ?tis this Which shames a man; as lightness does attest The nut is empty, nor of value is.
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Hugh Prather
Just when I think I
Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things change the more I am the same. I am what I started with, and when it is all over I will be all that is left of me.
60
Benjamin Franklin
Critics are our friends, they
Critics are our friends, they tell us our faults.
163
George Burns
Define your business goals clearly
Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do.
68
Sadi
Were all thy fond endeavours
Were all thy fond endeavours vain To chase away the sufferer?s smart, Still hover near, lest absence pain
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Sidney Madwed
The world will change for
The world will change for the better when people decide they are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the way the world is, and decide to change themselves.
38
Roger Babson
Keep in mind that neither
Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
Yet such is oft the
Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them becuase they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.
66
John Oliver Hobbes
Men are not so weak
Men are not so weak as you think. They can always leave anybody or any place without a pang - if they find another person or another place they like better. If they feel pricks and scruples it is merely because they cannot make up their mind that the change will be absolutely to their advantage.
23
Sadi
No one hath come into
No one hath come into the world for a continuance save him who leaveth behind him a good name.*
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J. Paul Getty
No one can possibly achieve
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist.
38
Benjamin Franklin
Dost thou love life? Then
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
177
Sadi
If thou art a man,
If thou art a man, speak not much about thine own manliness, for not every champion driveth the ball to the goal.
34
J. William Galbraith
Familiarity may breed contempt in
Familiarity may breed contempt in some areas of human behavior, but in the field of social ideas it is the touchstone of acceptability.
29
Harold Geneen
Performance is your reality. Forget
Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.
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Oscar Wilde
The very essence of love
The very essence of love is uncertainty.
76
Ralph Waldo Emerson
People wish to be settled.
People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them.
132
Sadi
Two persons die remorseful: he
Two persons die remorseful: he who possessed and enjoyed not, and he who knew but did not practise.
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Boris Pasternak
What is laid down, ordered,
What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
291
William Shakespeare
Rich gifts wax poor when
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
179
Sadi
Whoso associates with the wicked
Whoso associates with the wicked will be accused of following their ways, though their principles may have made no impression upon him; just as if a person were in the habit of frequenting a tavern, he would not be supposed to go there for prayer, but to drink intoxicating liquor.
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Henry Steele Commager
Change does not necessarily assure
Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
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