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George Bernard Shaw
Common sense is instinct. Enough
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
57
Chinese Proverb
Teachers open the door. You
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
69
Rousseau
Free people, remember this maxim:
Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
60
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The mind is the limit.
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it.
54
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Learn to limit yourself, to
Learn to limit yourself, to content yourself with some definite thing, and some definite work; dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.
102
George Bernard Shaw
Martyrdom is the only way
Martyrdom is the only way a person can become famous without ability.
55
Robert Jordan
Death is as light as
Death is as light as a feather; duty as heavy as a mountain.
34
John Kerry
How do you ask a
How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?
120
Benjamin Disraeli
I repeat...that all power is
I repeat...that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
15
George Bernard Shaw
Success covers a multitude of
Success covers a multitude of blunders.
51
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson still lives.
Thomas Jefferson still lives.
79
Robert Jordan
Beauty holds more worth than
Beauty holds more worth than gold.
37
George Bernard Shaw
Life is a disease; and
Life is a disease; and the only diference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives.
57
Victor Hugo
A man is not idle
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labour and there is invisible labour.
30
Robert Jordan
A man without trust is
A man without trust is a man without life.
20
Muriel Rukeyser
The world is not made
The world is not made of molecules, the world is made of stories.
47
George Bernard Shaw
Except during the nine months
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
48
Ettiene De Grellet
I expect to pass through
I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
27
Calvin Coolidge
Advertising is the most potent
Advertising is the most potent influence in adapting and changing the habits and modes of life affecting what we eat, what we wear, and the work and play of a whole nation.
48
Barbara DeAngelis
At the end of our
At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, "I was always happy". Hopefully we will be able to say, "I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments."
19
George Bernard Shaw
Do you know what a
Do you know what a pessimist is? A person who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself and hates them for it.
46
Demophilus
The beauty of a statue
The beauty of a statue is in its outward form; of a man in his conduct.
19
Micron
Hatred is toxic waste in
Hatred is toxic waste in the river of life.
14
Marcus Aurelius
To live happily is an
To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
135