The best Quotes and Sayings (Page 299)

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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.
Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
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I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.
I feel beautiful without makeup on, but when I do put makeup on, it just gives me this extra pop.
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
The problem is that my generation was pacified into believing that racism existed only in our history books.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.
So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.
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I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.
Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
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Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
Love is one of my main inspirations.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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The equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and wellbeing - that is, the same rights we proclaimed when we began our struggle, in addition to those which emerge from our dreams of justice and equality for all inhabitants of our world - is what I wish for all.
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
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