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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

[I want] minimum information given with maximum politeness.

Source: Instructions to...

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William Hastie: You have to...

William Hastie: You have to...

You have to be there at the right time and you've got to be equipped.

Source: Grace...

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Orison Swett Marden: Achievement is not...

Orison Swett Marden: Achievement is not...

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the...

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Clarence Darrow: I do not...

Clarence Darrow: I do not...

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism...

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Van Wyck Brooks: Genius and virtue...

Van Wyck Brooks: Genius and virtue...

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

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Lewis Carroll: Alice came to...

Lewis Carroll: Alice came to...

Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?', responded the...

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Aesop: We should look...

Aesop: We should look...

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Source: In The...

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Aesop: Outside show is...

Aesop: Outside show is...

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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George Steiner: I owe everything...

George Steiner: I owe everything...

I owe everything to a system that made me learn by heart till I wept. As a result I have thousands of lines of poetry...

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Harold Rosenberg: American time has...

Harold Rosenberg: American time has...

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the...

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Omar Bradley: Bravery is the...

Omar Bradley: Bravery is the...

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Source:...

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Robert Baden-Powell: Be Prepared ....

Robert Baden-Powell: Be Prepared ....

Be Prepared . . . the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and...

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Robert Baden-Powell: A Scout smiles...

Robert Baden-Powell: A Scout smiles...

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

Source: Scouting for...

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Miyamoto Musashi: Study strategy over...

Miyamoto Musashi: Study strategy over...

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday;...

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F Scott Fitzgerald: Never confuse a...

F Scott Fitzgerald: Never confuse a...

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jean Toomer: I am not...

Jean Toomer: I am not...

I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.

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Richard Francis Burton: They lard their...

Richard Francis Burton: They lard their...

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: Success is sweet...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Success is sweet...

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and...

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Pearl Buck: In a mood...

Pearl Buck: In a mood...

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The bitterest tears...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: The bitterest tears...

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

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