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Colin Powell: Don't let adverse...

Colin Powell: Don't let adverse...

Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.

Source: Colin Powell's...

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Karl von Clausewitz: Never forget that...

Karl von Clausewitz: Never forget that...

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

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F Scott Fitzgerald: To write it,...

F Scott Fitzgerald: To write it,...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it -- three minutes; to collect the data in it -- all my...

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F Scott Fitzgerald: Vitality shows not...

F Scott Fitzgerald: Vitality shows not...

Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.

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Henry James, Jr: To take what...

Henry James, Jr: To take what...

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived -- to dig deep into the actual...

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Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your...

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Dorothy L Sayers: Those who make...

Dorothy L Sayers: Those who make...

Those who make some other person their job . . . are dangerous.

Source: In The...

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Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Source: The Heat of the...

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Jean Toomer: Fear is a...

Jean Toomer: Fear is a...

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

The book of Nature, my dear Henry, is full of holy lessons, ever new and ever varied; and to learn to discover these...

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Henry David Thoreau: If a man...

Henry David Thoreau: If a man...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to...

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Howard Thurman: A dream is...

Howard Thurman: A dream is...

A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

What can be heavier than wealth than freedom?

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Konrad Adenauer: A thick skin...

Konrad Adenauer: A thick skin...

A thick skin is a gift from God.

Source: In A Kick in the Seat of the Pants, by...

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Charles Sumner: From the beginning...

Charles Sumner: From the beginning...

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human...

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June Singer: The first half...

June Singer: The first half...

The first half of life is spent mainly in finding out who we are through seeing ourselves in our interaction with...

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Ashley Montagu: The cultured man...

Ashley Montagu: The cultured man...

The cultured man is an artist, an artist in humanity.

Source: The Cultured Man,...

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Maxwell Maltz: Close scrutiny will...

Maxwell Maltz: Close scrutiny will...

Close scrutiny will show that most crisis situations are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you...

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Cesare Lombroso: Klopstock was questioned...

Cesare Lombroso: Klopstock was questioned...

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, God and I both knew what it meant...

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Cesare Lombroso: Good sense travels...

Cesare Lombroso: Good sense travels...

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is...

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