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Quotes
for Contemplation
He who would be a mover of the
world must not be moved by the world. -Anonymous
Achievements ordinarily follow
in due course when a person, after planning his work, works his plan.
-Bowman
The secret of success of
constancy of purpose. -Disraeli There is no road to success but
through a clear, strong purpose. -Munger More men fail through
lack of purpose than through lack of talent. -Sunday
Nothing is lost upon a man who
is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for his work
and his life by keeping eyes, mind and heart open to nature, men, books,
experience. Such a man finds ministers to his education on all sides;
everything cooperates with his passion for growth. And what he gathers
serves him at unexpected moments in unforeseen ways. -Mabie We
judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what
we have already done. -Longfellow A buried talent is never a
buried treasure. Talents become treasures only through use.
-Rupert They are able because they think they are able.
-Vergil
Prosperity is not without many
fears and distastes, and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
-Bacon
Many receive advice, only the
wise profit by it. -Syrus We all, when we are well, give good
advice to the sick. -Terence
There is not a heart but has
its moments of longing, yearning for something better, nobler, holier than it
knows now. -Beecher
Man prefers to believe what he
prefers to be true. -Bacon
Strong beliefs win strong men,
and then make them stronger. -Bagehot What a man accomplishes
depends on what he believes. -Bankers Bulletin
To accomplish great things, we
must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.
-France He does not believe that does not live according to his
belief. -Fuller What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are
often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
-Huxley We are the personification of the things we really believe
in. -Megiddo Message One person with a belief is equal to a force
of ninety-nine who have only interests. -Mill
To believe is to be
strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power.
-Robertson
The prickly thorn often bears
soft roses. -Ovid Believe in yourself and you will turn more of
yourself into practical use. -Anonymous
Often the test of courage is
not to die but to live. -Alfieri
Whatever is worth doing at all
is worth doing well. -Chesterfield
The best way out of a
difficulty is through it. -Anonymous
Beware of little expenses; a
small leak will sink a great ship. -Franklin
Some people never learn
anything because they understand everything too soon. -Alexander
Pope The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of
idea. -Santayana
It's no shame to follow the
better precedent. -Jonson
Nothing great was ever
achieved without enthusiasm. -Emerson
The cautious seldom err.
-Confucius
From the errors of others, a
wise man corrects his own. -Syrus
Nothing is so infectious as
example. -Kingsley
There is many a profitable
good lesson to be learned by experience. -Henry We learn wisdom
from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do
by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never
made a discovery. -Samuel Smiles Is there any one so wise as to
learn by the experience of others? -Voltaire
We make our fortunes and we
call them fate. -Disraeli
Fear is pain arising from the
anticipation of evil. -Aristotle
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