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- Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- Ask, and it shall be given you; Seek, and ye shall find; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- Bible, New Testament, Matthew 7:7
- Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
- Baltasar Gracian
- If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.
- Ellen Metcalf
- Vigorous let us be in attaining our ends, and mild in our method of attainment.
- Lord Newborough, Motto
- If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
- When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
- Chinese Proverb
- He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
- Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
- Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.
- Kathleen Norris
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