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- I have seen flowers come in stony places
And kind things done by men with ugly faces And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust too. - John Masefield (1878 - 1967)
- An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
- Sydney J. Harris
- When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
- Marquis de Vauvenargues
- An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- To become acquainted with kindness one must be prepared to learn new things and feel new feelings. Kindness is more than a philosophy of the mind. It is a philosophy of the spirit.
- Robert J. Furey
- Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
- Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
- A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.
- Edward Chapin
- It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.
- Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)
- Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do, you'll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces. You'll love it into greatness.
- Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
- When I'm not doing something that comes deeply from me, I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted, I become depressed. It's a natural resistance, and it insures your integrity.
- Maria Irene Fornes
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