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- 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
- The past with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, it punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be.
- Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)
- Real strength is not just a condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit.
- McCallister Dodds
- It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
- Joseph de Maistre
- Say little, and love much; give all; judge no man; aspire to all that is pure and good.
- White Eagle
- The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.
- Ruth Benedict (1887 - 1948)
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