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- He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.
- Tieck
- I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
- I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly combat.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
- Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.
- Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893)
- Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers - not their minds.
- Author Unknown
- The term "learning disability" has appeal because it implies a specific neurological condition for which no one can be held particularly responsible, and yet it escapes the stigma of mental retardation. There is no implication of neglect, emotional disturbance, or improper training or education, nor does it imply a lack of motivation on the part of the child. For these cosmetic reasons, it is a rather nice term to have around.
- U. S. Government Study On The Labeling Of Children
- Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.
- Sir Arthur Helps
- Jealousy is the art of injuring ourselves more than others.
- Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870)
- He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- The great thing is the start - to see an opportunity for service, and to start doing it, even though in the beginning you serve but a single customer - and him for nothing.
- Robert Collier
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