Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Pope John Paul II: Polish sin
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. Pope John Paul II
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Abraham Lincoln: Trees and shadows
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.” —Abraham Lincoln.
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Margaret Mitchell: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!
“I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken—and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived….…
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John Keegan: Diplomats
“It’s a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble. ” John Keegan
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Johnny Thunders: How I prefer it…
“Many people love me, many people hate me – there’s nobody in between. That’s the way I prefer it. ” Johnny Thunders
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Ronald Reagan: Economists
“One definition of an economist is somebody who sees something happen in practice and wonders if it will work in theory. ” —Ronald Reagan.
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Maxwell Maltz: Opportunity redefined
“What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you…
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Buddha: Be your own lamp
“Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold to the truth within yourself, as to the only truth.” The Buddha
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John Updike: Americans and newness
“Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. ”—John Updike.
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St. Augustine: Humility
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. —St. Augustine
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Pope John Paul II: Celibacy
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity. —Pope John Paul II
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Oscar Wilde: Reading
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. ” —Oscar Wilde.
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Oscar Pistorius: Life's only disability
“The only disability in life is having a bad attitude.” —Oscar Pistorius, Olympic and Paralympic runner.
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Jawaharlal Nehru: Facts are facts
“Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes. ” —Jawaharlal Nehru
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Raymond Chandler: American civilization
The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt. —Raymond Chandler (1888–1959),…
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Mark Miller: Leadership
“My goal as a leader is not to think less of myself, just [to] think of myself less often.” —Mark Miller, author, writing at SmartBlog on Leadership.
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Benjamin Franklin: Love, absence and presence
“Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. ” —Benjamin Franklin
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Francis John McConnell: Patriotism
“We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us. ” — Francis John McConnell
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Honoré De Balzac: Kindness
“Kindness is not without its rocks ahead. People are apt to put it down to an easy temper and seldom recognize it as the secret striving of a generous nature; whilst, on the other hand, the ill-natured get credit for all the evil they refrain from.”—Honoré De Balzac
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Pope John Paul II: Science and religion
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Pope John Paul II
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Warren Farrell: Fear of women's reactions…
“The only men who aren’t in fear of women‘s reactions are usually men who aren’t born or who are dead. ” —Warren Farrell.
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Sophocles: Keenest sorrow
“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. ” —Sophocles.
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Red Auerbach: The past and the future
“To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies. ” — Red Auerbach.
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Connie Chung: Equality
“I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren’t. And it’s just not – there is no equality there. ” Connie Chung
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T.S. Eliot: How far?
“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” —T.S. Eliot.
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Henry David Thoreau: Truth
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.” Henry David Thoreau, “Walden,” the Conclusion
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Margaret Mead: Mediocre men
“Women want mediocre men, and men are working to become as mediocre as possible.”—Margaret Mead
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Stella Chess: Growth
“Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It’s exciting. It stimulates more progress. Nevertheless, growth is not constant and smooth. Erik Erikson quotes an aphorism to describe the formless forming of it. “I ain’t what I ought to be. I ain’t what I’m going to be, but…
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Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton: All things attainable
With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, British philanthropist and politician
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James Baldwin: Inhuman excesses
“Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one’s beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses. ” —James Baldwin
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Pope Benedict XVI: Christianity
“Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional — rather than as an encounter with Christ — which explains why they don’t see it as a source of joy.” —Pope Benedict XVI, May 2004.
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August Strindberg: Unnatural
“Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy. ” —August Strindberg.
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Bruce Lee: Expectations
“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. ” Bruce Lee.
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Peter Drucker: Responsibility
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. —Peter Drucker Related articles Peter Drucker and the Art of War(forbes.com) Insights from Peter Drucker about Power and Responsibility(getdowntobusiness.typepad.com) Peter Drucker writes about what it takes to be an “Effective Executive”(getdowntobusiness.typepad.com) The 10 Most Important Questions You Will Ever…
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Mark Cuban: Blogging
“Make sure you are the boss. I don’t think I would encourage executives that work for me to blog. There can be only 1 public vision for an organization. ” Mark Cuban
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Austin Farrer: Divine love
“Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith. ” Austin Farrer
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Matthew E. May: Good things happen
“When you remove just the right things in just the right way, good things happen.” —Matthew E. May, a creativity coach, writing for Strategy + Business
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Charlie Sheen: Success
“As kids we’re not taught how to deal with success; we’re taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what? ” —Charlie Sheen Related articles Charlie Sheen Wants People To Smear Rotten Eggs And Dog Poop All Over His Daughter’s…
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Alice Duer Miller: Contempt
“Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one’s own despised and unwanted feelings. ” –—Alice Duer Miller.
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Pope John XXIII: Consult not your fears…
“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” Pope John XXIII Related articles Is Pope Francis just another great ‘reformer’?(foreignpolicy.com)
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Kim Nesserquist: Progress
“The best guarantee for our own progress is the progress of others.” Vice-Consul Kim Nesserquist of Norway, at 2005 WASMUN
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Tacitus: Fear and anger
“Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. ” Tacitus
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Brian Tracy: Goals
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.“ —Brian Tracy, author — Brian Tracy (Photo credit: deeplifequotes)
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Kenneth Lay: Am I a fool?
“Am I a fool? I don’t think I’m a fool. But I think I sure was fooled. ” —Kenneth Lay.
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A Chinese Child: And an American is…
“An American is a man with two arms and four wheels.”—A Chinese Child.
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C. S. Lewis: Christianity
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. ” —C. S. Lewis.
