Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Dr. Joyce Brothers: Persistence
“Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They’re willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds. There’s a very positive relationship between people’s ability to accomplish any task and the time they’re willing to spend on it.” — Dr. Joyce…
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Troubling words
The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they’ve been in. —Dennis Potter, dramatist (1935-1994)
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Thornton Wilder: Write to express
If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good. –Thornton Wilder, writer (1897-1975). Related articles Quote of the Day – Thornton Wilder on Soldiers (schnik.it) Thornton Wilder: 10 quotes on his birthday (csmonitor.com) Bite-sized Wisdom: Wilder (thoughtsontheatre.wordpress.com)
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Japanese proverb: Great teacher
“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” —Japanese proverb.
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Stevie Wonder: Eyes lie…
“Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person. ” —Stevie Wonder.
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Leo Buscaglia: Love
“What love we’ve given, we’ll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity. ”—Leo Buscaglia.
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Eduardo Galeano: What the body says
“The church says: The body is a sin. Science says: The body is a machine. Advertising says: The body is a business. The body says: I am a fiesta.” —Eduardo Galeano, journalist and novelist (b. 1940).
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Strong hearts
“If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.” —Mohandas Gandhi.
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Alanis Morissette: Instrument, rather than ornament
I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one’s body as an instrument rather than just an ornament. It’s a really great way to reorient how you see your body so you can see it as…
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Haile Gebrselassie: Listen to your body
“I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn’t feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.” —Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete.
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Problems and crises
It is easier to solve problem than crises. —John Guinther Related articles Who can avert the future crises? (nation.com.pk) Greece: Crises As Opportunity? – Analysis (eurasiareview.com) Obama Faces Crises With Few Options (online.wsj.com)
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Albert Einstein: Feeling and longing
“Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.” —Albert Einstein. Related articles Albert Einstein (x3everythingchangebutyourname.wordpress.com) How Albert Einstein Saved A Former Lover From The Nazis (businessinsider.com) Albert Einstein the scientist‚ dreamer‚ lover (thehimalayantimes.com) Quotes that change life (bellwort.wordpress.com) Women in Science: Einstein’s Advice to a Little Girl Who Wants…
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Envy
“There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. ” —Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Embed from Getty Images
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F Scott Fitzgerald: Stroke people with words
“You can stroke people with words. ” —F Scott Fitzgerald.
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Superior man
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. -Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE) Related articles Confucius say: Do not make robot wise man (news.cnet.com) Confucius say: Do not make robot wise man (news.cnet.com) Chinese whispers (marinabenjamin.wordpress.com)
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Discomfort
“They are uncomfortable talking about sex because they don’t want people to think they know about it. ” —Sue Johannson
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Mao Tse-Tung: Tactically
“Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. ” —Mao Tse-Tung Related articles Will China Experience a Military Coup? (socyberty.com) Mao tactic (everydayredflags.wordpress.com) Revolution (reacciona2011.wordpress.com) ‘The Chairman and I’ Photographic Documentary Takes Mao Tse-Tung on Long March Through China for 60th Anniversary of PRC on 1 October (prweb.com) Moving From Tactical to Strategic…
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Kelly LeBrock: Be with yourself
“If you can’t be with yourself, you’ll never learn to be with anyone else. ” —Kelly LeBrock Embed from Getty Images
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Franklin D Roosevelt: Competition and cooperation
“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. ” —Franklin D Roosevelt.
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Love, life and behaviour
You’ve got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body’s sermon on how to behave. –Billie Holiday, jazz singer and songwriter (1915-1959)
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Muhammad Ali: Risk
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” —Muhammad Ali.
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William James: As you think, so shall you be
“The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be.” —William James.
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St. Augustine: Seek the truth
“Let us, on both sides, lay aside all arrogance. Let us not, on either side, claim that we have already discovered the truth. Let us seek it together as something which is known to neither of us. For then only may we seek it, lovingly and tranquilly, if there be no bold presumption that it…
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Albert Schweitzer: Colour-blind
“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight… The truly wise person is colour-blind.” —Albert Schweitzer.
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Henri Bergson: Cure for vanity
“The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.”—Henri Bergson.
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Ray Bradbury: Burnt books
“Do you ever read any of the books you burn?” “That’s against the law!” “Oh. Of course.” -Ray Bradbury, science-fiction writer (1920-2012).
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Never strong enough
“You are never strong enough that you don’t need help. ” —Cesar Chavez Related articles César Chávez Birthday Celebration in Stockton (bwnews.us) Chavez breakfast (denislabine.wordpress.com)
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Running
Running is a sanctuary for me. It keeps me centered. I can’t take my cell phone or my computer. I can be unavailable and completely selfish. Tanna Frederick, Stage and film actress Related articles Tanna Frederick set for fest honor (variety.com) Film actress visits addicts’ rehab centre (nation.com.pk)
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Jack Buck: Way Things Turn Out
“Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.” —Jack Buck.
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Richard M. Nixon: A good Pope
I would have made a good Pope. –Richard M. Nixon, 37th president of US (1913-1994).
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Jacqueline Schiff: Short temper,long walk
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. —Jacqueline Schiff Related articles March 15 – I Choose To Control My Temper (lelandfleming.wordpress.com) Anger and Temper and How Do We Avoid It? (boyalasco.wordpress.com) Whole Dude – Whole Temperance (wholedude.com) Be Slow to Anger (momsfirstscreenn.wordpress.com) Anger and Temper and How Do We Avoid It?…
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Edward Everett: Education
“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. ” —Edward Everett.
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Alexander Walker: Man and woman
“Man cannot degrade woman without himself falling into degradation; he cannot elevate her without at the same time elevating himself. ” —Alexander Walker
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Daniel J. Boorstin: Illusion of knowledge
The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. –Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, professor, attorney, and writer (1914-2004). Related articles Quote of the moment, Daniel Boorstin channels Kin Hubbard: Pretension to knowledge more dangerous than ignorance (timpanogos.wordpress.com) Illusion and Reality (shantideva.me)…
