Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Colin Powell: Capital
Colin Powell: Capital is a coward. It flees from corruption and bad policies, conflict and unpredictability. It shuns ignorance, disease and illiteracy. Capital goes where it is welcomed and where investors can be confident of a return on the resources they have put at risk. It goes to countries where women can work, children can…
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Ray Bradbury: Insanity
Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. –Ray Bradbury, writer (1920-2012).
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Thomas Paine: Harder the conflict
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink…
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Confucius: Forgiveness
Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass. -Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE) Related articles On Forgiving (gargisharma1.wordpress.com) Forgiveness (liveyourpassionnow.wordpress.com) A Forgiving Heart (ucofnh.wordpress.com) The Secret of Forgiveness (sharinhislove.wordpress.com) We Are All in Need of Forgiveness (jcrylequotes.com) The Art of Forgiveness (spiritualbabbles.wordpress.com)
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Colin Powell: Area under the curve
“No matter how significant or life-changing your greatest hit or miss might be, neither even begins to define who you are. Each of us is a product of all our experiences and all our interactions with other people. To cite calculus, we are the area under the curve.” ― Colin Powell, It Worked for Me:…
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Theodore Roosevelt: Get busy
“When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it. ” —Theodore Roosevelt.
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Colin Powell: Priorities versus options
“Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them.” —Colin Powell
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Laurell Hamilton: There comes a point
“There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don’t help them by doing the job yourself.” —Laurell Hamilton.
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Tab Hunter: What people believe
“People believe what they want to believe. ” —Tab Hunter. Embed from Getty Images Related articles 25 Quotes To Change Your Thinking (kickingthepants.com) A Quote,An Incident & A Return! (nabadip.wordpress.com) Quotes to Live by (FoundtheMarbles.com)
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Too high, too low?
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” -Michelangelo
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Edward Everett Hale: Being one
“I am only one, / But still I am one. / I cannot do everything, / But still I can do something; / And because I cannot do everything, / I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” —Edward Everett Hale, author (1822-1909)
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Alysia Montano: Running
I was running within myself. I was very present with myself. It’s when I worry about others that things begin to fall apart. Alysia Montano, winner of the Women’s 800m race at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. Related articles Alysia Montano returns to U.S. Olympic track trials as the favorite at 800…
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Anne Lamott: Hundred years
“A hundred years from now? All new people.” —Anne Lamott. Embed from Getty Images
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Arthur Schopenhauer: An hour's reading
“I’ve never know any trouble than an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.” —Arthur Schopenhauer.
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Chaim Potok: Troubling work
“Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I’m working on it. ” —Chaim Potok.
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William Penn: Right is right
“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. ” —William Penn
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Elie Wiesel: In the face of suffering
In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. –Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1928)
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Dathan Ritzenhein: Belly fire
“People say I’m a big talent. But a lot of runners have good leg speed. The reason I keep coming back is because I have a fire in my belly.” —Dathan Ritzenhein.
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Georges Danton: Dare
“In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare. ” —Georges Danton
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Terry Pratchett: Short sword, sharp pen
“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp. ” —Terry Pratchett
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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)
