Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Berthold Auerbach: Dust of everyday life
Image by WaveCult (luis.m.justino) via Flickr “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~Berthold Auerbach, quoted in “Teens Talk Growing Up”.
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Magnum Force: As long as the right people get shot
Cover of Magnum Force (Deluxe Edition) “There’s nothing wrong with shooting as long as the right people get shot.” —Magnum Force.
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Immanuel Kant: Birth of morality
Image via Wikipedia The death of dogma is the birth of morality. –Immanuel Kant, philosopher (1724-1804) Related articles by Zemanta Quotes And Asides (linusfernandes.com)
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W H Auden: Not one without water
Image via Wikipedia Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. – W. H. Auden, poet.
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Madame de Girardin: Instinct
“Instinct is the nose of the mind.” ~Madame De Girardin, quoted in “The Golf Book”
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Robert G. Ingersoll: Real opinions
If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions. -Robert G. Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899)
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Marty Liquori: Satisfaction
“There is no satisfaction without a struggle first.” ~Marty Liquori, quoted in “Runners”.
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Bodie Thoene: Apathy
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Isaac Asimov: Morals
Image by davedehetre via Flickr “Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.” —Isaac Asimov.
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Franklin P. Jones: Love
“Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” ~Franklin P. Jones, quoted in “Moms & Sons”
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Leo Buscaglia: Worry
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” ~Leo Buscaglia, quoted in Tough Times, Tough People.
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Henry Ford: Idealist
“An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.“ —Henry Ford.
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Dale Carnegie: Enthusiasm
Flaming enthusiasm , backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. – Dale Carnegie. Embed from Getty Images Related articles by Zemanta One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming…
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Happiness
Image by Tony the Misfit via Flickr “Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.” —Eleanor Roosevelt, diplomat and author (1884-1962)
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Nora Roberts: Answer is always No
“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” ~Nora Roberts, quoted in “Teens Talk Growing Up”
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Max Payne: Cliché
Nothing is a cliché when it’s happening to you. – Max Payne. Related articles by Zemanta 1 reviews of Max Payne (rateitall.com) “The effective way to use a cliché is to point to it and then do precisely the opposite. Juxtapose…” (hitenshah.name)
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Bernard M Birch: Art of living
Image by gailf548 via Flickr “The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.” ~Bernard M. Birch, quoted in “Power Moms”
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Joseph Prescott: Form of megalonania
To profess to be doing God’s will is a form of megalomania. -Joseph Prescott, aphorist (1913-2001).
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M. Scott Peck: Love
“Ultimately, love is everything. When we love something it is of value to us, we spend time with it, time enjoying it and taking care of it.” ~M. Scott Peck, quoted in “Inside Basketball”. Embed from Getty Images Related articles by Zemanta Our Finest Moments (onethingiknow.net) Thought For Today (linusfernandes.com) Deliver us from evil, and…
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Mark Twain: Full value of joy
“To get the full value of joy, you must have somebody to divide it with.” ~Mark Twain.
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Lois McMaster Bujold: People
Image by shinealight via Flickr “My home is not a place, it is people.” ~Lois McMaster Bujold, quoted in “Count Your Blessings”.
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Harvey Mackay: Time
“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can send it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back.” ~Harvey Mackay, quoted in “Dads & Daughters”.
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Bonnie Jean Wasmund: How you made them feel
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Bonnie Jean Wasmund, quoted in Teens Talk Tough Times.
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Dark Knight: Never do it for free
If you’re good at something, never do it for free. – The Dark Knight
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David Viscott: Sun from both sides
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides” ~David Viscott, M.D., quoted in “Happily Ever After”.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr: Wind and water power
Image via Wikipedia Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power. –Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (1809-1894)
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George Bernard Shaw: Ferocity
“When a man hunts a tiger, it’s called sport. When a tiger stalks a man, it’s called ferocity.” —George Bernard Shaw.
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John Dryden: Mighty things
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Warren Buffett: Friend of the fundamentalist
“We have usually made our best purchases when apprehensions about some macro event were at a peak. Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.” – Warren Buffett.
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Arnold Palmer: Opportunity ahead of you
Cover of The Golf Book “Focus not on the commotion around you, but on the opportunity ahead of you.” ~Arnold Palmer, quoted in “The Golf Book“. Related articles by Zemanta What Arnold Palmer Can Teach Today’s Professional Golfers (bleacherreport.com) Tiger Woods Returning To Arnold Palmer Invitational At Bay Hill: Report (huffingtonpost.com)
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Thomas Watson: Raise your error rate
“If you want to succeed, raise your error rate.” – Thomas Watson (founder of IBM), when asked about risk taking.
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John D MacDonald: Integrity
“Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will.” ~John D. MacDonald, quoted in “Inside Basketball”
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Warren Buffett: Unwisely retained
Image by Pete Zarria via Flickr “Since the long-term corporate outlook changes only infrequently, dividend patterns should change no more often. But over time distributable earnings that have been withheld by managers should earn their keep. If earnings have been unwisely retained, it is likely that managers, too, have been unwisely retained.” – Warren Buffett
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Dolly Parton: Put up with the rain
Image via Wikipedia “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” ~Dolly Parton, quoted in “Happily Ever After” Related articles by Zemanta Myths about women investing ” Mostly Economics (linusfernandes.com) Hating rickshaw drivers (linusfernandes.com)
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Warren Buffett: Large doses of effortless money
Image by Aaron Friedman via Flickr “The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs. Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.” http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/new-warren-buffett-cartoon-teaches-kids-investing/19461294/– Warren Buffett
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Richard Bach: Mission on earth
Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t. –Richard Bach, writer (b. 1936)
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Jim Collins: Great nation
Image by krisdecurtis via Flickr If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation. – Jim Collins Related articles by Zemanta Notes from Jim Collins at the Chick-fil-A Leadercast (part I) (christopherscottblog.typepad.com) What’s…
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Jeremy Grantham: Volatility
“Volatility is a symptom that people have no idea of the underlying value – that they have stopped playing the asset game. They’re not buying because it’s a company with certain attributes. They’re buying because the price is rising.” —Jeremy Grantham.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: You cannot do a kindness too soon
Image via Wikipedia “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in “Teens Talk Middle School”.
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Peter Lynch: Earnings and assets
“What makes a company valuable, and why it will be more valuable tomorrow than it is today… earnings and assets.” – Peter Lynch.
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Sydney J Harris: Patriotism
“Patriotism is proud of a country’s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country’s virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and…
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Oscar Wilde: What fiction means
“The good ended happily , and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.” —Oscar Wilde, Writer.
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Jimi Hendrix: Imitation
I’ve been imitated so well I’ve heard people copy my mistakes. – Jimi Hendrix, musician Embed from Getty Images
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Violeta Parra: Starry tears
“Don’t cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won’t let you see the stars.” ~Violeta Parra, quoted in “Tough Times, Tough People”.
