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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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Bruce Lee: Showing off
“Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.” —Bruce Lee.
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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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Pope John Paul II: War
“War is a defeat for humanity.” —Pope John Paul II.
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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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Sophocles: Of oaths and women
“The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water. ” —Sophocles.
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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.
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Samuel Bacharach: Leadership traits
“The very traits that make a strong leader, if taken to their extreme, can set a leader up for failure.” —Samuel Bacharach, professor of labor management at Cornell University, writing at Inc.com‘s Pragmatic Leadership blog.
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Julius Caesar: Power
“If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it”. —Julius Caesar
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Robert Heller: Management myths
“The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill. ” Robert Heller Related articles The Law of Influence (traviswirt.com) Leading in the middle of the organization – the Destination Myth (leadershipadvantage.co) Top 5 Myths About Travel as a Management Consultant (consultingcareerquestcommunity.com) Heroes, Warriors and Other…
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Pope Leo XIII: Truth itself
“God is not only true, but Truth itself” Pope Leo XIII
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Kara Goucher: Progress
Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead. Kara Goucher
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John Maynard Keynes: Words
“Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.” —John Maynard Keynes
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Deep
“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968), U.S. clergyman, civil rights leader. “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Why We Can’t Wait (1963).
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Zora Neale Hurston: Writing
If writers were too wise, perhaps no books would get written at all. It might be better to ask yourself “Why?” afterwards than before. Anyway, the force from somewhere in Space which commands you to write in the first place, gives you no choice. You take up the pen when you are told, and write…
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Gwendolyn Brooks: Each to his grief…
“Each to his grief, each to his loneliness and fidgety revenge.” —Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917), U.S. poet. Boy Breaking Glass (l. 13–14). . .
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E M Forster: Typically three
“I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I’d like to be. ” ––E M Forster.
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Pope Paul VI: Only so many tomorrows
“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.” —Pope Paul VI
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: Easy reading
Easy reading is damn hard writing. —Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Voltaire: Free speech
“I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.” –—Voltaire.
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Bruce Lee: No way a way, No limitations a limitation
“using no way as a way, using no limitations as a limitation.” —Bruce Lee.
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Donald Rumsfeld: War and death
“Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war. ” —Donald Rumsfeld.
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John Ford: True eloquence
“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. ” John Ford
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Henry Fosdick: Hate
Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat. Henry Fosdick
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African Proverb: Sorrow
“Sorrow is like a precious treasure, shown only to friends.” —African Proverb.
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Mary Kay Ash: Recognition and praise
“There are two things people want more than sex and money… recognition and praise.”—Mary Kay Ash.
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Pope Boniface VIII: Silence
“Silence gives consent” —Pope Boniface VIII
