Tag: quote
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Jim Rohn: Easy stuff
“Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.” — Jim Rohn.
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Bertrand Russell: Collective fear
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct and produces ferocity toward those not regarded as members of the herd.” ~Bertrand Russell. Embed from Getty Images
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George Bernard Shaw: Spice
“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.” ~George Bernard Shaw. Embed from Getty Images
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George Bernard Shaw: Critic
“A dramatic critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.” ~George Bernard Shaw Embed from Getty Images
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Francois De La Rochefoucauld: Pride or ignorance
“It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last.” -Francois De La Rochefoucauld, moralist (1613-1680)
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Bruce Lee: Be water, my friend
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” —Bruce Lee […]
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Bruce Lee: Mistakes
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. —Bruce Lee. Embed from Getty Images
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Benjamin Franklin: The stuff life is made of
“Dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
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Jim Rohn: Success
“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.” – Jim Rohn.
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George Bernard Shaw: Lifetime of happiness
Image via Wikipedia But a lifetime of happiness! No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth. – George Bernard Shaw. Related articles by Zemanta What Adults Can Learn From Kids (islandmedstudent.com) Quotes & Asides (linusfernandes.com)
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George Polya: Pedantry against mastery
Image via Wikipedia Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry… To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the […]
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Gen Michel Aoun: Freedom
Any existence deprived of freedom is a kind of death. – Gen Michel Aoun. Embed from Getty Images Source: http://www.dnaindia.com dated March 10th, 2010. Quote of the day: Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. – Mark Twain
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Andre Berthiaume: Masks
We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin. -Andre Berthiaume, novelist (b. 1938) Source: Wordsmith.org Quote of the day: Never answer a critic, unless he’s right. – Bernard M. Baruch Give me the place to stand, and I shall move the earth. Archimedes […]
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Kenneth G. Wilson: It depends
Often the accurate answer to a usage question begins, “It depends.” And what it depends on most often is where you are, who you are, who your listeners or readers are, and what your purpose in speaking or writing is. –Kenneth G. Wilson, usage writer (b. 1923) Source: Wordsmith.org Quote of the day: Humor is […]
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Mark Twain: Only the wisdom
Image via Wikipedia We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there — lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also […]
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Dandamis: Judgment of another
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. -Dandamis, sage (4c BCE) Related articles by Zemanta Obama praises Gandhi on anniversary of his birth (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Favorite Quotes on Love (itakeoffthemask.com) Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff […]
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Warren Buffett: Watch the playing field
Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia “It’s true, of course, that, in the long run, the scoreboard for investment decisions is market price. But prices will be determined by future earnings. In investing, just as in baseball, to put runs on the scoreboard one must watch the playing field, not the scoreboard.” – Warren Buffett […]
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