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It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in a small way.
Speaker: Edith WhartonSource: http://findquotes.com/Posted: 02 Jul 2009 at 3:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
Speaker: Benjamin FranklinSource: http://findquotes.com/Posted: 02 Jul 2009 at 11:25 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Speaker: Benjamin FranklinSource: http://findquotes.com/Posted: 02 Jul 2009 at 11:18 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
Speaker: Jawaharlal NehruSource: http://findquotes.com/Posted: 02 Jul 2009 at 11:16 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills
Speaker: Duc De La RochefoucauldSource: http://findquotes.com/Posted: 02 Jul 2009 at 11:14 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
Speaker: DecouvertesSource: http://findquotes.com/Posted: 02 Jul 2009 at 11:12 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.
Speaker: Henry MackenzieSource: http://findquotes.com/Posted: 02 Jul 2009 at 11:12 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.
Speaker: Mahatma GandhiSource: http://findquotes.com/Posted: 02 Jul 2009 at 11:08 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Now men say, “I am in no wise prepared for this work, and therefore it cannot be wrought in me,” and thus they have an excuse, so that they neither are ready nor in the way to be so. And truly there is no one to blame for this but themselves. For if a man were looking and striving after nothing but to find a preparation in all things, and diligently gave his whole mind to see how he might become prepared; verily God would well prepare him, for God giveth as much care and earnestness and love to the preparing of a man, as to the pouring in of His Spirit when the man is prepared.
Speaker: William LawSource: http://findquotes.com/Posted: 02 Jul 2009 at 11:06 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Even though stupidity is highly discouraged, it is still a frequent visitor.
Speaker: Randall BoothPosted: 02 Jul 2009 at 11:03 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.
Posted: 24 Jun 2009 at 2:31 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
Speaker: Arnold H. GlasgowPosted: 16 Jun 2009 at 8:30 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.
Speaker: Optimus PrimeSource: Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen trailerPosted: 10 Jun 2009 at 9:36 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Standing for truth and righteousness is not in and of itself a judgment on others.
Speaker: David A. BednarSource: Heard on "Conversations" program on the Mormon Channel internet radio stationPosted: 09 Jun 2009 at 1:47 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
How true the saying that suffering in life is inevitable, but misery is of our own making.
Speaker: Gene R. CookPosted: 09 Jun 2009 at 11:39 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Speaker: Michael JordanPosted: 09 Jun 2009 at 9:18 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Speaker: JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:17 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Speaker: ALBERT EINSTEINPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:23 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Do not let what you cannot do interfere
with what you can do.Speaker: John WoodenPosted: 09 Jun 2009 at 9:12 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.
Speaker: Will SmithPosted: 28 Apr 2009 at 11:31 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!