Opinion Quotes - Page 9

• The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

  William Blake

  Change, Wisdom, Men

  William Blake, “The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell”

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• A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

  Carl Sandburg

  God, Baby, Children

  Remembrance Rock ch. 2 (1948)

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  Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

  Bernard Baruch

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

  John F. Kennedy

  Wisdom, Thinking, Government

  Yale University Commencement Address, delivered 11 June 1962

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• Do you know the most important trait a man can have?
  It is not executive ability; it is not a great mentality; it is not kindliness, nor courage, nor a sense of humor, though each of these is of tremendous importance.
  In my opinion, it is the ability to make friends, which, boiled down, means the ability to see the best in man.

  Dale Carnegie

  Mean, Men, Important

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• In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Freedom, Writing, America

  Alexis de Tocqueville (2001). “Democracy in America”, p.110, Penguin

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• There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Coward, Public Opinion

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• Public opinion is a second conscience.

  William Rounseville Alger

  Second Chance, Public Opinion, Conscience

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• Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Truth

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

  Adolf Loos

  Inspirational, Fashion, Fear

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• It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

  Coretta Scott King

  Strong, Mistake, Power

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• The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.

  Rick Warren

  Inspirational, God, Being Yourself

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Oct 04, 2013

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• Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people.

  Jacqueline Susann

  People, Judging, Different

  Jacqueline Susann (2016). “Valley of the Dolls 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.31, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

  James Cook

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The more opinions you have, the less you see.

  Wim Wenders

  Acceptance, Filmmaker

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• If you have a good idea, open your mouth and say something else.

  Keith Johnstone

  Funny, Ideas, Ironic

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• I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Jesus, Honor, Want

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from May 05, 2015

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• Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.

  Hippocrates

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

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• Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Education, Patriotic, Free Opinion

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801

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• Our life is what our thoughts make it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, (3), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.

  Meryl Streep

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, I Dont Care

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• How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Reality

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, (18), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Change, Business

  Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

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• Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But there remains to be mentioned a positive advantage . . . I allude to the circumstance of uniformity in the time of elections for the House of Representatives. It is more than possible, that this uniformity may be found by experience to be of great importance to the public welfare; both as a security against the perpetuation of the same spirit in the body; and as a cure for the diseases of faction.

  Alexander Hamilton

  House, Public Opinion, Body

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• By recognizing a favorable opinion of yourself, and taking pleasure in it, you in a measure give yourself and your peace of mind into the keeping of another, of whose attitude you can never be certain. You have a new source of doubt and apprehension.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Peace, Attitude, Giving

  Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.251, Transaction Publishers

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