Bernard Williams Quotes

• Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

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  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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• If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.

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  Disappointment, Regret, Business

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• There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

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  Good Morning, Hope, Good Day

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• It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

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  Dream, Sunset, Watches

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• Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

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  Secret, Valleys, Becoming

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• We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

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  Time, Growth, Weakness

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• We must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others.

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  Belief, Action, Illusion

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• Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.

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  Advice, Junk, Mail

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• I like the word "indolence." It makes my laziness seem classy.

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  Humorous, Lazy Man, Profound

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• The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a Pirate.

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  Father, Men, Average

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• The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.

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  Spring, Lord, April And Spring

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• We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

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  Success, Rose, Victory

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• If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

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  Love, Summer, Night

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• There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

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  Happiness, Dog, Nature

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• Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

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  Fire, Flames, Genius

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• Tranquility is like quicksilver. The harder you grab for it, the less likely you will grasp it.

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  Tranquility, Harder

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• Few things move as quietly as the future.

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  Life, Moving

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• Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.

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  Leadership, Sports, Mother

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• No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.

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  Family, Girl, Dog

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• This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day.

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  Good Night, Goodnight, New Day

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• A half-truth is usually less than half of that.

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  Lying, Half, Truth Is

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• Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

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  Democratic, Snowstorms

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• What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

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  Humor, Would Be, World

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• An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.

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  Thinking, Extravagance, Spirit

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• You are mature when you know what is foolhardy and what is courage.

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  Mature, Foolhardy, Knows

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