Walter Annenberg Quotes

• Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.

  Walter Annenberg

  Worry, Ruth, Babe

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• Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.

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  Vacation, Too Much, Too Much Work

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• I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and the antidote for this is calmness and fortitude and a modest yet firm belief in your competence. Be sure that your priorities are in order so that you can proceed in a logical manner, and be ever mindful that nothing will take the place of persistence.

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  Inspirational, Persistence, Order

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• Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way 'round.

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  Mistake, Way, Rich

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• Accomplish something every day of your life.

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  Life, Life Is Short, Inspire

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• I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.

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• You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.

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  Benefits, Satisfied, Contributing

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• The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

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  Power, Political, Money Power

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• Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable later on in life.

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  Team, Play, Giving

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• Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.

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  Economic, Mainstream, Young

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• In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.

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  Education, College, Doe

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• Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.

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  School, Kids, World

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• I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.

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  Character, Pigs, Want

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• The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

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  Character, Challenges, Tests

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• Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.

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  Adversity, Tests, Inevitable

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• I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

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  Independence, Compromise

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• Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.

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  People, Making Money, Minutes

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• Our blood will turn from red to blue, although our money is but new.

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  Eye, Blue, Blood

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• Few things are as essential as education.

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  Aquariums, Essentials

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• All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

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  Deeds, Good Deeds

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• The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.

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  Energy

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• Be respectful to others as you grow... If we lack respect for one group, then there is a tendency for that attitude to spread. It becomes infectious and no one becomes safe from the ravages of prejudice.

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  Respect, Attitude, Safe

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• Only when you are moved by a painting should you buy it. Being moved is what collecting is all about.

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  Painting, Collecting, Should

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• I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.

  Walter Annenberg

  Littles, Nancy, Petty

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• When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

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  Blessing, Ties, Boredom

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