Insightful Quotes - Page 12

• The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

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• I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting.

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Feelings, Murder

  Interview with Paul Hutchinson, in Christian Century 28 Aug. 1929

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• The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and 'will' cannot evolve involuntarily.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Men, Evolution Of Man, Consciousness

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• Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Success, Time

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• Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

  Martha Graham

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dance

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• Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.18, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Distance, Bigs, Shrinks

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• All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

  Ernest Rutherford

  Witty, Humorous, Science

  Quoted in J. B. Birks, Rutherford at Manchester (1962)

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• My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

  George Santayana

  Atheist, Men, Atheism

  Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies "On My Friendly Critics" (1922)

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• Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Time, Truth, Integrity

  Zwischen Wasser und Urwald (On the Edge of the Primeval Forest, 1922) ch. 11

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• Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Success, Fear

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.35

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• I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Dirty, Fighting, Naughty

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• I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  God, Atheist, Humor

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• If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.

  Lewis Hine

  Inspirational, Photography, Cameras

  Lewis Wickes Hine, Daile Kaplan (1992). “Photo story: selected letters and photographs of Lewis W. Hine”, Smithsonian Inst Pr

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• How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Wise, Meaningful

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 15 June 2008

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• It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop.

  Charles Kettering

  Inspirational, Differences, Ultimate Success

  Charles Franklin Kettering (1961). “Prophet of progress: selections from the speeches of Charles F. Kettering”

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• Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. Others have called this deepest quality confidence, and I have referred to trust as the earliest positive psychosocial attitude, but if life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.

  Erik Erikson

  Life, Hope, Alive

  "Insight and Responsibility".

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• No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Inspirational, Life, Hope

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.87, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

  Philip Arthur Fisher

  Money, Saving, Investing

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• Choose your friends wisely-they will make or break you.

  J. Willard Marriott

  Friendship, Make Or Break, Break

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• Honesty is the best policy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1757”, p.209, Regnery Publishing

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• Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is all
  Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

  John Keats

  Beauty, Truth, Philosophy

  "Ode on a Grecian Urn" l. 46 (1820)

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• A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.

  William Arthur Ward

  Friendship, Loyalty, Blessed

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• Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

  Marian Anderson

  Friendship, Good Friend, Ifs

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• I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.

  Warren Buffett

  Running, Business, Investing Money

  "Warren Buffett hauled before US financial crisis commission" by Graeme Wearden, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2010.

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