Remarkable Quotes

• The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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  Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Education, Wisdom

  Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). “Last Chance to See”, p.132, Ballantine Books

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• The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

  George Orwell

  Peace, Political Language, Atrocities Committed

  George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: I belong to the Left: 1945”

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• Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Unique, Men

  Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse (1971). “Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse”

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• Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.

  David Ogilvy

  Business, Top Management, Service Culture

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• What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?

  John Green

  Inspirational, Motivational, Failure

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.38, Penguin

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• The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

  Oswald Chambers

  If There Is A God, Fear Nothing, Do Not Fear

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.142, Discovery House

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• Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Anxiety, Life Is, Unnecessary

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.3846, Delphi Classics

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• Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

  Aldous Huxley

  Children, Curiosity, Vision

  Aldous Huxley (2000). “Complete Essays: 1930-1935”, Ivan R Dee

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• Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Funny Inspirational, Wish, Common

  1857-8 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, ch.12.

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• The remarkable thing about the human mind is its range of limitations.

  Celia Green

  Happiness, Mind, Range

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

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• Truly remarkable leadership is not just about motivating others to follow, it's about inspiring them to become leaders themselves and setting the stage for even greater opportunities for future generations.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Opportunity, Leader, Generations

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• The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people - as remarkable as the telephone.

  Steve Jobs

  Communication, Home, Compelling Reason

  "Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs". Interview With David Sheff, reprints.longform.org. February 1985.

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• What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Memorable, Technology

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.86, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Whenever I found something remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people be informed thereof.

  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

  Discovery, People, Paper

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• It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Light, People, Genius

  Arthur Conan Doyle (1993). “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”, p.17, Wordsworth Editions

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• The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

  Calvin Trillin

  Funny, Mothers Day, Mom

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• We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative.

  Seth Godin

  Business, Moving, Choices

  Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.18, Penguin

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• The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.

  T. S. Eliot

  Lonely, People, Laughing

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• It is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds, but that a little money or fame would commonly buy them off from their present pursuit.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Money, Men, Independence

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.416, Penguin

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• I like to think that Einstein would look at string theory’s journey and smile, enjoying the theory’s remarkable geometrical features while feeling kinship with fellow travelers on the long and winding road toward unification.

  Brian Greene

  Journey, Thinking, Long

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• It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living.

  Ernest K. Gann

  Frustration, Wind, Sailing

  Ernest K. Gann (2000). “Song of the Sirens”, p.37, Sheridan House, Inc.

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• Charity is one of those remarkable words that helps to identify the fault lines of a culture.

  Janet Poppendieck

  Culture, Charity, Lines

  Janet Poppendieck (1999). “Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement”, p.231, Penguin

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• The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.

  Clarence Day

  Book, Reading, Men

  Clarence Day (1920). “The story of the Yale University Press told by a friend”

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• It is remarkable how very individual technique becomes in watercolour. Every man of personality finally arrives at a method peculiarly his own, as unique as his own fingerprint.

  Walter J. Phillips

  Unique, Men, Personality

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