Settling In Quotes

• I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots.

  Henry Miller

  Night, Mushrooms, Roots

  Henry Miller (2007). “Black Spring”, p.24, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Military, War, Men

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• If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Never settle for anything less than your best.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Winning, Perfection

  Twitter post from Jul 27, 2015

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  Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.

  Candace Bushnell

  Love, Single, Butterfly

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• The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

  Steve Jobs

  Motivational, Business, Work

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• Living with integrity means...not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships; asking for what you want and need from others; speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension; behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values; making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Inspirational, Relationship, Integrity

  FaceBook post by Dr. Barbara De Angelis from Dec 12, 2016

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• If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 02, 2016

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• The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

  Steve Jobs

  Work, Believe, Loving What You Do

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

  Joseph Joubert

  Nature, Humorous, Profound

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

  Steve Jobs

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

  Maureen Dowd

  Funny, Success, Motivational Sports

  "How to Be Happy: Why You Should Never Settle for 'Good Enough' in Your Life" by Kristen Houghton, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.

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• If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.

  Steve Jobs

  Motivational, Inspirational Life, Hard Work

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.

  Liam Neeson

  Important, Married, Settling

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• Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.

  George H. Mead

  Stupid, Differences, Different

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• Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Work, Life Changing

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  War, Mean, People

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• Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes

  Tom Cruise

  Mean, Settling, Disputes

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• Living with integrity means... behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Integrity, Mean, Way

  Barbara De Angelis (1997). “Are You the One for Me? ; Real Moments”, Fine Communications

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• Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

  Jane Austen

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Girl

  Jane Austen, J. B. Austen Leigh (1898). “Mansfield Park”

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• More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Peace, War, Government

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• The biggest human temptation is... to settle for too little.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Temptation, Simple Life

  Forbes, August 4, 1980.

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• l know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Peace, Military, War

  "Duty, Honor, Country: Two Memorable Addresses".

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• Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world

  Jane Austen

  Girl, Giving, Further Education

  Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.477, Wordsworth Editions

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