Thursday 2 July 2009

Good Sayings_39

761. Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success... Christopher Lasch
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762. The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration... Confucius
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763. Each success only buys and admission ticket to a more difficult problem.. Henry Kissinger.
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764. There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime... Maxwell
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765. Dignity consists not in processing honours, but in the consciousness that we deserve them... Aristotle
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766. I expect to pass through life but once. Let me do a good deed now, and not defer it, as I shall not pass this way again.... William Penn
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767. Age and youth look upon life from the opposite ends of the telescope; to the one it is exceedingly long, to the other exceedingly short... Henry Ward Beecher
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768. Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act accordingly to custom... Francis Bacon
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769. A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices... Attributed to William James
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770. Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic... Tryon Edwards
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771. Ethics make one's soul mannerly and wise, but logic is the armory of reason, furnished with all offensive and defensive weapons... Thomas fuller
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772. Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative... Oliver Goldsmith
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773. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker... Attributed to Helen Keller
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774. The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.
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775. The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broker... Samuel Johnson
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776. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy... Martin Luther King,Jr.
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777. Motivation is very important, but it is determination that will make you cross the highest mountain and most difficult river... Nelson Mandela
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778. For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism... Murphys Law
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779. May be we were better off when charity was a virtue instead of a tax deduction..
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780. Nothing conceals your laurels as much as resting on them...
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