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All Quotes Collection

"Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty."

"Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty."

David Brinkley, American Journalist

Leadership, Being, Pretty

21

"Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end."

"Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end."

Jack Kerouac, American Novelist

Wisdom, End, Nothing, World

15

"People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die."

"People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, People, Growth, Help

17

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."

Mark Twain, American Author

Wisdom, Trouble

7

"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain."

"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Humor, Rain, Weather

5

"If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you."

"If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Inspirational, Dreams, People, Myths, Want

2

"Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought."

"Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Thought, Columbus, Trade

6

"Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them."

"Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Truth, Society, Lie, Inferiority

2

"Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us."

"Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

10

"Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down."

"Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Faith, Building, Living, Risk

5

"Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest."

"Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

7

"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."

"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Friendship, Health, Friend, Confidence, Contentment

6

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Strength, Dance, Fight, Road

22

"Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything."

"Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

6

"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."

"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."

Steve Jobs, American Businessman

Business, Time, Want

16

"Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you have to first learn what you're writing about."

"Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you have to first learn what you're writing about."

Octavia Butler, American Writer

Education, Science, Fantasy, First, Open

16

"Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence."

"Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Philosophy, Existence

13

"No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right."

"No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right."

Helen Keller, American Author

Life, Happiness, Man, Right

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"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

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"The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory."

"The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Success, Victory, Struggle

6

"Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder."

"Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

3

"A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness."

"A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Wisdom, Greatness, Ability, Forget, May

15

"Duty cannot exist without faith."

"Duty cannot exist without faith."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

4

"The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping ."

"The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping ."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Life, Happiness, Applause

23

"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm."

"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Enthusiasm, Old

16

"Fear clogs; faith liberates."

"Fear clogs; faith liberates."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

8

"I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more."

"I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Poetry, Music, Heart

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"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."

"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."

Jack London, American Novelist

Life, Time, Man, Trying, Waste

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"Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader."

"Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Leadership, Leader, Being, Responsibility

6

"I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man."

"I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Motivational, Work, Man

5

"The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge."

"The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Wisdom, Knowledge, Content, Ignorance, Opinions

2

"I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that."

"I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that."

Octavia Butler, American Writer

Wisdom, Attention

16

"Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear."

"Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

22

"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."

"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Philosophy, Beginning, Nothing

3

"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."

"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

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"Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere."

"Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere."

Octavia Butler, American Writer

Education, Science, Fiction

10

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

4

"Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones."

"Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Wisdom, Actions, Causes, Force

1

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily."

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Wisdom, Death, Nothing

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"The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode."

"The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Faith, Fame, Martyr, Prison, Tongue

4

"A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once."

"A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Humor, Labor, Privilege, Will, Years

28

"Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door."

"Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Success, Will, World

3

"The ocean is a mighty harmonist."

"The ocean is a mighty harmonist."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

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"I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people."

"I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people."

Octavia Butler, American Writer

Wisdom, Work, People, Ancestry, Slavery

13

"All great achievements require time."

"All great achievements require time."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

4

"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run."

"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run."

Mark Twain, American Author

Wisdom, Education

4

"There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time.""

"There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time.""

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Truth, Time, Daughter, Name, Now

3

"There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for pay."

"There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for pay."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Wisdom, Men, Nothing, Will

18

"Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity."

"Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Life, People, Luxury, Poverty, Vulgarity

33

"A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream."

"A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Philosophy, Dream, Gods, Conscience, Gain

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