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All Quotes Collection
"Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius."
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"The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work."
15
"No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind."
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"The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much."
23
"Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital."
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
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"The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold."
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"Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference."
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"Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still."
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"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."
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"It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races."
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"Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself."
14
"Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence."
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"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
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"To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady."
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"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
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"Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it."
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"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."
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"The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment."
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"Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death."
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"Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities."
50
"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance."
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"Humility is no substitute for a good personality."
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"Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work."
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"I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end."
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"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."
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"I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment."
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"History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this."
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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."
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