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Thomas B. Macaulay
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
Pat Riley
Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.
Gordon Gee
The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.
George Bernard Shaw
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Isocrates
The noblest worship is to make yourself as good and as just as you can.
Manal al-Sharif
Women tell me they are different since 21 May – the day I was arrested – it’s a positive change, they believe now.
Richard Bach
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Henry Villard
Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs.
Grandma Moses
Life is what you make of it. Always has been, always will be.
Mahatma Gandhi
I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
Daley Thompson
Sport fosters many things that are good teamwork and leadership.
Norman Cousins
Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.
Marcel Proust
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Michael D. Barnes
We’ve got activists all across the country like the members of the Million Mom March organization, some of their leaders are here tonight. We’re phone banking congressional offices and pursuing editorial boards.
Andrew Stanton
Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Great talent finds happiness in execution.
Liv Tyler
Sure, my childhood was unusual. All these eccentric, wild people frequented our home: rock stars, drag queens, models, bikers, freaks. But I was not this little rich girl. My mom and I lived in an apartment.
James Openheim
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
Martin Van Buren
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men… in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.
Mark Zuckerberg
For the first time we’re allowing developers who don’t work at Facebook to develop applications just as if they were. That’s a big deal because it means that all developers have a new way of doing business if they choose to take advantage of it. There are whole companies that are forming whose only product is a Facebook Platform application.
Wilma Rudolph
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.
Harriet Harman
Actually, I don’t ever think there will be a men-only team of leadership in the Labour party again. People would look at it and say, ‘What? Are there no women in the party to be part of the leadership? Do men want to do it all themselves?’ It just won’t happen again.
Dorothy Corkville Briggs
The surest route to breeding jealousy is to compare. Since jealousy comes from feeling less than another, comparisons only fan the fires.
Charles Krauthammer
Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country – and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.
Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.
Eve Arnold
If the chemistry is right between star and photographer and the geometry of the pictures pleases the star, often the two people end up with a long-term professional friendship during which they continue to work together and to produce highly personal images.
Benjamin Franklin
If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
Homer
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
Jonathan Edwards
Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
Joe Miller
I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. We’ve got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors aren’t left out in the cold.