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Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.


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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.



Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.



Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.



A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.



In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.



To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of living.

To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of living.



He who is continually changing his point of view sees more, and more clearly, than one who, statue-like, forever stands upon the same pedestal; however lofty and well-placed that pedestal may be.

He who is continually changing his point of view sees more, and more clearly, than one who, statue-like, forever stands upon the same pedestal; however lofty and well-placed that pedestal may be.



Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request.

Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request.



It takes a great man to make a great listener

It takes a great man to make a great listener



Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture.

Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture.





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Fear is like a little germ in your head, allow it to grow and it takes over your all.

Fear is like a little germ in your head, allow it to grow and it takes over your all.



I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.

I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.



Peacefully The quiet stars came out, one after one; The holy twilight fell upon the sea, The summer day was done.

Peacefully The quiet stars came out, one after one; The holy twilight fell upon the sea, The summer day was done.



The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky.

The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky.



There's an awful lot of biblical ignorance, and the church perpetuates that ignorance.

There's an awful lot of biblical ignorance, and the church perpetuates that ignorance.



We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation.

We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation.



In politics, it's what isn't said that matters.

In politics, it's what isn't said that matters.



The eyes see everything through the heart.

The eyes see everything through the heart.



Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.

Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.



We should have but one desire today - the desire to die so that India may live - the desire to face a martyr's death, so that the path to freedom may be paved with the martyr's blood.

We should have but one desire today - the desire to die so that India may live - the desire to face a martyr's death, so that the path to freedom may be paved with the martyr's blood.




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