Great famous quotes - Page 162

Pride

The pride of dying rich raises t…

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The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell. Foster, John

Change

The problem is not whether busin…

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The problem is not whether business will survive in competition with business, but whether business will survive at all in the face of social change. McGinley, Laurence Joseph

Prophet

The prophet and the martyr do no…

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The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities. Cardozo, Benjamin N.

Society

The public is a ferocious beast;…

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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it. Voltaire

Change

The quintessential revolution is…

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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitides and values which shape the course of a nation’s development. A revolution whichaims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of […]

Progress

The reason men oppose progress i…

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The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. Hubbard, Elbert

Change

The reasonable man adapts himsel…

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. Shaw, George Bernard

Risk

The refusal to rest content, the…

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The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one’s obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. (on J.D. Salinger) Updike, John

Thoughts

The revelation of thought takes …

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The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Success

The reward of a thing well done …

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The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Destiny

The road goes ever on and on dow…

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The road goes ever on and on down fromthe door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone and I must follow if I can. Pursuing it with weary feet until it joins some larger way, where many paths and errands meet -and whither then, I cannot say. Tolkien, J.R.R.

Success

The road to success is filled wi…

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The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along. Dewar, Thomas R.