Great famous quotes - Page 43

Destiny

Destiny is not a matter of chanc…

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Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. Bryan, William Jennings

Destiny

Destiny: A tyrant’s authority fo…

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Destiny: A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure. Bierce, Ambrose

Time

Devote each day to the object th…

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Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done. Goethe, Johann Von

Happiness

Different men seek after happine…

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Different men seek after happiness indifferent ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. Aristotle

Adversity

Difficulties are meant to rouse,…

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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. Channing, William Ellery

Trial

Difficulties show men what they …

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Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil. Epictetus

Adversity

Difficulty, my brethren, is the …

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Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster children into strength and athletic proportion. Bryant, William Cullen

Diligence

Diligence is the mother of good …

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune. Cervantes

Change

Discovery consists in seeing wha…

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Discovery consists in seeing whateveryone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought. von Nagyrapolt, Albert

Discretion

Discretion is the perfection of …

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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. La Bruyere, Jean

Punishment

Distrust all in whom the impulse…

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Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. Nietzsche, Friedrich

Deceit

Distrust all those who love you …

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Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. Chesterfield, Lord