"The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on opportunity
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"For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears."

Bovee, Christian Nevell on war   

"No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning."

Petty, Richard on perseverance   

"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."

Brothers, Dr. Joyce on listening
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"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork"

Bible on heaven   

"We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give."

Petit-Senn, John on pleasure
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"No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on politics   

"You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. [Leviticus 19:11]"

Bible on honesty
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"You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"

Cromwell, Oliver on parliament   

"Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on want
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"Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own."

Gaulle, Charles De on character
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"Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded."

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De on life
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"We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on mind
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"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."

Disraeli, Benjamin on agreement
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"Being part of an agenda beyond ourselves liberates us to complement each other rather than compete with each other."

Stowell, Joseph on passion
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"I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill."

Edison, Thomas A. on invention and inventor   

"If you pray for only one thing, .let it be for an idea."

Sutton, Percy on ideas
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"Has God forgotten all I have done for Him."

Louis XIV on pride   

"The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility."

Colton, Charles Caleb on truth   

"Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided."

Penn, William on vow   

"Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel."

Dane, Frank on business
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"Liberty has no crueler enemy than license."

Proverb, French on liberty   

"With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured."

Lincoln, Abraham on hope   

"Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead."

Chrysosatom, St. John on work   

"Noble fathers have noble children."

Euripides on fathers
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"Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble."

Franklin, Benjamin on service
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"Our job is only to hold up the mirror -- to tell and show the public what has happened."

Cronkite, Walter on truth   

"When people are bored it is primarily with themselves."

Hoffer, Eric on bores and boredom
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"Our best evidence of what people truly feel and believe comes less from their words than from their deeds."

Cialdini, Robert on feelings
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"Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences."

Koto, Midori on honor
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"He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes."

Ross, Percy on giving
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"Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important."

Eliot, T. S. on pride
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"Failures are divided into two classes -- those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought."

Salak, John Charles on failure
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"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans."

Drucker, Peter F. on commitment
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"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."

Hill, Napoleon on adversity
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"Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time."

Waitley, Denis on time
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"Greatness is a spiritual condition."

Arnold, Matthew on greatness
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"Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity."

Evans, Richard L. on courage   

"Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility."

Orwell, George on responsibility   

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators."

O'Rourke, P. J. on congress