"The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and receive good bread for their work."

Ruskin, John on charity   

"One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough."

Behan, Brendan F. on alcohol and alcoholism
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"Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us."

Wordsworth, William on perseverance
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"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."

Franklin, Benjamin on hope
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"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do."

Carnegie, Dale on fools and foolishness
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"First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst."

Carnegie, Dale on preparation
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"I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life."

Roosevelt, Theodore on dedication
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"Adam was the luckiest man; he had no mother-in-law."

Twain, Mark on family
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"Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime."

Ruskin, John on punishment   

"Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?"

Brown, Jerry on punishment   

"Anyone who doesn't miss the past never had a mother."

Nunn, Gregory on mothers
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"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

Shaw, George Bernard on change
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"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

King Jr. Martin Luther on acceptance
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"The manager administers; the leader innovates. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it."

Bennis, Warren on leadership
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