"An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly."

Whipple, Edwin P. on Reason
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"What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on Proverbs
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"An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself."

Antrim, Minna on Aphorisms and Epigrams
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"Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said."

Rostand, Jean on Aphorisms and Epigrams
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"A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools."

Proverb, Spanish on Health
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"Enthusiasm. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience."

Bierce, Ambrose on Enthusiasm
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"When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through."

Jackson, Jesse on Opportunity
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"We dribble away our life, little by little, in small packages -- we don't throw it away all at once."

Cook, Robert A. on Life and Living
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"If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?"

Harris, Sidney J. on Anger
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"Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working."

Dewey, Orville on Labor
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"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value."

Paine, Thomas on Value
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"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration."

Allen, James on Greatness
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"Be scared. You cant help that. But dont be afraid. Aint nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be. "

Faulkner, William on Uncategorised
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"Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on Pettiness
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"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way."

Hill, Napoleon on Excellence
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"A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy."

Proverb, Irish on Debt
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"More die in the United States from too much food that from too little."

Galbraith, John Kenneth on Food and Eating
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"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

George, David Lloyd on Commitment
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"Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice."

Dyer, Wayne on Choice
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"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly."

Rohn, Jim on Leaders and Leadership
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"A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better."

Rohn, Jim on Leaders and Leadership
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"Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control."

Landry, Tom on Leaders and Leadership
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"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall."

Covey, Stephen R. on Management
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"Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing."

Peters, Thomas J. on Leaders and Leadership
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"Management works in the system; Leadership works on the system."

Covey, Stephen R. on Time and Time Management
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"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."

Drucker, Peter F. on Leaders and Leadership
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"Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate towards some goal which they come to find desirable and which motivates them over the long haul."

Tead, Orway on Leaders and Leadership
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"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on Motivation
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"To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you."

Dorsett, Tony on Success
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"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

Holtz, Lou on Attitude
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"Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner."

Brown, Les on Motivation
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"The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal."

Smith, Francie Larrieu on Motivation
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"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people."

Marx, Karl on Unemployment
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"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late"

Franklin, Benjamin on Life and Living
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"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."

Roosevelt, Eleanor on Gossip
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"Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses."

Baker, Russell (Wayne) on Happiness
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"Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it."

Confucius on Vice
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"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."

Rohn, Jim on Mediocrity
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"Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: It's all small stuff."

Mantell, Michael on Worry
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"Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practiced in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments."

Kelty, Mary Ann on Things and Little Things
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