Quotes by Unknown, Source

"There are two kinds of people who don't say much, those who are quiet and those who talk a lot."

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"He who does not say too much has too much to say."

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"Too many of us speak twice before we think"

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"What you are doing rings so loudly in my ears that I can't hear what you're saying."

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"Don't talk unless you can improve the silence"

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"A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it."

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"An orator who is disposed to evil subverts the law."

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"I've decided to discontinue my long talks. It's because of my throat. Someone threatened to cut it."

Unknown, Source on speech   

"Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again."

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"Never try to impress people with the profundity of your thought by the obscurity of your language. Whatever has been thoroughly thought through can be stated simply."

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"A long tongue shortens life."

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"A talk is like a woman's dress. Long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to be interesting."

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"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence."

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"If you don't want to read it, see it or hear it, don't say it."

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"He that loseth wealth, loseth much; he that loseth friends, loseth more; but he that loseth his spirit loseth all."

Unknown, Source on spirituality   

"Let the spirit of adventure set the tone."

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"The man is free to rule his world, not his world rule him."

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"Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear."

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"Keep yourself clean and bright. You are the windows through which you must view the world."

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"Skiing: the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk."

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"Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lamp posts... for support rather than illumination."

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"Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back."

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"It is much easier for good to deal with evil than it is for good to deal with stupidity."

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"Stupidity is the friend of evil."

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"You already have every characteristic necessary for success."

Unknown, Source on success   

"Success is more attitude than aptitude."

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"Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started."

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"Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation."

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"Success is failure turned inside out."

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"The largest barrier to success is removing the mattress from one's back in the morning."

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"The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces"

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"Success isn't necessarily permanent -- but neither is failure."

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"You don't have to stay up nights to succeed; you have to stay awake days."

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"The secret of success is to do all you can do without thought of success."

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"There is plenty of room at the top -- but no place to sit down."

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"You can never have real success till you meet the real person -- YOU."

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"Make service your first priority, not success and success will follow."

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"Replying to the tributes paid to him at a testimonial dinner, Herbert Bayard Swope said; I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure -- try to please everybody."

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"Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough."

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"Formula for Success... and then some. The top people do what's expected of them, and then some. They are thoughtful and considerate of others, and then some. They meet their obligations and responsibilities fairly and squarely, and then some. They are good friends to their friends, and then some. They can be counted on in an emergency, and then some. And so it is when we do what is assigned to us in our lives and in the church, and then some; then the Lord pays in full, and then some."

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