Quotes by Unknown, Source

"Why do social workers use five-syllable words when dealing with juvenile delinquents?"

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"Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion."

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"You can stroke people with words."

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"Good words are worth a thousand pictures."

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"One thing you can give and still keep is your word."

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"It is with a word as with an arrow -- once let it loose and it does not return."

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"Please God, make my words today sweet and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them."

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"Political correctness is simply a speed bump in the traffic of truth, free thought and speech."

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"The 500 most commonly used words have an average of 28 meanings each."

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"There is no excellence without labor, in the furnace, God may try you, thus to bring thee forth more bright."

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"Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until he's well into his work."

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"Even the woodpecker owes its success to the fact that he used his head."

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"Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."

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"I love the work; I could sit and look at it for hours."

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"It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work."

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"Lincoln's stepmother probably did not teach him very much, but she kindled his mind and encouraged him. He did the work and put in the hours on his own."

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"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and Jill a wealthy widow."

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"The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way."

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"Every day's a perfect gift of time for us to use. Hours waiting to be filled in any way we choose. Each morning brings a quiet hope that rises with the sun. Each evening brings the sweet content that comes with work well done."

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"Work is a four letter word!"

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"You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads."

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"Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work."

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"How can there be so much difference between a day off and an off day?"

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"A woman's work is never done, especially the part she asks her husband to do."

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"Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough"

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"Love conquers all, but if love doesn't do it, try hard work"

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"The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished."

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"It doesn't matter much what happens in this world, there's going to be somebody who'll tell you that he knew it would."

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"The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs."

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"When you deplore the conditions in the world, ask yourself, am I part of the problem or part of the solution?"

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"The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them."

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"Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen."

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"Perpetual worry will get you to one place ahead of time -- the cemetery."

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"Ninety percent of the things we tend to WORRY about we have no control over, so why worry about them?"

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"It would take battalions of angels to protect us from our dreaded dangers, though in a long lifetime few of the dangers come to anything."

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"If you cannot help worrying, remember that worrying cannot help you either."

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"Don't worry about the intensity and direction of the putt -- until you get on the green!"

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"Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it."

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"Worry: a sustained form of fear caused by indecision."

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"Why worry when you can pray?"

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