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Confucius:When you are laboring for others let


When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
by Confucius


William Cullen Bryant:Weep not that the world


Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to weep.
by William Cullen Bryant


Lyman Lloyd Bryson:We are restless because of


We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped.
by Lyman Lloyd Bryson


Sydney Buchman:If there were no mystery left to


If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn’t it?
by Sydney Buchman


Lord Byron:He who is only just is cruel. Who on


He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?
by Lord Byron


English Proverb:Some have been thought brave


Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
by English Proverb


Edna Ferber:A woman can look both moral and


A woman can look both moral and exciting - if she also looks as if it were quite a struggle.
by Edna Ferber


Horace Greeley:I never said all Democrats were


I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.
by Horace Greeley


Kabbalah:If there were no strong hand at the


If there were no strong hand at the service of good in the world, evil would multiply.
by Kabbalah


Jean La Bruyere:A pious man is one who would be


A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
by Jean La Bruyere


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:Most people would


Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Bernard Berenson:Consistency requires you to be


Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
by Bernard Berenson


Bible:And all who heard him were amazed at his


And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. (Luke 2:47)
by Bible


Todd:Few ever lived to a great age, and fewer


Few ever lived to a great age, and fewer still ever became distinguished, who were not in the habit of early rising.
by Todd


Mark Twain:Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas


Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
by Mark Twain


Unknown:Thousands of years ago, cats were


Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.
by Unknown


Marianne Williamson:Love is what we were born


Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
by Marianne Williamson


The Divine Pymander:I Thy God am the Light and


I Thy God am the Light and the Mind which were before substance was divided from Spirit and darkness from Light.
by The Divine Pymander


Plutarch:It were better to have no opinion of


It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
by Plutarch


George Bernard Shaw:You see things; and you say


You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
by George Bernard Shaw


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