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    The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

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When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

by Roy Disney Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on read more

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

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Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

by Mario Burata Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

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The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said read more

The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American.

by Lewis H. Lapham Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best
of us, that read more

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best
of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

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People travel in the way of least resistance, by choosing one's environment, one will travel in a particular way.

People travel in the way of least resistance, by choosing one's environment, one will travel in a particular way.

by H. Janicki Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others
are here for, I don't know.

We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others
are here for, I don't know.

by W. H. Auden Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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