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    Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, W. B. Yeats and Others.

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One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

by Michael Korda Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find read more

The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill. He goes on winding the tape that he finds. His imagination has rarely extricated itself from under the administrative machine to gain any sense of what a human, temporary contraption the whole affair is. What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof.

by Walter Lippmann Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, read more

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.

by Richard Cobden Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

by Seneca Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.

Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.

by Anonymous Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be read more

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

by Lawrence D. Bell Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he read more

Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.

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What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in read more

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?

by Philip K. Dick Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories.

You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories.

by Ralph Marston Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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