I came to realize that exaggerated concern about what others are doing can be foolish. It can paralyze effort, and stifle a… — Theodore von Karman Copy Share Image
For although this was a very heroic war, with a parade of every sort of high moral principle, and with the most… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
And I say, 'Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.' And he says, 'Oh,… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
I applaud the American Cancer Society for all they do to eradicate smoking. Their local, state and national efforts help to discourage… — Allyson Schwartz Copy Share Image
It's funny, people often ask me, "Why do you do bike tours where it takes three times the effort and you make… — Ben Sollee Copy Share Image
My fellow students there were very smart, but the really novel thing was that they actually seemed to put a lot of… — Eric Allin Cornell Copy Share Image
The fact is that life has become a sweepstake. Millions of people who have lost the sense of being able to make… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
There had been a number of failures but we weren't going out to ride a failure. And we felt they'd corrected all… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures—unless as amateurs for our… — John W. Davis Copy Share Image
How aware are we of our own inner life, our spirituality-something so intangible yet so priceless? How much effort do we make… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Conservatives always knew that the Left made a concerted effort to dominate in the entertainment field because it's such a fabulous way… — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
“Like many middle-class Americans, especially those who are white and male, I was raised in a subculture that insisted I could do… — Peter Palmer Copy Share Image
The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not… — John Fischer Copy Share Image
If one's intellectual equipment was not great, one's spiritual experience not deep, the result of doing one's very best could only seem… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
We needed to be uncompromising with our workforce, to expect 100 percent of our employees to comply 100 percent of the time… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
With 28 million children eating lunch at school every day in the United States, I believe government has an obligation to ensure… — Rosa DeLauro Copy Share Image
I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read something and it's just -- it doesn't invite a reader…Sometimes you read something and it's not saying, 'oh come… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
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Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What we have not had to decipher, to elucidate by our own efforts, what was clear before we looked at it, is… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Whatever efforts one may make, one must revert to the realization that religion is the real basis of morality; religion is the… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
If someone wants to be a part of your life, They'll make an effort to be in it. So don't bother reserving… — Javan Copy Share Image
Much has already been learned about the arrogance of the IRS from the House investigations of the agency's targeting of conservatives. The… — Cleta Mitchell Copy Share Image
... as a slow-witted human being I have a very small head and I had better learn to live with it and… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Every good soldier wants to live in an organized environment, secure in the knowledge that he or she will not be threatened… — William A. Connelly Copy Share Image
There is a deliberate effort to undermine food culture to sell us processed food. The family meal is a challenge if you're… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
What do the few existing mystics still do? -- They more or less mold the raw chaos of already existing religion. But… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
The great vice of democracy is that for a generation we have been busy getting ourselves on to the list of beneficiaries… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
Individuals with high executive intelligence cannot reach their potential unless surrounded by others with a similar level of skill. Without a concerted… — Justin Menkes Copy Share Image
Any change in customs ... takes generations to accomplish, and must come about by general consent. Even a superficial study of sociology… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
People are not afraid of death, they are afraid of losing their separation, they are afraid of losing their ego. Once you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
All you have to do is wait,” I explained. “Sit tight and wait for the right moment. Not try to change anything… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
There is the happiness which comes from creative effort. The joy of dreaming, creating, building, whether in painting a picture, writing an… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
God picks you up. You don't pick yourself up. You're the one who knocked you down or even if somebody else knocked… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The church isn't simply a collection of isolated individuals ... we need to learn again the lesson that a hand is no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We had to build a city not for businesses or automobiles, but for children and thus for people. Instead of building highways,… — Enrique Penalosa Copy Share Image
There is nothing puzzling ... about America's gratuitously aggressive foreign policy or about the oligarchs' successful efforts to drag the Republic into… — Walter Karp Copy Share Image
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