Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
I had seen ardency in men's eyes, but I had only felt it once. With Flauvic, false and therefore easy to dismiss.… — Sherwood Smith Copy Share Image
Pour the bulk of your time into action, not deciding. The state of indecision is a major time waster. Don't spend more… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
You can hope, because it is contagious. You can be optimistic because it breeds action. You can have faith and belief because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. There is new ground to be… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I heard the story of a man, a blasphemer...an atheist, who was converted singularly by a sinful action of his. He had… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Okay, so here's my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Why do some people consider civility an antonym - anathema,… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It's unfortunate, because… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Without the heroic, man has no meaning; without the economic, he has no sense. Economic man is most likely to be economic… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
“If people challenge the vagaries of life, in a world where conflicting powers are outlining our fate, it may be ill-advised to… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
In one important sense, Marxism is a religion. To the believer it presents, first, a system of ultimate ends that embody the… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
This transformation is already proceeding, and if we want to consciously find these evolutionary currents operating in our own being as well-if… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is the dynamics of your personality. Without it, whatever abilities you may possess lie dormant; and it is safe to say… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
We have at most ten years - not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
Actions seems to follow feeling, but really actions and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more… — William James Copy Share Image
I am most comfortable in a "learner" role, I may raise my values-related concerns by asking the well-crafted and well-timed question, rather… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.… — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
Consequentialist theories pretend that we can set some great big ends (the general happiness, human flourishing), provide ourselves with definite enough conceptions… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Adolescents, for all their self-involvement, are emerging from the self-centeredness of childhood. Their perception of other people has more depth. They are… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
The force of what was called Panther rhetoric or word mongering resided not in elegant discourse but in strength of affirmation (or… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
Right now, we continue to see demand at very strong levels. It's tough to find a Wii now. If we hit 100… — Cammie Dunaway Copy Share Image
Many of our actions degrade our habitat because we undertake them in order to reach goals whose allure blinds us to myriad… — Steven M. Stanley Copy Share Image
A display of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In republican government the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this . . . is to divide the legislature into different… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The more numerous public instrumentalities become, the more is there generated in citizens the notion that everything is to be done for… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Criticism is infested with the cant of materialism, which assumes that manual skill and activity is the first merit of all men,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We are behaving like people without compassion and love for the most vulnerable section of society. The children of the universe are… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
The ultimate success formula: I) Decide what you want (Be precise! Clarity is power) II) Take action (because desire is not enough)… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
People's conceptions about themselves and the nature of things are developed and verified through four different processes: direct experience of the effects… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Living consciously is seeking to be aware of everything that bears on our interests, actions, values, purposes, and goals. It is the… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
In my opinion, mature political action is the type of action that that involves a program of re-education and information that will… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
If NATURE has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Stand alone books are nice because they have everything all in one tidy little package. Neverwhere was awesome because you get action,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Advice to Young Journal Keepers. Be lenient with yourself. Conceal your worst faults, leave out your most shameful thoughts, actions, and temptations.… — Rosamond Lehmann Copy Share Image
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I'm interested in the way that the language of labor has been suppressed in our culture, the way it has disappeared from… — Naomi Wallace Copy Share Image
When I might be on a business trip, a lot of people are partying and they may be drunk or under the… — Gucci Mane Copy Share Image
We cannot escape from our daily routine, because it will go with us wherever we go.... God must be sought and found… — Karl Edward Wagner Copy Share Image
Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image