James Keller Quotes

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• Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his…
• In one of the decisive battles of World War I, disastrous reports poured into the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the commander of the Allied forces.…
• A young lady had only one complaint about her good husband: "My husband always praises me to other people," she said, "Often I hear from…
• When Babe Didrickson Zaharias, often called the 'athletic phenomenon of all time,' won the British woman's gold tournament, people said of her what they had…
• A psychologist once asked a group of college students to jot down, in thirty seconds, the initials of the people they disliked. Some of the…
• One day, the Devil decided to go out of business. His tools, therefore, being for sale, were put on display; and Malice, Jealousy, and Pride…
• An old Arabian fable tells of a prince imprisoned in a castle which had thirteen windows. Twelve of these windows overlooked lovely scenes, while the…
• What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction more to…
• It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends…
• A man on a hiking trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains came to the top of a hill and saw, just below the crest, a…
• A high-school girl, seated next to a famous astronomer at a dinner party, struck up a conversation with him by asking: "What do you do…
• The will of a wealthy New York woman, in addition to distributing her worldly goods to her children, left them the following advice: Love one…
• Some time ago we heard a strange story. The pilot of a small plane said that he had been caught in a one hundred fifty…
• As she read the ten commandments for the first time, a Chinese woman said, "I don't see how anyone can very well get on without…
• Some time ago I took a trip on the Hudson and Manhattan Transit System. Not being familiar with the names of the various stops, I…
• We heard recently the touching story of a young flier who was killed in action. Before he died, he had time to scrawl only a…
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art some time ago held a display of contemporary art at which $52,000 was awarded to American sculptors, painters, and artists…
• A young man, just beginning the study of musical composition, once went to Mozart and asked him the formula for developing the theme of a…
• A Seattle lawyer once interrupted his lengthy cross-examination of a witness and exclaimed, "Your Honor, one of the jurors is asleep." "You put him to…
• During a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini that they rose…

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