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In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born; that they are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar… — Samuel Johnson
Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I… — Guy Kawasaki
And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that. — Ed Bradley
I like to make people look as good as they'd like to look, and with luck, a shade better. — Norman Parkinson
Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered. — George Meredith
Better to join in with humanity than to set ourselves apart. — Pema Chodron
I'm very lonely now, Mary, For the poor make no new friends; But oh they love the better still The few our Father sends! — Unknown Author
It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live. — Henry David Thoreau
You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what… — Marya Mannes
I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself. — Mae West
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments. — Horace
First God created time; then God created man that man might, in the course of time, perfect himself; then God decided that He'd better create… — Robert Breault
Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself. — Philip Sidney
We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was,… — Art Buchwald
My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's typical question was… — John D. Rockefeller
What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter. — Warren Spahn
I challenge you to be dreamers; I challenge you to be doers and let us make the greatest place in the world even better. — Brian Schweitzer
How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable… — Seneca the Younger
Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful. — Milton H. Erickson
Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience as a result of being… — Warren G. Bennis
To the grumbler who complains about the unfairness of the market system only one piece of advice can be given: If you want to acquire… — Ludwig von Mises
"It's better to give than to receive." Let me put this as elegantly as possible: "What a crock!" That statement is total hogwash, and in… — T. Harv Eker
Much better to be crazy provided you know what/where sane is. — Luis Villalobos

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