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[M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Unless a man gives himself entirely to the Cross, in a spirit of humility and self-abasement; unless he casts himself down to be trampled underfoot… — Mark the Evangelist
We went all the way down the Himalayan chain for a day and a half. That was magnificent, except the Chinese told us they were… — Richard Branson
Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow… — Frank Moore Colby
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Idea's won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervour,… — Alfred North Whitehead
Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its essence which I wish to… — Arthur Dove
In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory. — Ed Viesturs
Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down. — Jimmy Durante
Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the… — Henry Ford
Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell.… — Douglas Coupland
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. — Tim Ferriss
Your mind is an instrument, a tool. It is there to be used for a specific task, and when the task is completed, you lay… — Eckhart Tolle
It's not just the emotional, intellectual, and physical gaps between you and money. The real gap is always between what you think you want and… — Stuart Wilde
Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for a horn and… — P.J. O'Rourke
We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast… — Mark Twain
I think it's more than whether or not you win or lose. It's having that opportunity on that final round, final nine, to come down… — Phil Mickelson
Golf is a game in which you yell "for," shoot six, and write down five. — Paul Harvey
Nothing goes down slower than a golf handicap. — Bobby Nichols
It's so bad I could putt off a tabletop and still leave the ball halfway down the leg. — J. C. Snead

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