Essentials Quotes

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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free. — Manuel Puig
Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into… — Thomas de Quincey
A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace. — Yitzhak Rabin
The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by… — Adrienne Rich
The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably… — James Whitcomb Riley
The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing. — David Rockefeller
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost… — John D. Rockefeller
I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living. — John D. Rockefeller
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. — John D. Rockefeller
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would… — Will Rogers
It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize. — Theodore Roosevelt
We are like the mechanism of a watch: each part is essential. — Nathan Meyer Rothschild
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable. — May Sarton
The essential point of view of Christianity is sin. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
I've never met a person who does not want a safer world, better medical care and education for their children, and peace with their neighbours.… — Eric Schmidt
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive. — Robert H. Schuller
It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty. — Charles Schumer
In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good… — Richard G. Scott

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