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George Gissing has 35 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching it to…
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In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call…
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Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the calendar's promise,…
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Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch…
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Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
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Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate…
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It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children,…
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How I envy those clerks who go by to their offices in the morning! There's the day's work cut out for them;…
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To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of general mental…
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Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay,…
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For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.
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That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.
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A while back, I came across a line attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson. If you want to achieve excellence, he said,…
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A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.
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Do excellent work for Christ. So that's my heart. It's always been. And I want to be the best I can be.…
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Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of…
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The pressure is self-imposed because I always want to do excellent work, and I always want to be interesting to people watching…
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The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when…
— George Gissing
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If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
— Thomas J. Watson
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