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Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless… — Wallace D. Wattles
There is, as Emerson says, some central idea or conception of yourself by which all the facts of your life are arranged and classified. Change… — Wallace D. Wattles
I'm not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much… — Tim Ferriss
I never let the thought of failure enter my mind. My knowledge of my unity with the Universal One and the fact that I must… — Walter Russell
The people who have achieved more than you, in any area, are only a half step ahead of you in time. Bless them and praise… — Marianne Williamson
In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain or any nation. — David McCullough
Man is happiest when he is creating. In fact, the highest state of which man is capable lies in the creative act. — Leo Buscaglia
As one studies these preconditions, one becomes saddened by the ease with which human potentiality can be destroyed or repressed, so that a fully-human person… — Abraham Maslow
Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence. — Rollo May
A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in… — Carlos Castaneda
In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
I think one difficulty is that the problem is one of such enormous complexity that the very mass of facts presented to the public by… — George C. Marshall
Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life. — John Dewey
We have been living amidst one of the great revolutions of human history, and we hardly know it: the penetration of the State into every… — Joseph Sobran
There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn't just fall to a person's lot, that each man owes her… — Seneca the Younger
We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate a… — Frederic Bastiat
...the statement, "The purpose of the law is to cause justice to reign," is not a rigorously accurate statement. It ought to be stated that… — Frederic Bastiat
Freedom is essentially a condition of inequality, not equality. It recognizes as a fact of nature the structural differences inherent in man - in temperament,… — Frank Chodorov
You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything… — Harry Browne
The fact throughout history is that whenever government dominates the economic affairs of its citizenry, a free society is eroded, then destroyed, and a minority… — William E. Simon
Somehow, the fact that more poor people are on welfare, receiving more generous payments, does not seem to have made this country a nice place… — Irving Kristol
Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform. The very fact that they're… — Lawrence Reed
Reality is above all else a variable, and nobody is qualified to say that he or she knows exactly what it is. As a matter… — Margaret Halsey

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