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His Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
- Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental…
- I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
- Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of…
- Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
- It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may,…
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- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
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- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold