Merely Quotes

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As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves. — Andrew Delbanco
No movie becomes a hit without good reviews and word-of-mouth. No agency ever became a great brand by merely saying it was great - in… — Rochelle B Lazarus
A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money. — Andrew Mellon
Research can only present data about the past. No one seriously believes that people's answers to hypothetical questions about the future accurately represent their future… — Stephen King
Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when… — Og Mandino
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it… — Mark Twain
As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It has been reported that I was seriously ill--it was another man; dying--it was another man; dead--the other man again...As far as I can see,… — Mark Twain
Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people. — James L. Farmer, Jr.
Competition whose motive is merely to compete, to drive some other fellow out, never carries very far. — Henry Ford
I do not want merely to possess a faith, I want a faith that possesses me. — Charles Kingsley
To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will… — Bertrand Russell
Forgiveness to letting go of a bell rope. If you have ever seen a country church with a bell in the steeple, you will remember… — Corrie Ten Boom
Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice. — H. L. Mencken
The people will learn to feel the dignity of man. They will not merely demand their rights, which have been trampled in the dust, but… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Merely to breathe freely does not mean to live. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance. — Alfred North Whitehead
One does not play Bach without having done scales. But neither does one play a scale merely for the sake of the scale. — Simone Weil
When your toil has been a pleasure, you have not earned money merely, but money, health, delight, and moral profit, all in one. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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