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Moving Quotes by Confucius
- The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.
- On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong.…
- The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.
- The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop…
- The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the…
- One who can move mountains start with the little stones.
- The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
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- I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I… — David Attenborough
- I'm luckier than my grandfather, who didn't move more than five miles from the village in which he was born. — David Attenborough
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- Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections. — Diane Ackerman
- I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going… — David Axelrod