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To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later. — Brander Matthews
When you want to change things, you can't please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress. — Mark Zuckerberg
Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like… — Guy Finley
Do yourself a favor; donâ€™t wear yourself out trying to please everybody. Your time is too valuable. — Joel Osteen
There are many roads to success, but only one sure road to failure; and that is to try to please everyone else. — Benjamin Franklin
When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result. — Byron Katie
Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants. — Yao Ming
Woe to him who seeks to please rather than appall. — Herman Melville
But please know, Jesus never lets you down. Please know that the love and tenderness of Mother Mary never lets you down. And holding on… — Pope Francis
The world is not there to please you. It's up to you to please the world. — Karl Lagerfeld
Iâ€™m trying to please myself; certainly thatâ€™s a big criterion... though in a sense, I donâ€™t take images just for myself. I take images that… — Mary Ellen Mark
Lord, please give me big ears and a thoughtful mind. Teach me to ask well and see it through otherâ€™s eyes. — David Walker
Curator Shantrelle P. Lewis left for Amsterdam an Andy Warhol fellow, and came back with a film in her pocket. Please support this confrontation of… — dream hampton
I feel endless need to LEARN, to IMPROVE, to EVOLVE, not only to please the coach and the fans, but also to feel SATISFIED with… — Cristiano Ronaldo
My dear Madame, I just noticed that I forgot my cane at your house yesterday; please be good enough to give it to the bearer… — Marcel Proust
No wreaths please - especially no hothouse flowers. Some common memento is better, something he prized and is known by: his old clothes - a… — William Carlos Williams
A young lady went into a bookstore and asked the clerk for Irving Stone's book, "Immoral Wife." The title is "Immortal Wife," the clerk replied.… — James Keller
It doesn't matter if you please the whole world and don't please Jesus. But if you please Jesus, it doesn't matter whom you displease. — Adrian Rogers
If you ever think you're the only person in the world feeling a certain way, just please know that you're not. — Taylor Swift
Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring. — Diana Vreeland

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