Settling Quotes

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Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself… — Jack Welch
From afar, it seems like a war without a solution and like a long sacrifice for the entire country. So when a president appears who… — Jose Mujica
As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast the rolling clouds… — Oliver Goldsmith
The path to Heaven is narrow, rough and full of wearisome and trying ascents, nor can it be trodden without great toil; and therefore wrong… — Robert Southwell
The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to settle and mature… — George Washington
All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will… — Benjamin Franklin
After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price. — Salman Rushdie
My opposition to war is not based upon pacifist or non-resistant principles. It may be that the present state of civilization is such that certain… — Henry Ford
There's no limit to what you can dream. You expect the unexpected, you believe in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities. Then you grow… — Cecelia Ahern
We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for. — Alan Cohen
Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both… — Samuel Johnson
I say to my students that I can't teach them how to write a good song, but I can teach you how to write a… — Andy Wilkinson
Tom [Collins] was a great influence on me. He really pushed me...constantly demanded rewrites. And, as much as I despised them, it was the best… — Dean Dillon
We declare openly that the Arabs have no right to settle on even one centimeter of Eretz Israel.... Force is all they do or ever… — Rafael Eitan
The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled… — Ernest Newman
Whatever kind of workout you settle on, it should include the Big Three of exercise for health and fitness-aerobics, resistance exercises, and stretching. — Jane Fonda
The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day; so let us settle for the mirror image and do… — Karl Kraus
Not to settle. If you're not happy with a person, leave. And wait until you find that one person who makes you feel good about… — Zoe Saldana
I am just the person who didn't want to settle for not having everything I dreamed of. — Katharine McPhee
It means abandoning being a poet, abandoning your careerism, abandoning even the idea of writing any poetry, really abandoning, giving up as hopeless - abandoning… — Allen Ginsberg

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