Steadily Quotes
259 quotes by 215 authors
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The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air.
— Thomas Starr King
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Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you…
— Gautama Buddha
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'Tis true there is much to be done, . . . but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for constant dropping…
— Benjamin Franklin
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A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous prepossessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as philosophy, that the…
— David Hume
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O my Bergson, you are a magician, and your book is a marvel, a real wonder in the history of philosophy . . . In…
— William James
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If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure…
— Freya Stark
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The Atonement is real. As you steadily do the things the Lord would have you do, a change will occur in you, and Satan's ability…
— Henry B. Eyring
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Man makes history; woman is history. The reproduction of the species is feminine: it runs steadily and quietly through all species, animal or human, through…
— Oswald Spengler
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I founded Netflix. I've built it steadily over 12 years now, first with DVD becoming profitable in 2002, a head-to-head ferocious battle with Blockbuster and…
— Reed Hastings
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If you find yourself perplexed, or perhaps in a quandary, remember that human growth is perpendicular. We grow up and we grow forward, we just…
— John Rzeznik
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To picture world history as advancing smoothly and steadily without sometimes taking gigantic strides backward is undialectical, unscientific and theoretically wrong.
— Vladimir Lenin
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Some men find happiness in gluttony and in drunkenness, but no delicate viands can touch their taste with the thrill of pleasure, and what generosity…
— Edwin Percy Whipple
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The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse-that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to…
— H. L. Mencken
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Africa is still lying ready for us, it is our duty to take it. It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more…
— Cecil Rhodes
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof.…
— George Washington
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I keep following this sort of hidden river of my life, you know, whatever the topic or impulse which comes, I follow it along trustingly.…
— William Stafford
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To make a resolution and act accordingly is to live with hope. There may be difficulties and hardships, but not disappointment or despair if you…
— Shinichi Suzuki
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If you have no friends to share or rejoice in your success in life - if you cannot look back to those whom you owe…
— Walter Scott
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We know, from ordinary life, that we are not able to direct our attention perfectly steadily and uniformly to one and the same object... At…
— Wilhelm Wundt
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Men hate more steadily than they love.
— Samuel Johnson
Who Wrote These Steadily Quotes
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