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Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, "Man, we shot 66!" But go out and shoot 77, and they… — Lee Trevino
There are parents, siblings, teachers and friends, but counting on them to motivate you isn't fair. They've all got their own lives, and while the… — Shannon Miller
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can… — Fred Rogers
If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions. — Thomas Sowell
As we give of our time, talents and resources to tend the needs of the sick, offer food to the hungry and teach the dependent… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Trials make room for consolation. There is nothing that makes man have a big heart like a great trial. I have found that those people… — Charles Spurgeon
In historic events, the so-called great men are labels giving names to events, and like labels they have but the smallest connection with the event… — Leo Tolstoy
Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it is. Such an… — Thomas Huxley
Are people the best judges of their own happiness, or outsiders? In defining happiness, should we think of entire lives or of shorter periods such… — Sissela Bok
I don't believe we own our children, they're their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them. — Elle Macpherson
Look round this universe. What an immense profusion of beings, animated and organized, sensible and active! You admire this prodigious variety and fecundity. But inspect… — David Hume
Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame… — Blaise Pascal
Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits. — John Calvin
As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities,… — Jasper Johns
All great men are play actors of their own ideal. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the place of greed. — Eric Hoffer
High people, sir, are the best; take a hundred ladies of quality, you'll find them better wives, better mothers, more willing to sacrifice their own… — Samuel Johnson
I remember with strong feelings the families who joined our movement and paid dues long before there was any hope of winning contracts. Sometimes, fathers… — Cesar Chavez
Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in their hands or… — Lyndon B. Johnson
In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own 4-H Club -… — Spiro T. Agnew
If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for… — Albert Einstein
Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of individuals will always seek to… — Alexis de Tocqueville
If it is the great delusion of moralists to suppose that all previous ages were less sinful than their own, then it is the great… — Louis Kronenberger
Uselessness is a fatal accusation to bring against any act which is done for its presumed utility, but those which are done for their own… — George Santayana

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