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Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be serious… — Maria Montessori
The art of winning in business is in working hard - not taking things too seriously. — Elbert Hubbard
When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built… — Edith Hamilton
Custom looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present, but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that… — Charles Caleb Colton
Dating means two things; disillusionment or a racing heart. — Mae West
Recalling the aftermath of her father's death from alcoholism at age 42, this memoirist reminisces: I couldn't deny that our life was so much better… — Sonia Sotomayor
Death eats up all things, both the young lamb and the old sheep. — Miguel de Cervantes
In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves… — Cesar Chavez
When you have people together who believe in something very strongly - whether it's religion or politics or unions - things happen. — Cesar Chavez
We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces. — Cesar Chavez
Non-violence is very weak in the theoretical sense; it cannot defend itself. But it is most powerful in the action situation where people are using… — Cesar Chavez
...many have the idea that organizing people is very difficult, but it isn't. It becomes difficult only at the point where you begin to see… — Cesar Chavez
I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find… — Cesar Chavez
We are organizers at heart. Most of us in the movement take great pride in being able to put things together. — Cesar Chavez
All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be… — John Ruskin
Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding. — Eric Hoffer
Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer? — Saint Augustine
How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding ; How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile. — Henry David Thoreau
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Freedom is a very great reality, but it means above all things, freedom from lies. — D. H. Lawrence
Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its… — Robert H. Jackson
Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings. — John Donne
Whoever aims publicly at great things and at length perceives secretly that he is too weak to achieve them, has usually also insufficient strength to… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One of the first things they teach you in Driver's Ed is where to put your hands on the steering wheel. They tell you put… — George Carlin
Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes things to be simpler than they are, and so makes its theory more popular and… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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