Upon Quotes
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Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon.
— Denis Waitley
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Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images. And then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen…
— Denis Waitley
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I'd always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed.…
— Dan Millman
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I know that no reader ever asks a question. A writer must force his favors upon his readers.
— Jan Neruda
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There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses…
— Chris Van Allsburg
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Health is more than absence of disease; it is about economics, education, environment, empowerment, and community. The health and well being of the people is…
— Joycelyn Elders
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You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
— William Jennings Bryan
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
— William Jennings Bryan
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Death is not an ending, but a symbol of movement along the path upon which we are all traveling. As it may be painful to…
— John Denver
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The attempt to discover and promulgate the truth is nevertheless an obligation upon all scientists, one that must be persevered in no matter what the…
— Peter Medawar
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We embark unhesitatingly on the path, in a direction that is absolutely right and urgent, supported by everyone, in the knowledge that this path is…
— Yehudi Menuhin
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It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour.
— Winslow Homer
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What WE represent is the nexus of concrescent novelty that has been moving itself together, complexifying itself, folding itself in upon itself for billions and…
— Terence McKenna
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And we know that once we have a majority that are dependent upon the government, we will lose our freedom; it says we go into…
— Sharron Angle
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Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself, 'Go to! here is a distinguished statesman with…
— Kate Chopin
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It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our…
— Hosea Ballou
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Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas upon which the women…
— Rudolph Valentino
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The radiations that pour upon the earth cause the biosphere to take on properties unknown to lifeless planetary surfaces, and thus transform the face of…
— Vladimir Vernadsky
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I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source.
— Andrew Johnson
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I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event [Lincoln's assassination] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties…
— Andrew Johnson
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The makers of dictionaries are dependent upon specialists for their definitions. A specialist's definition may be true or it may be erroneous. But its truth…
— Benjamin Tucker
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The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think of lending a shilling to…
— Lysander Spooner
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You may pronounce the sentence upon me, honourable judge, but let the world know that in A.D. 1886, in the State of Illinois, eight men…
— August Spies
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But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do my best…
— Arthur Cayley
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To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy.
— Khalil Gibran
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