"Learn to keep the door shut, keep out……" — George Matthew Adams
"Learn to keep the door shut, keep out of your mind and out of your world every element that seeks admittance with no definite helpful end in view."
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46 Quotes by George Matthew Adams
George Matthew Adams has 46 quotes on this site.
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Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine…
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A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
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What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you…
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Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with…
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There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone…
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No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.
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Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may…
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It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the…
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It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige.
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He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day...needs to reorganize his life
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Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.
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Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire
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More Admittance Quotes
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one of 13 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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To pray is to let God into our lives. He knocks and seeks admittance, not only in the solemn hours…
— Ole Hallesby
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All scientists know of colleagues whose minds are so well equipped with the means of refutation that no new idea…
— Peter Medawar
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MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into…
— Ambrose Bierce
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We of course have our problems, to say the least, in comportment towards ourselves and our environment, but admittance to…
— Paul Levinson
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Tis gold Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up This deer to th' stand…
— William Shakespeare
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And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and…
— David Duke
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They hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The older woman waiting for admittance looked at me, then over her shoulder at Patch, who was vanishing down the…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Everyone strives to attain the Law,' answers the man, 'how does it come about, then, that in all these years…
— Franz Kafka
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It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them…
— Seneca the Younger
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Jealousy is simply an unwitting admittance of ones own flaws and failings.
— Senoraroy
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As it is with the love of the body, so with the friendship of the mind, the full is only…
— Ankie
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