"Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a……" — George Matthew Adams
"Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford."
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George Matthew Adams
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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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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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We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can.
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then…
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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Well begun is half done.
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A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole…
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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
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What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition…
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