"Every great crisis of human history is a……" — George William Curtis
"Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer."
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George William Curtis
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34 Quotes by George William Curtis
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Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
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Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper.
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While we read history we make history.
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Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
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The sure foundations of the state are laid in knowledge, not in ignorance; and every sneer at education, at culture,…
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I think that to have known one good, old man-one man, who, through the chances and mischances of a long…
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Patriotism, or the peculiar relation of an individual to his country, is like the family instinct. In the child it…
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Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!
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There is very little moral mixture in the 'Antislavery' feeling of this country. A great deal is abstract philanthropy; part…
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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
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Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.
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Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.
— Theodore Bikel
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
— William Blake
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My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.
— Mary J. Blige
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
— Thomas Carlyle
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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
— Dale Carnegie
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Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever…
— Dale Carnegie
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes…
— Dale Carnegie
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You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear…
— Dale Carnegie
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I don't conquer, I submit.
— Giacomo Casanova
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Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.
— Winston Churchill
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I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve…
— Winston Churchill
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