"To have a quiet mind is to possess……" — Hamilton Wright Mabie
"To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self."
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19 Quotes by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Hamilton Wright Mabie has 19 quotes on this site.
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The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants but when…
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New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless…
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There is no kind obondage which life lays upon us that may not yield both sweetness and strength; and nothing…
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He strains his conversation through a cigar.
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Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.
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The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and…
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Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for…
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Genius is intensity of life; an overflowing vitality which floods and fertilizes a continent or a hemisphere of being; which…
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The book of the moment often has immense vogue, while the book of the age, which comes in its company…
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A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he…
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It is better to go down on the great seas which human hearts were made to sail than to rot…
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Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action…
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I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.
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I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
— Vannevar Bush
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There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.
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There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
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A calm environment is for after I finish work.
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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
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