"...ambition or contentment? This simple question led me……" — John M. Geddes
"...ambition or contentment? This simple question led me back to a more balanced view of life and put me in touch with the Me I used to know..."
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26 Quotes by John M. Geddes
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...summer softens lines that winter cruelly shows...
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...when I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into…
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December's wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer's memory.
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...you can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my…
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Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin - inhale deeply and fill your soul with…
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...each heart is made of a different stone - no two feel alike nor break the same way ...
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Here's what I've learned - people will hurt you, but you don't have to respond: Not every mean comment or…
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...the winter is kind and leaves red berries on the boughs for hungry sparrows...
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I have found, beauty is the illumination of the mind...
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The abyss you stare into and that stares back at you is your reflection in the mirror - we all…
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...that icy glass reduces your beauty - dims your fire - let me be your mirror...
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...I see myself at crossroads in my life, mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights…
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was…
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
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