"Unless a man has trained himself for his……" — William Matthews
"Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous."
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19 Quotes by William Matthews
William Matthews has 19 quotes on this site.
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The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach…
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Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.
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A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's…
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The same disappointments in life will chasten and refine one man's spirit, embitter another's.
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The power of music that poetry lacks is the ability to persuade without argument.
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One wellcultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when…
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Strive for excellence in your calling, but as a subsidiary to this: Do not fail to enrich your whole capital…
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The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly…
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It is not, of course, the subject that is or isn't dull, but the quality of attention that we do…
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We all have two childhoods, the unhappy one and the happy one.
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With the "civilized" person contentment is a myth. From the cradle to the grave they are forever longing and striving…
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The fullest instruction, and the fullest enjoyment are never derived from books, till we have ventilated the ideas thus obtained…
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More Chance Quotes
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those…
— Adam Arkin
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I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new…
— Darren Aronofsky
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If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster…
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
— Jane Austen
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Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality…
— Paul Auster
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance…
— Oksana Baiul
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
— Abigail Adams
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In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites…
— Ansel Adams
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
— Honore de Balzac
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You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be…
— Ernie Banks
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