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 Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.  Better be quarrelling than lonesome. Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be. To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so. Dogs come when they are called; cats take a message and get back to you. - Mary Bly A word after a word after a word is power. In action, be primitive; in foresight, a strategist. The moment one definitely commits oneself, the Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help that would never otherwise have occurred. A stream of events issues from the decision, raising unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron. Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better. The brave venture anything. Whatever is well said by another, is mine. - Seneca Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. Conscience is a cur that will let you get past it but that you cannot keep from barking. Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman, the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and a goat and equally formidable on both scores. God helps the brave. The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves, they find their own order ... the continuous thread of revelation. For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again. - Bible Great and good are seldom the same man. 
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