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| No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.
Charles Kendall Adams An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act.
The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Thu, Oct 14, 10 at 19:40
| I like your quotes. Especially the first one. |
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- Posted by sayhellonow (My Page) on Fri, Oct 15, 10 at 15:56
| "We speculate as to what is in store for us." This reminds me of another quote: "Life is what happens when we are making other plans." |
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