“It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.”
— John Ruskin
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The day when a sportsman stops thinking
“The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.”
— Pierre de Coubertin
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Few enterprises of great labor or hazard
“Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.”
— Samuel Johnson
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He who steals a little steals with
“He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.”
— Plato
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I am not unconscious of the persuasive
“I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.”
— Benjamin F. Wade
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A witty woman is a treasure; a
“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.”
— George Meredith
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One reason so few of us achieve
“One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.”
— Tony Robbins
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We are born to action; and whatever
“We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.”
— Rush Limbaugh
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True contentment is a thing as active
“True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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What it lies in our power to
“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”
— Aristotle
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We continue to recognize the greater ability
“We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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