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More quotations
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Douglas W. Morrison
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Feb 11, 2009 16:33 PST
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"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another."
~ John Dewey
"It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the
equivalent of what he takes out of it."
~ Albert Einstein
"A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of
no one."
~ Emily Post
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for
others?' "
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change
them yourself."
~ Andy Warhol
"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep
walking, eventually you'll make progress."
~ Barack Obama
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
~ Sun Tzu
"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
~ Benjamin Franklin
"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest
willing to let them."
~ Robert Frost
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."
~ Wayne Gretzky
The remainder sent by Boey -- thanks as always!
John Kennedy once said to a assembled group of scholars in the White
House, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of
human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with
the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
Quotations from Thomas Jefferson:
"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we
shall become as corrupt as Europe."
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are
willing to work and give to those who would not."
"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A
principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them."
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results
from too much government."
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and
bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in
government."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood
of patriots and tyrants."
"Banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing
armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the
issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the
banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive
the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the
continent their fathers conquered."
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