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The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives.
Paul DaviesRead
The cynic thinks that he is being practical and that the hopeful person is not. It is actually the other way around. Cynicism is paralyzing, while the naïve person tries what the cynic says is impossible and sometimes succeeds.
Charles EisensteinRead
The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?
Seth GodinRead
It may be said that an education which does not succeed in making poetry a resource in the business of life as well as in its leisure, has something the matter with it.
John DeweyRead
But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.
Fareed ZakariaRead
If we succeed with something, that is only because others are in need of what e have produced. And the more success we have with something, the more people require that we express it. So it goes without saying, as a result of this we in principle never win out, others win. We always lose
Andrei TarkovskyRead
To have made even one person's life a little better, that is to succeed.
Henry David ThoreauRead
I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows. If I fail, if I succeed...At least I live as I believe. No matter what they take from me, They can't take away my dignity. Because the greatest love of all is happening to me. I found the greatest love of all inside of me. The greatest love of all is easy to achieve. Learning to LOVE YOURSELf...It is the GREATEST love of all
Whitney HoustonRead
One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others. When we succeed in this, we find that the scale of our own problems diminishes. This is not to say we should ignore our own needs altogether, but rather that we should try to remember others' needs alongside our own, no matter how pressing ours may be
Dalai LamaRead
To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.
Alan GreenspanRead
Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerRead
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. EdisonRead
The road to gooď is the roughest and steepest in _x000D_ the universe. It is a wonder that so many succeed, _x000D_ no wonder that so many fall. Character has to be _x000D_ established through a thousand stumbles.
Swami VivekanandaRead
Any society that does not succeed in tapping into the energy and creativity of its youth will be left behind.
Kofi AnnanRead
I'm not afraid of failure; I'm afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.
William CareyRead
If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems. We need to face them, to deal with them without violence, but with confidence - and never give up. If you adopt a non-violent approach, but are also hesitant within, you’ll not succeed. You have to have confidence and keep up your efforts - in other words, never give up.
Dalai LamaRead
If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong.
Leo RostenRead
If Vancouver did not succeed as Starbucks from '87 on, our entire international business, which is now thousands of stores and a significant amount of growth and profit, may not have existed.
Howard SchultzRead
When you're not afraid to fail, you'll most certainly have the confidence to succeed.
Ralph MarstonRead
In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but for the two together. With these means, man can attain perfection.
PlatoRead
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen KellerRead

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