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I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Author: Aristotle, Source: UnknownSaved by bluesfreak in excellence habit virtue 3 years ago[save this] [permalink]We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.
Those who refuse to participate in politics usually end up being governed by their inferiors.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of the heart, and that is softness of the head.
Author: Theodore Roosevelt, Source: UnknownSaved by bluesfreak in education reason intelligence 4 years ago[save this] [permalink]The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Author: Theodore Roosevelt, Source: UnknownSaved by bluesfreak in america safety duty peace prosperity greed 4 years ago[save this] [permalink]
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