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adversity men open-minded
Nothing makes a man broad-minded like adversity. Will Rogers
adversity trends horrible
Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that? Winston Churchill
adversity issues doubt
There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.
adversity years wish
I am weary of a task which is done and I hope I shall not shrink when the aftermath ends. My only wish is to live peacefully out the remaining years - if years they be.
adversity drunk down-and
I look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.
adversity office feelings
If I stay on for the time being, bearing the burden at my age, it is not because of love for power or office. I have had an ample share of both. If I stay it is because I have a feeling that I may, through things that have happened, have an influence about what I care about above all else, the building of a sure and lasting peace.
adversity broken darkness
I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness... We are in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude which has befallen Great Britain and France. Do not let us blind ourselves to that... Do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning.
adversity dark night
If you have not clung to a broken piece of your old ship in the dark night of the soul, your faith may not have the sustaining power to carry you through to the end of the journey. Rufus Jones
adversity black clouds crystal falls hope hour rain
In the hour of adversity be not without hope For crystal rain falls from black clouds Persian Proverb
greatness men calling
You cannot raise a man up by calling him down. William J. H. Boetcker
greatness distinction expenses
Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside. William Gilmore Simms
greatness magic genius
The bolder the action, the greater the genius, magic and power that is likely to flow from it. Robert Ringer
greatness healthy arrogance
The arrogance is not greatness but swelling; and the swelling seems big but it's not healthy. Saint Augustine
greatness thinking opposites
The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the stuff of greatness whereas certain contemporary Americans indubitably are. Their critics often advance the exact opposite: British fiction is cool, American naff. Will Self
greatness saving-money ifs
If you cannot save money, the seeds of greatness are not in you. W. Clement Stone
greatness rumor use
I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness. W. C. Fields
greatness men tao
One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent. Zhuangzi
greatness achievement black-history
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. Yvette Clarke
preparation investing economy
The only preparation for prospering in the global economy is investing in ourselves. William J. Clinton
preparation deprivation stimulus
Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb Robertson Davies
preparation hours minutes
Hours of preparation for something that is excecuted, with extreme precision, in a few minutes. Just as with a judo throw. Yves Klein
preparation alternatives moments
If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies. John Cleese
preparation meetings
Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting. John Bolton
preparation ifs sure-thing
It's a sure thing that you'll not finish if you don't start. Napoleon Hill
preparation can-do i-can
What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do. Joe Namath
preparation theatre four
I prepare myself very intensely. I am at the theatre four hours before the performance. It allows for complete concentration and preparation. Natalia Makarova
preparation use canvas
I don't know in advance what I am going to put on canvas any more than I decide beforehand what colours I am going to use. Pablo Picasso