The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of nothing attempted, nothing gained and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
BILL VAUGHANThese are days you’ll remember. If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Democracy in Yemen did not stop, instead it is in a continuous development, there is no other way to follow rather than democracy, it is our national way for building up our country, it was not imposed on us by others.
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Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like ‘excuse me’, and other such simple courtesies.
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
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Someday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.
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The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye, He would see that no one is weaker than himself.
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Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.
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The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.
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Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third.
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Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head.
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The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don’t be upset at the results.
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When gossip grows old it becomes myth.
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It turns out there’s only one thing that capuchins really, really love – and that’s sweet stuff. If you give them a big vat of say, marshmallow fluff, and you let them go at it.
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What the heck do you think I’m doing? I’m laying these darn bricks! He then walked over to the second bricklayer and asked the same question.
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These are days you’ll remember. If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.
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We didn’t used to think that having several of these little risk factors were a big deal. But it is. These little risk factors add up in a way that is worse for you than one big risk factor.
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Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?
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He (God) doesn’t need me, but He desires me.
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One of the quickest ways to become exhausted is by suppressing your feelings.
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Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
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If you think that one individual can’t make a difference in the world, consider what one cigar can do in a nine-room house.
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And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.
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The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
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Pipe-smokers spend so much time cleaning, filling and fooling with their pipes, they don’t have time to get into mischief.
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Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds?
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Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
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Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.
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