Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum of opportunity for accidents to happen.
Inspiring Reality Quotes to Help You Embrace Life - page 133
I was vehemently against acquisitions. Now let's buy everything in sight. Well, that's a slight exaggeration. We are a little more strategic than that. But everything was on sale.
Larry Ellison
The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They were his absolute unity in the midst of eternal change.
Thomas Wolfe
Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.
Tara Stiles
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A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
Tim Ferriss
Would people know that nothing can happen unless the entire universe makes it happen, they would achieve much more with less expenditure of energy.
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Howard Thurman
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