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Category: Quotations

  • Quote: Katherine Anne Porter

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    >There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled. — Katherine Anne Porter

  • Quote: Confucius

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    >The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance. — Confucius

  • Quote: Buddah

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    >Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes. — Buddha

  • Quote: James A. Michener

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    > The main purpose of life is: To have a job in whose purpose you can believe; To have friends whose immediate purposes you can trust; To have some spot on earth to which you can return as home; To be at the same time a citizen of a larger world. -James A. Michener

  • Quote: Harriet Beecher Stowe

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    >As a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. — _Harriet Beecher Stowe_

  • Quick Quotes from Fast Comany

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    Smattering of nice quotations from [Fast Company](http://www.fastcompany.com). >”If you want to improve something, start measuring it.” -_Peter Lewis_ , CEO, Progressive Insurance >”Focus on those areas where you can achieve tangible progress.” -_Joe Simpson_ , Author, “Touching the Void” >”My definition of failure is ‘not learning.’” -_Patrick Lin_ , Managing Director, E*Offering >”Creative talent is…

  • Quote: George Bernard Shaw

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    >A reasonable man adapts himself to his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. — George Bernard Shaw