Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.
~quotes on Curmudgeons by Edgar Saltus I wouldn't mind dying - it's the business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me.
~sayings on Death by R. Geis Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.
~quotations on Humor by Mary Hirsch I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
~funny witty quotes by James Madison, speech, Virginia Convention, 1788 It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door, he used to say. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.
~saying about witty by J.R.R. Tolkien, Three Is Company, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954Motivational Quotes
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The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted.
~quote about Listening by Andre Gide He who strikes first shows his ideas have run out.
~quotes on Maturing Altruistically by Then there is the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of six inches.
~sayings on Statistics by W.I.E. Gates You know why there are so many whitefish in the Yellowstone River? Because the Fish and Game people have never done anything to help them.
~quotations on Nature by Russell Chatham, Silent Seasons, 1978 There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light.
~funny witty quotes by N.P. Willis I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.
~saying about witty by William Albert Allard, The Photographic Essay Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.
~quote about Speaking by Author Unknown An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
~quotes on Peace by Mahatma Gandhi The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties.
~sayings on Civilization by Carol Matthau Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.
~quotations on Grandparents by Lord Chesterfield The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.
~funny witty quotes by François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665 Objects are inorganic and biological values; subjects are social and intellectual values
~saying about witty by Robert M. Pirsig If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
~quote about Gossip by Alice Duer Miller Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.
~quotes on Heartache by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them, either. They keep you.
~sayings on Habits by Frank Crane We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them
~quotations on Adversity by Charles C. West Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own.
~funny witty quotes by Louis J. Helle, Jr., Spring in Washington Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
~saying about witty by H.L. Mencken, Minority Report, 1956 They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers.
~quote about Environment by James G. Watt, quoted in Newsweek, 8 March 1982 The best time to make friends is before you need them.
~quotes on Friendship by Ethel Barrymore Elder sisters never can do younger ones justice!
~sayings on Sisters by Charlotte M. Yonge Old houses mended,Cost little less than new before they're ended.
~quotations on Housewarming by Colley Cibber The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for.
~funny witty quotes by Jane Austen I no longer have the fear of being alone. It's cool to find out that you don't need a boyfriend to be happy.
~saying about witty by Drew Barrymore The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all
~quote about Education by Aung San Suu Kyi I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
~quotes on Human Rights by Barry Goldwater I wish someone would have told me that, just because I'm a girl, I don't have to get married.
~sayings on Feminism by Marlo Thomas There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.
~quotations on Helping by Andrew Carnegie There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
~funny witty quotes by Martial No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself.
~saying about witty by Rabbi Sofer Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
~quote about Mistakes by Phyllis Theroux, Night Lights A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age
~quotes on Birthdays by Robert Frost
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