George Muller Quotes

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George Muller quotesA child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may live to blight and blast mankind, and leave influences of evil which shall roll on in increasing volume till they plunge into the gulf of eternal perdition. George Muller

A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised. George Muller

Be assured that Christianity is something more than forms and creeds and ceremonies: there is life, and power, and reality, in our holy faith. George Muller
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Joseph Pilates Quotes

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Joseph Pilates quotes[Pilates] is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control over your body. Joseph Pilates

A body free from nervous tension and fatigue is the ideal shelter provided by nature for housing a well balanced mind, fully capable of successfully meeting all the complex problems of modern living. Joseph Pilates

A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion. Joseph Pilates

A man is as young as his spinal column. Joseph Pilates
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Arnold Palmer Quotes

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Arnold Palmer quotesA lot of people are afraid of winning. I was afraid I might not win. Arnold Palmer

An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays. Arnold Palmer

As long as I can stay competitive and have fun doing what I’m doing, I guess I’ll keep doing it. Arnold Palmer

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger. Arnold Palmer

Even before you step up to the ball, have a full battle plan for the hole worked out. Arnold Palmer
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Woody Hayes Quotes

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Woody Hayes quotes
Woody Hayes with fullback Dick Doyle and assistant coach Ernie Godfrey, 1952.

A good football player finds out that he gets knocked down dozens of times. But he gets up, and the first thing he knows he’s knocking other people down. The great thing about football is that when you get knocked down, you get up and go again. You don’t lie there and moan and groan and rail against the fates. Woody Hayes

A man is always better than he thinks. Woody Hayes

All my life I have been and always will be a hero-worshiper. Woody Hayes

Any time you give a man something he doesn’t earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. Woody Hayes

Being cold, like being determined to win, is just a state of mind. Woody Hayes
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Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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Margaret Thatcher quotesAll attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual. Margaret Thatcher

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. Margaret Thatcher

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. Margaret Thatcher

Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd. Margaret Thatcher
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Erich Fromm Quotes

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Erich Fromm quotes
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Erich Fromm Quotes from Escape from Freedom (1941)

Authority is not a quality one person ”has,” in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him. Erich Fromm

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. Erich Fromm

Like the effect of advertising upon the customer, the methods of political propaganda tend to increase the feeling of insignificance of the individual voter. Erich Fromm
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