Aristotle Quotes

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Aristotle quotesNo great genius is without an admixture of madness. Aristotle

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. Aristotle

Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them. Aristotle

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. Aristotle
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George Orwell Quotes

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George Orwell quotesWho controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. George Orwell

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. George Orwell

At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas of which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly forbidden to say this, that or the other, but it is ‘not done’ to say it… Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the high-brow periodicals. George Orwell
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Warren Buffett Quotes

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Warren Buffett quotesIt’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swimming naked. Warren Buffett

Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without the first, you really want them to be dumb and lazy. Warren Buffett

There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count, and those who can’t. Warren Buffett

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to lose it. Warren Buffett

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Ernest Hemingway Quotes

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Ernest Hemingway quotesMy aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way. Ernest Hemingway

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway

Never mistake motion for action. Ernest Hemingway

Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Ernest Hemingway

A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. Ernest Hemingway
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Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

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Theodore Roosevelt quotesWhenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly, I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it. Theodore Roosevelt

We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done. Theodore Roosevelt

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Theodore Roosevelt

In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do. The worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt
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Thomas Carlyle Quotes

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Thomas Carlyle quotesA loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. Thomas Carlyle

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. Thomas Carlyle

A man perfects himself by work much more than by reading. Thomas Carlyle

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune’s inequality exhibits under this sun. Thomas Carlyle

A man’s honest, earnest opinion is the most precious of all he possesses: let him communicate this, if he is to communicate anything. Thomas Carlyle
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