Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian (1795-1881)
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something. The strongest, by dispensing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything. The drop, by continually falling, bores its passage through the hardest rock. The hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar, and leaves no trace behind. – Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian (1795-1881)
Uday Hattem Al-Ghamimi, an Iraqi refugee
September 20, 2009
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“They say, ‘Let’s go back.’ It’s not what they were thinking. I told them, ‘Just be patient.’” – Uday Hattem Al-Ghamimi, an Iraqi refugee, on his family’s reaction to life in the United States.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Henry James
September 20, 2009
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“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.”
– Henry James
Thomas A. Edison
September 20, 2009
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“Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.”
– Thomas A. Edison
Charles Buxton
September 20, 2009
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“Silence is the severest criticism.” – Charles Buxton, brewer, philanthropist, writer and politician (1823-1871)
Willy Wonka
September 20, 2009
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“Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.”
~ Willy Wonka
Bill Mesce Jr
September 20, 2009
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“On the table in front of him was a plate, a few orts of supper nosed round by a pair of cats.” – Bill Mesce Jr; Officer of the Court; Bantam Books; 2002.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
September 20, 2009
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“I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes.” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
William James
September 20, 2009
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“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”
– William James
