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"We know not of the future, and cannot plan for it much. But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be whenever and wherever the hour stricks that calls to noble action..., No man becomes suddenly different from his habit and cherished thought." »Joshua L. Chamberlain, General Commander 20th Maine, Union Forces,
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"All that spirits desire, spirits attain." »Kahlil Gibran
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"in those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri." »Douglas Adams
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"The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others." »Hazlitt
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"high living and high thinking are poles apart." »B. J. Gupta
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"Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success." »T. T. Munger
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"high thoughts must have high language." »Aristophanes
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"The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits." »John Gay
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"It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time." »George Gordon Byron
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"Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits." »Robert Louis Stephenson
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." »Albert Einstein
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"The best strategy to making money in the stock market is to buy an asset before it becomes too popular. You buy low and sell high, you do not buy high and hope you will sell higher. This is not an investment strategy it is speculation." »Med Jones
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"Commodities have shown a high correlation to inflation, especially in high inflation periods. in addition to diversification, the commodities asset class may also protect investment portfolios against an expected inflation or a declining local currency." »Med Jones
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"The worse the ill that fate on noble souls Inflicts, the more their firmness; and they arm Their spirits with adamant to meet the blow." »Hindu Drama
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"It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn - which is what life is all about." »Oprah Winfrey
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"Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day." »Thomas Jefferson
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"high office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make." »Robert Francis Kennedy
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"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world." »Conan Doyle
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"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." »Albert Einstein
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"Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams." »Mary Ellen Kelly
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"Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." »Theodore Roosevelt, The Man in the Arena
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"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." »Theodore Roosevelt
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"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." »Theodore Roosevelt
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"Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that." »Charles Dickens
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"The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them" »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how can you know about death" »Confucius
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"The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them." »Johann von Goethe
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"While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?" »Confucius, The Confucian Analects, bk. 11:11
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"What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living." »Doug Larson
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"Other people may not have high expectations of me, But I have high expectations for myself." »Shannon Miller
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