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I personally like this very much...

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."

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Krisi wrote:I personally like this very much...

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."

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I like it, too.
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Bambang wrote:
Krisi wrote:I personally like this very much...

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."

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I like it, too.
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You build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.
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"Flee the assiduous inquirer, for he is also a blabber."

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"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."

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He best can pity who has felt the woe...
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Some shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
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George Arliss wrote: Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
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"He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven."

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"When we blame, we give away our power."

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People only see what they are prepared to see. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. -David Tyson Gentry
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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

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"It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually."

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"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

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"Some shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom."
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"Let Nature be your Teacher" by William Wordsworth's poem"The Tables Turned"
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Be not as others are,
but simply as who you are.


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Strength doesn't come from what you can do,
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"Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself".

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“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”

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It is a very dangerous thing to listen. If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person.
... "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde
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"Veracity is the heart of morality."
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Loreley wrote:It is a very dangerous thing to listen. If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person.
... "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde
so true. but at some point or another most of us can see ourselves trapped in that situation but our senses, human reason and good judgement will tell us what's the truth. Evicting selfishness and greed.
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One of my favorite quotes that I want share through this topic reply is

"If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side."
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Be a man :geek:
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Loreley wrote:It is a very dangerous thing to listen. If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person.
... "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde
so true. but at some point or another most of us can see ourselves trapped in that situation but our senses, human reason and good judgement will tell us what's the truth. This is to exclude selfishness and greed.
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"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart." - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
"Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind." - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.
"You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget." - The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
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CDawson wrote:Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
- Mark Twain
The list of Great Quotations is never complete without something said by Mark Twain. His wisdom is priceless! :)
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I like theese quotes:
What we know is a drop; what we don't know is an ocean.
Isaac Newton
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
Lady Blessington
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
Maria Robinson
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - Quotes On Moving On
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