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| Knowledge is the most democratic source of power. | Alvin Toffler | 1928-, American Author |
| Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify. | Ambrose Bierce | 1842-1914, American Author, Editor, Journalist, ''The Devil's Dictionary'' |
| A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success. | Ambrose Bierce | 1842-1914, American Author, Editor, Journalist, ''The Devil's Dictionary'' |
| If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. | Anatole France | 1844-1924, French Writer |
| Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly. | Andre Gide | 1869-1951, French Author |
| We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity -- gunpowder and romantic love. | Andre Maurois | 1885-1967, French Writer |
| No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honour. | Andrew Carnegie | 1835-1919, American Industrialist, Philanthropist |
| Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. | Angelique Arnauld | |
| When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. | Anne Morrow Lindbergh | 1906-, American Author |
| How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. | Anne Sophie Swetchine | 1782-1857, Russian Author |
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| It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know. | Anthony Robbins | 1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant |
| If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime. | Anthony Robbins | 1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant |
| Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness. | Antoine De Saint-Exupery | 1900-1944, French Aviator, Writer |
| I am confident. I never give up. | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario | 1972-, Spanish Tennis Player |
| I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win. | Arnold Palmer | 1929-, American Golfer |
| I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. [Speaking Of Winston Churchill] | Arthur James Balfour | 1848-1930, British Conservative Politician, Prime Minister |
| Your biggest break can come from never quitting. Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity. | Arthur Pine | American Publisher, Author |
| Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge. | Arthur Rimbaud | 1854-1891, French Poet |
| Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities. | Arthur Schopenhauer | 1788-1860, German Philosopher |
| Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. | Arthur Schopenhauer | 1788-1860, German Philosopher |
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| Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage. | Auguste Comte | 1798-1857, French Founder of Positivist Philosophy |
| History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. | B. C. Forbes | 1880-1954, American Publisher |
| History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. | B. C. Forbes | 1880-1954, American Publisher |
| Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised. | Babe Didrikson Zaharias | 1924-1956, American Sportswoman -- Basketball, Golf, Track & Field |
| A couple of hours of practice is worth ten sloppy rounds. | Babe Didrikson Zaharias | 1924-1956, American Sportswoman -- Basketball, Golf, Track & Field |
| It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. | Babe Ruth | 1895-1948, American Baseball Player |
| You just can't beat the person who never gives up. | Babe Ruth | 1895-1948, American Baseball Player |
| True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. | Baltasar Gracian | 1601-1658, Spanish Philosopher, Writer |
| All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare. | Baruch | Benedict de) Spinoza (1632-1677, Dutch Philosopher and Theologian |
| So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere. | Beatrice Potter Webb | |
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| Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions. | Benjamin Disraeli | 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister |
| A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation. | Benjamin Disraeli | 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister |
| There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. | Benjamin Franklin | 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat |
| Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't. | Benjamin Franklin | 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat |
| God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country! | Benjamin Franklin | 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat |
| There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. | Benjamin Franklin | 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat |
| We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness. | Bern Williams | |
| Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear. | Bertolt Brecht | 1898-1956, German Dramatist, Poet |
| There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. | Bertrand Russell | 1872-1970, British Philosopher, Mathematician, Essayist |
| The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts- the less you know the hotter you get. | Bertrand Russell | 1872-1970, British Philosopher, Mathematician, Essayist |
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| You can live a lifetime and at the end, know more about other people than you know about yourself. | Beryl Markham | |
| Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace. | Bhagavad Gita | c. BC 400-, Sanskrit Poem Incorporated Into the Mahabharata |
| Great men are not always wise. | Bible | Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism |
| And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. [John 8:32] | Bible | Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism |
| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. [King Solomon] | Bible | Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism |
| Be ye therefore perfect, eve as your Father who is in heaven is perfect. | Bible | Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism |
| Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. [James 1:4] | Bible | Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism |
| For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16] | Bible | Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism |
| For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. [Hebrews 10:36] | Bible | Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism |
| Champions keep playing until they get it right. | Billie Jean King | 1943-, American Tennis Player |
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