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| The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. | Henry George | 1839-1897, American Social Reformer, Economist |
| Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit. | Henry L. Doherty | 1870-1939, American Utilities Executive/Engineer |
| The world isn't kept running because it's a paying proposition. (God doesn't make a cent on the deal.) The world goes on because a few men in every generation believe in it utterly, accept it unquestioningly; they underwrite it with their lives. | Henry Miller | 1891-1980, American Author |
| All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. | Henry Miller | 1891-1980, American Author |
| Sin, guilt, neurosis --they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. | Henry Miller | 1891-1980, American Author |
| If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 1819-1892, American Poet |
| Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 1819-1892, American Poet |
| I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything. | Henry Ward Beecher | 1813-1887, American Preacher, Orator, Writer |
| The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. | Henry Ward Beecher | 1813-1887, American Preacher, Orator, Writer |
| Every winner has scars. | Herbert N. Casson | American Author |
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| I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. | Hermann Hesse | 1877-1962, German-born Swiss Novelist, Poet |
| There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge -- that is everywhere. | Hermann Hesse | 1877-1962, German-born Swiss Novelist, Poet |
| All men's gains are the fruit of venturing. | Herodotus | BC 484-425, Greek Historian |
| Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. | Herodotus | BC 484-425, Greek Historian |
| If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat. | Herschel Walker | |
| Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down. | Hitopadesa | 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantra |
| To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. | Horace | BC 65-8, Italian Poet |
| Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. | Horace | BC 65-8, Italian Poet |
| Some people grow under responsibility, others merely swell. | Hubbell | |
| One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The superior man perseveres long in his course, adapts to the times, but remains firm in his direction and correct in his goals. | I Ching | 12th Century BC, Chinese Book of Changes |
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| If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it. | Ignacy | Jan) Paderewski (1860-1941, Polish Pianist, Composer, Patriot |
| If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile. | Indian Proverb | Sayings of Indian Origin |
| He who knows little quickly tells it. | Italian Proverb | Sayings of Italian Origin |
| If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can. | Ivan Lendl | 1960-, Czech Tennis Player |
| Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch. | Ivern Ball | |
| You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all. | J. Askenberg | |
| To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. | J. Paul Getty | 1892-1976, American Oil Tycoon, Billionaire |
| All knowledge is ambiguous. | J. S. Habgood | 1927-, British Ecclesiastic, Archbishop of York |
| Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees. | J. Willard Marriott | American Businessman, Founder of Marriott Hotels |
| Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. | J. Yahl | |
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| It's a dangerous thing to think we know everything. | Jack Kuehler | |
| Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. | Jack Nicklaus | 1940-, American Golfer |
| One-tenth of the folks run the world. One-tenth watch them run it, and the other eighty percent don't know what the hell's going on. | Jake Simmons | American Industrialist |
| As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities. | James A. Froude | 1818-1894, British Historian |
| The essence of greatness is neglect of the self. | James A. Froude | 1818-1894, British Historian |
| An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. | James A. Michener | 1907-, American Writer |
| You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. | James Allen | 1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh'' |
| For lust of knowing what should not be known, we take the Golden Road to Samarkand. | James Elroy Flecker | 1884-1915, British Poet |
| You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round. | James J. Corbett | 1866-1933, American Heavyweight Boxer |
| True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgement. | James Russell Lowell | 1819-1891, American Poet, Critic, Editor |
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| He mastered whatever was not worth the knowing. | James Russell Lowell | 1819-1891, American Poet, Critic, Editor |
| ''Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it,'' said the Philosopher. | James Stephens | 1882-1950, Irish Poet, Author |
| It is necessary to be slightly under employed if you are to do something significant. | James Watson | 1928-, American Geneticist |
| Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. | James Whitcomb Riley | 1849-1916, American Poet |
| The most essential factor is persistence -- the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. | James Whitcomb Riley | 1849-1916, American Poet |
| Knowledge of ourselves teaches us whence we come, where we are and whither we are going. We come from God and we are in exile; and it is because our potency of affection lends towards God that we are aware of this state of exile. | Jan Van Ruysbroeck | |
| A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. | Jane Heard | |
| Fall seven times and stand up eight. | Japanese Proverb | Sayings of Japanese Origin |
| We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself. | Jean Baudrillard | French Postmodern Philosopher, Writer |
| The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion. | Jean Claude Killy | 1943-, French Alpine Skier |
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