"Any anxious thought as to the means to be employed in the accomplishment of our purposes is quite unnecessary. If the end is already secured, then it follows that all the steps leading to it are secured also."

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Source : Thomas Troward (2007). “The Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science”, p.35, Cosimo, Inc.

Thomas Troward

#Mean Quotes #Accomplishment Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great sea of being.”
“New Canada must be workable without Quebec, but it must be open and attractive enough to include a New Quebec.”
“I think, the 'Van Dyke Show' and 'Mary Poppins' are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn't want it to end.”
“Rush hour brings out the worst in some people. They make faces, gesture, yell, call names, bump you with their car, and lean on their horn over the slightest perception that they are right and you are wrong. If you take any of these signals seriously, you can be hurt every time you drive. If you cannot crack a joke within a few minutes of rear-ending someone on the freeway, don't go out there.”
“The counter-argument would be, so what if my sexual relationships are superficial, one can still have satisfying and rewarding relationships with friends, or parents, or siblings, or whatever.”
“The Barcelona youth program is one of the best in the world. As a kid, they teach you not to play to win, but to grow in ability as a player.”
“...mementos of this world, in which the things worth being were so easily exchanged for the things worth having.”

Source : William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”, Harcourt

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