"Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation."

-- Robert H. Schuller

#Wisdom Quotes #Accomplishment Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is not most clearly and indispensably necessary for the safety and well being of society.”

Source : Richard Henry Lee (1825). “Memoir of the Life of Richard H. Lee, and His Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Men in America and Europe”, p.61
“I can't ever give up, because I can't ever leave my daughters,”

Source : "Cancer Didn't Stop Stuart Scott From Delivering Heartfelt ESPYs Speech" by Laura Vitto, mashable.com. July 17, 2014.
“Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country”
“The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldnt find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners.”
“All of a sudden, those few pages of script that he had shown me with the weird images I could visualize all of that in my brain, and I knew that there was this mad little genius at work here and I really wanted to do the film.”
“The real issue, as far as Democrats are concerned, is the number of people receiving something from the government. This is exactly what Franklin Delano Roosevelt had in mind when he created this monster. And Clinton is planning to expand it beyond Roosevelt's wildest dreams.”
“As a senior in high school my counselor recommended that I soften my science and math direction with an art course. Fortunately my high school offered a new course in B&W photography, so I opted for that instead of art, towards which I had an aversion. Composition is something that comes pretty naturally to me and I appreciate ordered chaos: the photo class turned out to be fun.”
“Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.”

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