"Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life."

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Source : Hamilton Wright Mabie (1900). “My Study Fire: First Series”

Hamilton Wright Mabie

#Fall Quotes #Genius Quotes #Human Life Quotes

“In seventh grade, false feelings and false faces are the rule.”
“The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.”
“I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.”
“Smiles come best from those who weep.”
“Even convicts, with whom I have spent some time, are not won over in any other way. Whenever I happened to speak sharply to them, I spoiled everything; on the contrary, when I praised them for their resignation and sympathized with them in their sufferings; when I told them they were fortunate to have their purgatory in this world, when I kissed their chains, showed compassion for their distress, and expressed sorrow for their misfortune, it was then that they listened to me, gave glory to God, and opened themselves to salvation.”
“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”

Source : Orison Swett Marden (2013). “The Wisdom of Orison Swett Marden”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
“When I'm about to train a new opera, I first listen to how Jussi BjÃ¶rling did it. His voice was unique and it's his path that I want to follow. I would more than anything else wish that people compared me with Jussi BjÃ¶rling. It's like so I'm striving to sing.”
“Whenever opportunity comes Kohli grabs it with both the hands.”

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