"My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in solitude to the labours of my profession, the only questions I ask myself are, What is right? What is just? What is for the public good?"

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Source : Joseph Howe (1858). “Speeches and Public Letters”, p.69

Joseph Howe

#Believe Quotes #Solitude Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“Life is full of surprises, isn't it?”
“Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.”
“If people don't want to be helped, leave them alone.”

Source : Ernesto Sirolli (1999). “Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship, and the Rebirth of Local Economies”, p.126, New Society Publishers
“There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.”

Source : "The Struggle for Russia". Book by Boris Yeltsin, 1994.
“The novelist screws up his courage in order to invest another two or three years in another attempt to float a boat of original design upon an invented ocean.”
“Life is a big fat gigantic stinking mess, that's the beauty of it, too.”
“In short, both experience and economic theory imply that the US could now t to a more competitive dollar without experiencing either increased inflation or decreased economic growth.”
“You know, as a woman, it is tough to get to the top - like to get to that respected level in this industry - in any industry, I think.”

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