"Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us."

-- Wilhelm von Humboldt

#Power Quotes #Crowns Quotes #Fancy Quotes

“What gets measured gets done.”

Source : Tom Peters (2010). “The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness”, p.284, Vintage
“There is no peace to be taken With poets who are young, For they worry about the wars to be fought and the songs that must be sung.”

Source : Joyce Kilmer (1968). “Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems”
“The best advice I can give people when they buy Burgundy, which is a bit of a roulette game, is to look for producers who are tried and true... Look for the name of the producer, whether Michel Lafarge, Domaine Leflaivre, Dominique Lafont, or another. When they put their name on the bottle, they're proud.”
“Face it, the system is rigged, and it's rigged against us.”
“Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic we are: that we will never be loved, happy or valuable unless we have the body, the face, the hair, even the personality that will apparently be ours, if only we buy their products.”
“I create situations that do not exist. I seek the truth from fiction.”
“It is perfectly acceptable to have a physical problem in our culture, but people tend to shy away from anything that has to do with the emotions.”

Source : John E. Sarno (2001). “Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection”, p.52, Hachette UK
“The Bible is ... as necessary to spiritual life as breath is to natural life. There is nothing more essential to our lives than the Word of God.”

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