"As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality."

-- Alexis Carrel

#Personality Quotes #Quality Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“The Spirit never makes men the instruments of converting others until they feel that they cannot do it themselves; that their skill in argument, in persuasion, in management, avails nothing.”
“Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets.”
“Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.”

Source : Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion
“You cannot buy your health; you must earn it through healthy living.”

Source : Joel Fuhrman (2011). “Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss”, p.113, Hachette UK
“My writing is translated into every Indian language, it's distributed in pamphlets, in little private video things, it's everywhere. So it's a lovely pastime for the middle class to think of itself as the whole nation.”
“You only stay in front by coming up with ideas your new competitors haven't thought of yet.”
“How shall I sum up my life? I think I've been particularly lucky. Does that have something to do with faith also? I know my mother always used to say, 'Good things aren't supposed to just fall in your lap. God is very generous, but he expects you to do your part first.' So you have to make that effort. But at the end of a bad time or a huge effort, I've always had - how shall I say it? - the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.”
“When we think we know people inside out and we think we know what's best for them we should try to remember we don't even know what's best for ourselves.”

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