"We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is happening to our neighbours."

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Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 142-44, speech at Southwick (Jan. 15, 1906), 1922.

Joseph Chamberlain

#Courage Quotes #Downhearted Quotes #Neighbour Quotes

“Visualization. It may be the most important part of your mental package.”
“Everybody loves to spend money at least some of the time - because everybody loves the stuff you can buy with it. The key to the pleasure level of any transaction is the balance between the pain of the payment and the reward of the purchased object.”
“And when you, O human, will return to Nature, that day your eyes will open, you will stare straight into the eyes of Nature and in its mirror you will see your image. You will knowthat when you hid from Nature, you hid from yourselfWe who have been turned away from Nature - if we desire life, we must establish a new relationship with Nature.”
“Nobody but you is responsible for your life. You are responsible for your life. What is your life? What is all life? What is every flower, every rock, every tree? Energy. And you're responsible for the energy you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.”
“The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech.”
“A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.”
“The principal and only way to make an heirloom product is to design something that people will need not just this year, but for the next 50 or 100 years.”
“Before judging a thin man, one must get some information. Perhaps he was once fat.”

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