"Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character."

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Source : William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

William Arthur Ward

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“Eventually you stop paying attention to your own feelings when there's nothing to be done about them.”

Source : Ben Marcus (2012). “The Flame Alphabet”, p.29, Vintage
“Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina”
“The more readings a novel has, even contradictory, the better. In journalism, you talk about what you know; you have provided yourself with records, you have gathered information, you have performed interviews. In a novel, you talk about what you don't know, because the novel comes from the unconscious. They are very different relationships with words and with the world. In journalism, you talk about trees; in the novel, you try to talk about the forest.”
“The Bible says we're to be moderate in all things. It's good to help others but not at the expense of your own family.”

Source : Lori Copeland (2009). “Unwrapping Christmas”, p.19, Harper Collins
“West Bengal belongs to Bengalis. We should live here like a king and not as servants.”
“Consider that nothing in human life is stable; for then you will not exult overmuch in prosperity, nor grieve overmuch in adversity. Rejoice over the good things which come to you, but grieve in moderation over the evils which befall you.”

Source : Isocrates (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Isocrates (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics
“I write from a thorough conviction that it is the duty of me, and with the belief that, after every drawback and shortcoming, I do my best, all things considered--that is for me, and, so being, the not being listened to by one human creature would, I hope, in nowise affect me.”
“When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by a world, but by a million possible worlds.”

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