"It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance."

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Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

#Inspirational Quotes #Abundance Quotes #Enjoy Quotes

“Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.”
“The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.”
“Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk.”

Source : Source: www.newyorker.com
“I remember that at the beginning of the month, the kind of menus my mom and father would prepare for us would have fish, chicken. But at the end of the month - because my father would be waiting for paycheck - the refrigerator would get empty. I remember that without a lot of food left, some of the best meals happened right there.”
“Crushed to earth and rising again is an author's gymnastic. Once he fails to struggle to his feet and grab his pen, he will contemplate a fact he should never permit himself to face: that in all probability books have been written, are being written, will be written, better than anything he has done, is doing, or will do.”
“Breathe and don't try to be perfect.”
“The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors.”

Source : Anton Seidl (2014). “On Conducting”, p.100, Parrot Press
“So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.”

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