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Personality Quotes (page 149)

Henry Ward Beecher quote: "A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without..."
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road. Henry Ward Beecher
There was never proud man thought so absurdly well of himself, as the lover doth of the person loved; and therefore it was well said, That it is impossible to love, and to be wise. Francis Bacon
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as hard duty. Never regard study as duty but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs. Albert Einstein
Being made merely in the image of God but not otherwise resembling him enough to be mistaken by anybody but a very near sighted person. Mark Twain
George Washington quote: "Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s..."
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world. George Washington
Characters take on life sometimes by luck, but I suspect it is when you can write more entirely out of yourself, inside the skin, heart, mind, and soul of a person who is not yourself, that a character becomes in his own right another human being on the page. Eudora Welty
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. Jim Rohn
Janeane Garofalo quote: "There is no way any rational, reasonable person can saythat..."
There is no way any rational, reasonable person can saythat the Bush Administration has been good for America. Janeane Garofalo
I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith. Mahatma Gandhi
In any case, if recognition arising from proximate circumstances based upon fleeting criteria constitutes the sole measure of our personal significance, recognition will be both mercurial and insufficient. Neal A. Maxwell
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make..."
She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies. Kurt Vonnegut
Mahatma Gandhi quote: "I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me..."
I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I aminvincible. Mahatma Gandhi
Jodi Picoult quote: "It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells..."
It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it. Jodi Picoult
What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism. Albert Einstein
In one thing you have not changed, dear friend," said Aragorn: "you still speak in riddles."What? In riddles?" said Gandalf. "No! For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying. J. R. R. Tolkien

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