By Richard Alan Krieger
Those 8000 smart and insightful sayings, prepared through subject, will enhance the prose of writers, public audio system, and someone looking to lead or convince. It additionally presents a wealth of inspirational affirmations to steer us in our lives. chinese language proverbs, Roman maxims and the knowledge of writers from William Penn to Kahlil Gibran disguise topics from humility and persistence to braveness, will and motion. the subjects are prepared in a chain that starts with delivery and progresses during the seasons of the "Ideal Life." whilst attainable, every one citation flows into the following one in order that the complete part reads similar to a speech given through one individual. In different sections, one citation performs off one other, making a full of life dialogue among the authors.
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W. S. ” — F. ” — English proverbs “Take no thought of the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. ” — “Each morning we are born again. ” — Sophocles “For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision. Look well therefore to this day!
John Davison Rockefeller Jr. ” — J. ” — Cleanthes “We are but as the instrument of Heaven. ” — Confucius “We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. ” — Bulwer-Lytton “Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. ” — “Necessity is harsh. ” — Heraclitus “Que Sera, Sera . . ” — G. K. ” — Seneca “Men, at some time, are masters of their fates. ” — Old proverb “The well of Providence is deep. ” — Mary Webb “The winds of grace blow all the time. ” — J. ” — Channing Pollock “In the queer mess of human destiny the determining factor is Luck.
Cleanthes “We are but as the instrument of Heaven. ” — Confucius “We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. ” — Bulwer-Lytton “Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. ” — “Necessity is harsh. ” — Heraclitus “Que Sera, Sera . . ” — G. K. ” — Seneca “Men, at some time, are masters of their fates. ” — Old proverb “The well of Providence is deep. ” — Mary Webb “The winds of grace blow all the time. ” — J. ” — Channing Pollock “In the queer mess of human destiny the determining factor is Luck.