FAVORITE QUOTES

BY AUTHORS - "I-J"

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. (Washington Irving)

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. (Washington Irving)

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. (Lloyd Jones)

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. (William James)

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. (William James)

The man who wins may have been counted out several times, but he didn't
hear the referee.
(H.E. Jansen)

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. (Thomas Jefferson)

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. (Thomas Jefferson )

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (Jesus Christ)

Clear your mind of can't. (Samuel Johnson)

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. (Samuel Johnson)

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. (Lloyd Jones)

 

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