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“I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.” -Jonas Salk
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” -Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk was born in 1914. Jonas Edward Salk passed on in 1995.
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“I want to do the right thing, but often I don’t know just what the right thing is. Every day I know I have come short of what I would like to have done. Yet as the years pass and I see the very world itself, with its oceans and mountains and plains, as something unfinished, a peculiar little satisfaction hunts out the corners of my heart. Sunsets and evening shadows find me regretful at tasks undone, but sleep and the dawn and the air of the morning touch me with freshening hopes. Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny.” -Carl Sandburg
“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” -Carl Sandburg: “Washington Monument by Night”
Carl Augustus Sandburg was born on 6 January 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States of America. He became a poet, a novelist, a folklorist, a balladeer, and a historian. Carl Augustus Sandburg passed on at 89 years of age on 22 July 1967 in Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States of America.
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“A man’s hatred of his own condition no more helps to improve it than hatred of other people tends to improve them.” -George Santayana
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, also known as George Santayana, was born on 16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain. He became an American philosopher, critic, essayist, novelist, and poet. Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás passed on at 88 years of age on 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy.
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“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know . . . One who doesn’t try cannot fail and become wise.” -William Saroyan
William Saroyan was born in 1908. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a playwright. William Saroyan passed on in 1981.
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“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” -Virginia Satir
“We must not allow other peoples’ limited perceptions to define us.” -Virginia Satir
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“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” -Jean Paul Sartre
“What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.” -Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was born on 21 June 1905 in Paris, France. He became a novelist, a biographer, a dramatist, a screenwriter, and a literary critic. Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre passed on at 74 years of age on 15 April 1980 in Paris, France.
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“I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.” -Diane Sawyer
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“Trouble shared is trouble halved.” -Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayers was born in 1893. She was married to Oswald Arthur Fleming in 1926. She became a novelist and a detective fiction writer. She is known as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. In 1947, she stopped writing detective novels and concentrated on translating Dante and lecturing on philosophy, medieval literature, and religion. Dorothy Leigh Sayers passed on in 1957.
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“Life is a process. We are a process. The Universe is a process.” -Anne Wilson Schaef
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“It is so important not to waste what is precious by spending all one’s time and emotion on fretting or complaining over what one does not have.” -Edith Schaeffer
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“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
“It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
“What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was born on 22 February 1788 in Danzig, Germany. He became a philosopher. He is known for his book, “The World as Will and Representation.” Arthur Schopenhauer passed on at 72 years of age on 21 September 1860 in Main, Germany.
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“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” -Howard Schultz
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“If you have a goal in life that takes a lot of energy, that requires a lot of work, that incurs a great deal of interest and that is a challenge to you, you will always look forward to waking up to see what the new day brings.” -Susan Polis Schultz
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“A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.” -Charles M. Schwab
“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. There is nothing that so kills the ambitions of a man as criticisms from his superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a man incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.” -Charles M. Schwab
“I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.” -Charles M. Schwab
“Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business.” -Charles M. Schwab
“The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others.” -Charles M. Schwab
“The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.” -Charles Schwab
Charles M. Schwab was born in 1862. He was an American industrialist and businessman. Charles M. Schwab passed on in 1939.
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“I read a lot of biographies of people who had accomplished great things, people such as John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate (no relation), and many others. I saw the importance of determination, or passion and fighting hard for what you believed in, and the importance of optimism and believing good things are possible. All the people I read about had a maniacal focus on growth.” -Charles Schwab: “Invested - Changing Forever The Way Americans Invest” (2019)
“Recognizing a business opportunity is only one part of succeeding as an entrepreneur. The key is acting on your business insight and following through . . . A business like ours comes down to two things; a big idea that makes a difference in people’s lives, and people who believe in it and will see it through to fruition day after day, despite what may get in the way. You have to get both right.” -Charles Schwab: “Invested - Changing Forever The Way Americans Invest” (2019)
“To this day I encourage young executives to get training in public speaking. No matter how good they are, mastering those moments in front of an audience is crucial to leading others, and it rarely comes naturally.” -Charles Schwab: “Invested - Changing Forever The Way Americans Invest” (2019)
Charles Robert Schwab was born on 29 July 1937 in Sacramento, California, United States of America. He is an investment and finance executive. He is known as the founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation.
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“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe one hundred percent.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger
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“You cannot help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.” -H. Norman Schwarzkopf
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“The spirit of man is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” -Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott was born in 1868. He became a Captain. Robert Falcon Scott passed on in 1912.
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“Success depends above all, upon people. Build relationships, teams, partnerships - and motivate people to contribute. Cultivate leadership, creativity, excellence. Listen; seek new ideas and advice.” -Ruth Scott
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“The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.” -Walter Scott
Walter Scott was born in 1771. Walter Scott passed on in 1832.
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“As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do.” -Zachary Scott
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“A writer who says there are no truths, or that all truth is merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.” -Roger Scruton: “Modern Philosophy” (1994)
Roger Vernon Scruton was born on 27 February 1944 in Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He became a writer. Roger Vernon Scruton passed on at 75 years of age on 12 January 2020 in Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England.
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“Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?” -Frank Scully
Frank Scully is an American journalist.
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“The only certainty is that nothing is certain.” -Gaius Plinius Secundus
“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.” -Gaius Plinius Secundus
Gaius Plinius Secundus, also known as Pliny the Elder, was born in C.E. 23 or C.E. 24 in Comum, Italy. He was a statesman and scholar of ancient Rome. He is known as the author of “Naturalis Historia.” Gaius Plinius Secundus passed on at 55 years of age on C.E. 25 August 79.
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“Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.” -Maurice Seitter
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“This iz Chief Inspector Clouseau speaking on the pheaun.” -Richard Henry Peter Sellers
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“One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one’s life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.” -Hannah Senesh
“There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind.” -Hannah Senesh
Hannah Senesh was born in 1921. He was a poet, a playwright, and a paratrooper. Hannah Senesh passed on in 1944.
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“All great things have small beginnings.” -Peter Senge
“The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.” -Peter Senge
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“We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob them of their sunshine and brightness than we have to enter their houses and steal their silverware.” -Julia Seton: as quoted in “Forbes” (1965)
Julia Seton was born in 1889. She became a writer. Julia Seton passed on in 1975.
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“Give away what you most want to receive.” -Robin Sharma
“Ideas don’t work for people unwilling to do the work.” -Robin Sharma
“My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I’ve spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.” -Robin S. Sharma
“The best of the best understand that people do business with people they like. People do business with people they trust, and people do business with those who make them feel special.” -Robin S. Sharma
“We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” -Robin Sharma
Robin Sharma was born in 1965.
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“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.” -Pam Shaw
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“The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.” -Gail Sheehy
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“If it be true that the world has lost its respect for authority, it is only because it lost it first in the home.” -Fulton J. Sheen: “On Being Human” (1982)
Fulton John Sheen was born as Peter John Sheen on 8 May 1895 in El Paso, Illinois, United States of America. He was an American bishop in the Catholic Church, known for his preaching and his work on television and radio. Fulton John Sheen passed on at 84 years of age on 9 December 1979 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Just as there are three R’s there are also three A’s of business life. They are: Ability, Ambition, and Attitude. Ability establishes what a worker does and will bring him a paycheck. Ambition determines how much he does and will get him a raise. Attitude guarantees how well he does.” -Wilbert E. Sheer
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.” -W. L. Sheldon (1897)
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“Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you’re gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.” -Barbara Sher
“You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.” -Barbara Sher
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“I presume you’re mortal and may err.” -James Shirley
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“All the wild ideas of unbalanced agitators the world over, in their ignorant and pitiable quest for happiness through revolution, confiscation of property, and crime cannot overthrow the eternal truth that the one route to happiness through property or government is over the broad and open highway of service. And service always means industry, thrift, respect for authority, and recognition of the rights of others.” -W. G. Sibley
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“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” -Philip Sidney
Philip Sidney was born in 1554. He was an English courtier, writer, poet, and soldier. Philip Sidney passed on at 31 years of age in 1586.
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“The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.” -Igor Sikorsky
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“Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. For whenever excellence is recounted, it is increased.” -Sterling W. Sill
Sterling Welling Sill was born in 1903. He became a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sterling Welling Sill passed on in 1994.
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“I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin. I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn’t matter.” -Beverly Sills
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” -Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills is a pseudonym of Belle Miriam ‘Bubbles’ Silverman, who was born on 25 May 1929 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She became a soprano opera singer. Bell Miriam ‘Bubbles’ Silverman passed on at 78 years of age on 2 July 2007 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“If each one of us could make just one other happy, the whole world would know happiness.” -Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon lived in Paris, France. He became a crime novelist, and wrote under 17 pseudonyms.
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“He that knows the world will not be bashful; he that knows himself will not be impudent.” -C. Simmons
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“Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in the little things.” -Charles Simmons
Charles Simmons was born in 1798. Charles Simmons passed on in 1856.
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“I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living his life, and who had good friends, a fine family. I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.” -Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra was born in 1915. He was an American singer and actor. Frank Sinatra passed on in 1998.
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“Fight against something and we focus on the thing we hate. Fight for something and we focus on the thing we love.” -Simon Sinek
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“Do what you love and the money will follow.” -Marsha Sinetar
“You may feel like dwelling on your limits or your fears. Don’t do it. A perfect prescription for a squandered, unfulfilled life is to accommodate self-defeating feelings while undercutting your finest, most productive ones.” -Marsha Sinetar
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“God sends burdens, and shoulders, too.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer: “Gimpel the Fool”
“We know what a person thinks, not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer: as quoted in “New York Times Magazine” (26 November 1978)
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born as Izaak Zynger on 11 November 1903 in Leoncin, Warsaw Governate, Vistula Land, Russian Empire. He became an American novelist and short story writer. Isaac Bashevis Singer passed on at 87 years of age on 24 July 1991 in Surfside, Florida, United States of America.
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“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” -B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner, also known as B. F. Skinner, was born in 1904. Burrhus Frederic Skinner passed on in 1990.
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“We’re electrical beings living in a magnetic environment . . . Because we’re finely tuned to subtle energy fields when they vary, as they would on top of a mountain, we change biologically and psychologically too.” -Louis Slesin
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“All’s fair in love and war.” -Francis Edward Smedley
“You are looking as fresh as paint.” -Francis Edward Smedley
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“The real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.” -Adam Smith
“To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.” -Adam Smith
“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?” -Adam Smith
Adam Smith was born in 1723. He was a Scottish moral philosopher and economist. He is known for “The Theory of Moral Sentiments,” and “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” also known simply as, “The Wealth of Nations.” Adam Smith passed on in 1790.
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“Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.” -Liz Smith
“If you don’t place your foot on the rope you’ll never cross the chasm.” -Liz Smith
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“Don’t tell your friends their social faults, they will cure the fault and never forgive you.” -Logan Pearsall Smith
“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.” -Logan Pearsall Smith: “Afterthoughts” (1931)
Logan Pearsall Smith was born on 18 October 1865 in Millville, New Jersey, United States of America. He became an essayist, an aphorist, and a critic. Logan Pearsall Smith passed on at 80 years of age on 2 March 1946 in London, England.
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“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.” -Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith was born in 1934. She was an actress.
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“Most of the critical things in life which become the starting points of human destiny are little things.” -R. Smith
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“Do not assume that because I am frivolous I am shallow; I don’t assume that because you are grave you are profound.” -Sydney Smith
“He is remarkably well, considering that he has been remarkably well for so many years.” -Sydney Smith
“My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven miles away from a lemon.” -Sydney Smith
“No one minds what Jeffrey says; it is not more than a week ago that I heard him speak disrespectfully of the equator.” -Sydney Smith
“Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.” -Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith was born on 3 June 1771 in Woodford, Essex, England. He became a wit, an essayist, a poet, and an Anglican clergyman. He was Canon of St. Paul’s Cathedral, addressed as Reverend. In 1802, he cofounded, “The Edinburgh Review.” Sydney Smith passed on at 73 years of age on 22 February 1845 in London, England.
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“No one is fit to be trusted with power . . . No one . . . Any man who has lived at all knows the follies and wickedness he’s capable of. If he does not know it he is not fit to govern others. And if he does know it, he knows also that neither he nor any man ought to be allowed to decide a single human fate.” -C. P. Snow
“‘You do not think highly of men, Mr. Eliot.’ ‘I am one,’ I said.” -C. P. Snow: “The Light & the Dark” (1947)
Charles Percy Snow, also known as C. P. Snow, was born on 15 October 1905 in Leicester, England. He became a novelist, a scientist, and a civil servant. Charles Percy Snow passed on at 74 years of age on 1 July 1980 in London, England.
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“Only those who can see the invisible, can accomplish the impossible!” -Patrick Snow: “Creating Your Own Destiny” (2010)
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” -Ralph W. Sockman
“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” -Ralph W. Sockman
Ralph Washington Sockman was born on 1 October 1889 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America. He was married to Zellah Endly. He became a senior pastor of United Methodist Christ Church in New York City and a radio personality (1928 - 1962). Ralph Washington Sockman passed on at 80 years of age on 29 August 1970 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“And this too shall pass.” -Solomon
“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” -Solomon
“Being cheerful keeps you healthy.” -Solomon
“If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.” -Solomon: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Ecclesiastes,’ chapter 5, verse 5
Solomon was a tenth century B.C.E. King of ancient Israel and the reputed author of three books in the Old Testament in “The Bible.”
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“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” -Nancy D. Solomon
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“I grow old ever learning many things.” -Solon
“Learn to obey before you command.” -Solon
Solon. Solon was born in 636 B.C.E. He was an Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet of ancient Greece. Solon passed on in 558 B.C.E.
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“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.” -Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was born on 11 December 1918 in Kislovodsk, Russia. He became an essayist, a novelist, a historian, and a short story writer. Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn passed on at 89 years of age on 3 August 2008 in Moscow, Russia.
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“If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.” -John L. Spalding
“The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is.” -John L. Spalding
“What we love to do we find time to do.” -John L. Spalding
John Lancaster Spalding was born in 1840. He was an American author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria (1877 - 1908) and a co-founder of The Catholic University of America. John Lancaster Spalding passed on in 1916.
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“People need to be encouraged. People need to be reminded of how wonderful they are. People need to be believed in - told that they are brave and smart and capable of accomplishing all the dreams they dream and more. Remind each other of this.” -Stacey Jean Speer
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“All for love and nothing for reward.” -Edmund Spencer
It is the mind that maketh good or ill
That maketh wretch or happy rich or poor.
-Edmund Spencer
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“To play billiards well is a sign of an ill-spent youth.” -Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer was born on 27 April 1820 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. He was a polymath, working in the fields of biology, anthropology, a sociology, and philosophy. Herbert Spencer passed on at 83 years of age on 8 December 1903 in Brighton, Sussex, England.
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“Think big, challenge the system. Often how you do something is more important than what you do. Everyone advised David to forget about confronting the enormous giant Goliath, saying, ‘He’s so huge, there’s no way you can win.’ To which David replied, ‘He’s so huge, there’s no way I can miss!’ If we confront our challenges with all our talent, knowledge, and resolve, there’s no way we can miss.” -Robert Spillane
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“Everything in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect.” -Baruch Spinoza
“I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.” -Baruch Spinoza
“Measure, time, and number are nothing but modes of thought, or rather, of imagination.” -Baruch Spinoza
“Nature abhors a vacuum.” -Baruch Spinoza: “Ethics,” Part I, 15, note
“Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature and is determined in its actions by itself alone.” -Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza, also known as Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza, Bento de Espinosa, Benedito de Espinosa and Benedict Spinoza, was born as Benedito de Espinosa on 24 November 1632 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. He became an optical lens grinder, an instrument maker, a theologian, and a philosopher. Baruch Spinoza passed on at 44 years of age on 21 February 1677 in Voorburg, The Hague, Dutch Republic. His magnum opus, “Ethics,” was published posthumously.
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“The loving person makes other people feel good and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong long-lasting friendships.” -Benjamin McLane Spock
Benjamin McLane Spock was born in 1903. He was an American pediatrician and writer. Benjamin McLane Spock passed on in 1998.
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“The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.” -Thomas Sprat
“What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.” -Thomas Sprat
Thomas Sprat was born in 1636. Thomas Sprat passed on in 1713.
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“Learn to say ‘no.’ It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, also known as C. H. Spurgeon, was born in 1834. He was an English Baptist Christian preacher. Charles Haddon Spurgeon passed on in 1892.
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“To make good use of life one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.” -Leszczynski Stanislaus
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Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
-Pamela Vaull Starr
Pamela Vaull Starr is a pseudonym of Violet Isabelle Carter Popp, who was born on 5 April 1909 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. She became a talented poet, artist, and writer. She helped to found the Idyllwild Pen Women. Violet Isabelle Carter Popp passed on at 83 years of age on 4 January 1993 in Idyllwild, California, United States of America.
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“Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits, and all other private gratifications.” -Richard Steele
Richard Steele was born on an unknown date and baptized on 12 March 1672 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an Irish-born essayist, dramatist, and politician. He is known as a co-founder with Joseph Addison of “The Spectator” magazine. Richard Steele passed on at about 57 years of age on 1 September 1729 in Llangunor, Wales.
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“Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.” -Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln Joseph Steffens was born on 6 April 1866 in San Francisco, California, United States of America. He became a news reporter in New York City, launching a series of articles in “McClure’s” magazine, title ‘Tweed Days in St. Louis,’ which would later be published together in a book titled, “The Shame of the Cities” (1904). He is known for his investigations of corruption in municipal governments in American cities. Lincoln Joseph Steffens passed on at 70 years of age on 9 August 1936 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States of America.
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“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.” -Ben Stein
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“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.” -John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior (1902 - 1968): “The Winter of Our Discontent” (1961), Part One
“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.” -John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior was born on 27 February 1902 in Salinas, California, United States of America. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a war correspondent. He is known for the books, “Of Mice and Men” (1937), “The Grapes of Wrath” (1939), and “East of Eden” (1952). John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior passed on at 66 years of age on 20 December 1968 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.” -Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem was born in 1934. She is an American writer and editor.
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“Beauty is the promise of happiness.” -Stendhal
Henri B. Stendhal, or simply Stendhal, is a pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, who was born on 23 January 1783 in Grenoble, France. He became a novelist. Marie-Henri Beyle passed on at 59 years of age on 23 March 1842 in Paris, France.
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Make the best of everything;
Think the best of everybody;
Hope the best for yourself.
-George Stephenson
George Stephenson was born in 1781. George Stephenson passed on in 1848.
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“Thou art the star for which all evening waits.” -George Sterling
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“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” -Wallace Stevens
“The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.” -Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was born on 2 October 1879 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He became a poet. Wallace Stevens passed on at 75 years of age on 2 August 1955 in Hertford, Connecticut.
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“It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.” -Adlai Stevenson
“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” -Adlai Stevenson
“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted but now it happens to everybody.” -Adlai Stevenson
“What a man knows at 50 that he did not know at 20 is for the most part incommunicable. The knowledge he has acquired with age is not the knowledge of formulas or forms of words but, of people, places, actions - a knowledge gained not by words but by touch, sight, sound, victories, failures, sleeplessness, devotion, love, the human experiences and emotions of this Earth and of oneself and other men; and perhaps too, a little faith a little reverence for things one cannot see.” -Adlai Stevenson
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was born on 5 February 1900 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He became a lawyer, a politician, a diplomat, and the twenty-third Vice President of the United States of America. Adlai Ewing Stevenson II passed on at 65 years of age on 14 July 1965 in London, England.
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“I have a magnificent obsession. All I want to do is change the world . . . make it a better place for this and future generations!” -W. Clement Stone
“Keep your mind on your objective, and persist until you succeed. Study, think, and plan.” -W. Clement Stone
“Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.” -W. Clement Stone
“To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.” -W. Clement Stone
“Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.” -W. Clement Stone
“You don’t get what you expect unless you inspect.” -W. Clement Stone
“Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.” -W. Clement Stone
William Clement Stone, also known as W. Clement Stone, was born on 4 May 1902 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Starting with $100, he founded the multibillion-dollar Combined Insurance Company. He was a New Thought self-help book writer and a philanthropist. William Clement Stone passed on at 100 years of age on 3 September 2002 in Evanston, Illinois.
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“What private property does is connect effort to reward, creating an incentive for people to produce for more. Then, if there’s a free market, people will trade their surpluses to others for the things they lack. Mutual exchange for mutual benefit makes the community richer.” -John Stossel
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“You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.” -Jim Stovall
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“I long to put the experience of fifty years at once into your young lives, to give you at once the key to that treasure chamber every gem of which has cost me tears and struggles and prayers, but you must work for these inward treasures yourselves.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe: letter to her twin daughters
“Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth . . .” -Harriet Beecher Stowe: “We and Our Neighbors” (1873)
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you . . . never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe was born on 14 June 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America. She was a daughter of Lyman Beecher and a sister of Henry Ward Beecher. She was married to Calvin Ellis Stowe in 1836. She became a novelist and a philanthropist. She wrote more than 20 books, including novels and travel memoirs, as well as collections of articles and letters. She is known for her novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1852). Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe passed on at 85 years of age on 1 July 1896 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Website: https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/.
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“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.” -Steven J. Stowell
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“A great work demands a great sacrifice, and who is not capable of a great sacrifice is not capable of a great work.” -Muriel Strode
“I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.” -Muriel Strode, “Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers,” published in “The Open Court” (August 1903)
“I will not follow where the path may lead; instead I will go where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Muriel Strode: “My Little Book of Prayer” (1905), page 11
Muriel Strode was born in 1875. Muriel Strode passed on in 1964.
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“Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.” -Janet Erskine Stuart
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“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” -Mary Stuart
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“When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly - as that a sentence must never end with a participle - and perceive how implicitly even the learned obey it, think, ‘I have only three rules of life: never do anything underhand, never get your feet wet, go to bed at ten.’” -William Stubbs
William Stubbs is a bishop.
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“When you can’t afford to hire the best, hire the young who are going to be the best.” -Geraldine Stutz
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“My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil’s mind, and behold, all things are changed!” -Anne Sullivan
“People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.” -Anne Sullivan
Johanna Mansfield ‘Anne’ or ‘Annie’ Sullivan was born on 14 April 1866 in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became known as the lifelong aid to Helen Adams Keller. Johanna Mansfield ‘Anne’ or ‘Annie’ Sullivan passed on at 70 years of age on 20 October 1936 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States of America.
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“You ask how many friends I have? Water and stone, bamboo and pine. The Moon rising over the eastern hill is a joyful comrade. Besides these five companions, what other pleasure should I ask?” -Yon Sun-do: “Sigo”
Yon Sun-do was born in 1587. He was a Korean poet. Yon Sun-do passed on in 1671.
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“To have read the greatest works of any great poet, to have beheld or heard the greatest works of any great painter or musician, is a possession added to the best things in life.” -Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne was born on 5 April 1837 in London, England. He became a poet, a playwright, a novelist, and a critic. Algernon Charles Swinburne passed on 72 years of age on 10 April 1909 in London, England.
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“Discouraged people don’t need critics.” -Charles Swindoll
“People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh, and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life’s circumstances to push them down and hold them under.” -Charles Swindoll
Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll was born on 18 October 1934 in El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, United States of America. He is a Christian evangelical pastor, educator, radio preacher, and religious writer. He founded “Insight for Living,” which is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages. He is presently the senior pastor at the Stonebriar Community Church, a church he founded in Frisco, Texas, United States of America.
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“Each excellent thing once learned serves for a measure of all other knowledge.” -Philip Sydney
Philip Sidney was born in 1554. Philip Sidney passed on in 1586.
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“A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi
“Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi was born in 1893 in Budapest, Hungary. He became a biochemist. Albert Szent-Györgyi passed on in 1986.
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“I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.” -Jonas Salk
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” -Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk was born in 1914. Jonas Edward Salk passed on in 1995.
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“I want to do the right thing, but often I don’t know just what the right thing is. Every day I know I have come short of what I would like to have done. Yet as the years pass and I see the very world itself, with its oceans and mountains and plains, as something unfinished, a peculiar little satisfaction hunts out the corners of my heart. Sunsets and evening shadows find me regretful at tasks undone, but sleep and the dawn and the air of the morning touch me with freshening hopes. Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny.” -Carl Sandburg
“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” -Carl Sandburg: “Washington Monument by Night”
Carl Augustus Sandburg was born on 6 January 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States of America. He became a poet, a novelist, a folklorist, a balladeer, and a historian. Carl Augustus Sandburg passed on at 89 years of age on 22 July 1967 in Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States of America.
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“A man’s hatred of his own condition no more helps to improve it than hatred of other people tends to improve them.” -George Santayana
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, also known as George Santayana, was born on 16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain. He became an American philosopher, critic, essayist, novelist, and poet. Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás passed on at 88 years of age on 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy.
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“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know . . . One who doesn’t try cannot fail and become wise.” -William Saroyan
William Saroyan was born in 1908. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a playwright. William Saroyan passed on in 1981.
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“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” -Virginia Satir
“We must not allow other peoples’ limited perceptions to define us.” -Virginia Satir
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“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” -Jean Paul Sartre
“What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.” -Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was born on 21 June 1905 in Paris, France. He became a novelist, a biographer, a dramatist, a screenwriter, and a literary critic. Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre passed on at 74 years of age on 15 April 1980 in Paris, France.
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“I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.” -Diane Sawyer
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“Trouble shared is trouble halved.” -Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayers was born in 1893. She was married to Oswald Arthur Fleming in 1926. She became a novelist and a detective fiction writer. She is known as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. In 1947, she stopped writing detective novels and concentrated on translating Dante and lecturing on philosophy, medieval literature, and religion. Dorothy Leigh Sayers passed on in 1957.
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“Life is a process. We are a process. The Universe is a process.” -Anne Wilson Schaef
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“It is so important not to waste what is precious by spending all one’s time and emotion on fretting or complaining over what one does not have.” -Edith Schaeffer
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“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
“It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
“What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was born on 22 February 1788 in Danzig, Germany. He became a philosopher. He is known for his book, “The World as Will and Representation.” Arthur Schopenhauer passed on at 72 years of age on 21 September 1860 in Main, Germany.
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“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” -Howard Schultz
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“If you have a goal in life that takes a lot of energy, that requires a lot of work, that incurs a great deal of interest and that is a challenge to you, you will always look forward to waking up to see what the new day brings.” -Susan Polis Schultz
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“A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.” -Charles M. Schwab
“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. There is nothing that so kills the ambitions of a man as criticisms from his superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a man incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.” -Charles M. Schwab
“I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.” -Charles M. Schwab
“Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business.” -Charles M. Schwab
“The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others.” -Charles M. Schwab
“The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.” -Charles Schwab
Charles M. Schwab was born in 1862. He was an American industrialist and businessman. Charles M. Schwab passed on in 1939.
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“I read a lot of biographies of people who had accomplished great things, people such as John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate (no relation), and many others. I saw the importance of determination, or passion and fighting hard for what you believed in, and the importance of optimism and believing good things are possible. All the people I read about had a maniacal focus on growth.” -Charles Schwab: “Invested - Changing Forever The Way Americans Invest” (2019)
“Recognizing a business opportunity is only one part of succeeding as an entrepreneur. The key is acting on your business insight and following through . . . A business like ours comes down to two things; a big idea that makes a difference in people’s lives, and people who believe in it and will see it through to fruition day after day, despite what may get in the way. You have to get both right.” -Charles Schwab: “Invested - Changing Forever The Way Americans Invest” (2019)
“To this day I encourage young executives to get training in public speaking. No matter how good they are, mastering those moments in front of an audience is crucial to leading others, and it rarely comes naturally.” -Charles Schwab: “Invested - Changing Forever The Way Americans Invest” (2019)
Charles Robert Schwab was born on 29 July 1937 in Sacramento, California, United States of America. He is an investment and finance executive. He is known as the founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation.
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“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe one hundred percent.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger
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“You cannot help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.” -H. Norman Schwarzkopf
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“The spirit of man is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” -Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott was born in 1868. He became a Captain. Robert Falcon Scott passed on in 1912.
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“Success depends above all, upon people. Build relationships, teams, partnerships - and motivate people to contribute. Cultivate leadership, creativity, excellence. Listen; seek new ideas and advice.” -Ruth Scott
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“The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.” -Walter Scott
Walter Scott was born in 1771. Walter Scott passed on in 1832.
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“As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do.” -Zachary Scott
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“A writer who says there are no truths, or that all truth is merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.” -Roger Scruton: “Modern Philosophy” (1994)
Roger Vernon Scruton was born on 27 February 1944 in Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He became a writer. Roger Vernon Scruton passed on at 75 years of age on 12 January 2020 in Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England.
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“Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?” -Frank Scully
Frank Scully is an American journalist.
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“The only certainty is that nothing is certain.” -Gaius Plinius Secundus
“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.” -Gaius Plinius Secundus
Gaius Plinius Secundus, also known as Pliny the Elder, was born in C.E. 23 or C.E. 24 in Comum, Italy. He was a statesman and scholar of ancient Rome. He is known as the author of “Naturalis Historia.” Gaius Plinius Secundus passed on at 55 years of age on C.E. 25 August 79.
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“Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.” -Maurice Seitter
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“This iz Chief Inspector Clouseau speaking on the pheaun.” -Richard Henry Peter Sellers
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“One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one’s life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.” -Hannah Senesh
“There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind.” -Hannah Senesh
Hannah Senesh was born in 1921. He was a poet, a playwright, and a paratrooper. Hannah Senesh passed on in 1944.
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“All great things have small beginnings.” -Peter Senge
“The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.” -Peter Senge
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“We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob them of their sunshine and brightness than we have to enter their houses and steal their silverware.” -Julia Seton: as quoted in “Forbes” (1965)
Julia Seton was born in 1889. She became a writer. Julia Seton passed on in 1975.
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“Give away what you most want to receive.” -Robin Sharma
“Ideas don’t work for people unwilling to do the work.” -Robin Sharma
“My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I’ve spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.” -Robin S. Sharma
“The best of the best understand that people do business with people they like. People do business with people they trust, and people do business with those who make them feel special.” -Robin S. Sharma
“We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” -Robin Sharma
Robin Sharma was born in 1965.
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“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.” -Pam Shaw
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“The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.” -Gail Sheehy
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“If it be true that the world has lost its respect for authority, it is only because it lost it first in the home.” -Fulton J. Sheen: “On Being Human” (1982)
Fulton John Sheen was born as Peter John Sheen on 8 May 1895 in El Paso, Illinois, United States of America. He was an American bishop in the Catholic Church, known for his preaching and his work on television and radio. Fulton John Sheen passed on at 84 years of age on 9 December 1979 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Just as there are three R’s there are also three A’s of business life. They are: Ability, Ambition, and Attitude. Ability establishes what a worker does and will bring him a paycheck. Ambition determines how much he does and will get him a raise. Attitude guarantees how well he does.” -Wilbert E. Sheer
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.” -W. L. Sheldon (1897)
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“Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you’re gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.” -Barbara Sher
“You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.” -Barbara Sher
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“I presume you’re mortal and may err.” -James Shirley
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“All the wild ideas of unbalanced agitators the world over, in their ignorant and pitiable quest for happiness through revolution, confiscation of property, and crime cannot overthrow the eternal truth that the one route to happiness through property or government is over the broad and open highway of service. And service always means industry, thrift, respect for authority, and recognition of the rights of others.” -W. G. Sibley
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“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” -Philip Sidney
Philip Sidney was born in 1554. He was an English courtier, writer, poet, and soldier. Philip Sidney passed on at 31 years of age in 1586.
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“The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.” -Igor Sikorsky
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“Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. For whenever excellence is recounted, it is increased.” -Sterling W. Sill
Sterling Welling Sill was born in 1903. He became a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sterling Welling Sill passed on in 1994.
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“I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin. I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn’t matter.” -Beverly Sills
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” -Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills is a pseudonym of Belle Miriam ‘Bubbles’ Silverman, who was born on 25 May 1929 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She became a soprano opera singer. Bell Miriam ‘Bubbles’ Silverman passed on at 78 years of age on 2 July 2007 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“If each one of us could make just one other happy, the whole world would know happiness.” -Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon lived in Paris, France. He became a crime novelist, and wrote under 17 pseudonyms.
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“He that knows the world will not be bashful; he that knows himself will not be impudent.” -C. Simmons
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“Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in the little things.” -Charles Simmons
Charles Simmons was born in 1798. Charles Simmons passed on in 1856.
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“I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living his life, and who had good friends, a fine family. I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.” -Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra was born in 1915. He was an American singer and actor. Frank Sinatra passed on in 1998.
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“Fight against something and we focus on the thing we hate. Fight for something and we focus on the thing we love.” -Simon Sinek
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“Do what you love and the money will follow.” -Marsha Sinetar
“You may feel like dwelling on your limits or your fears. Don’t do it. A perfect prescription for a squandered, unfulfilled life is to accommodate self-defeating feelings while undercutting your finest, most productive ones.” -Marsha Sinetar
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“God sends burdens, and shoulders, too.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer: “Gimpel the Fool”
“We know what a person thinks, not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer: as quoted in “New York Times Magazine” (26 November 1978)
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born as Izaak Zynger on 11 November 1903 in Leoncin, Warsaw Governate, Vistula Land, Russian Empire. He became an American novelist and short story writer. Isaac Bashevis Singer passed on at 87 years of age on 24 July 1991 in Surfside, Florida, United States of America.
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“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” -B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner, also known as B. F. Skinner, was born in 1904. Burrhus Frederic Skinner passed on in 1990.
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“We’re electrical beings living in a magnetic environment . . . Because we’re finely tuned to subtle energy fields when they vary, as they would on top of a mountain, we change biologically and psychologically too.” -Louis Slesin
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“All’s fair in love and war.” -Francis Edward Smedley
“You are looking as fresh as paint.” -Francis Edward Smedley
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“The real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.” -Adam Smith
“To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.” -Adam Smith
“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?” -Adam Smith
Adam Smith was born in 1723. He was a Scottish moral philosopher and economist. He is known for “The Theory of Moral Sentiments,” and “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” also known simply as, “The Wealth of Nations.” Adam Smith passed on in 1790.
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“Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.” -Liz Smith
“If you don’t place your foot on the rope you’ll never cross the chasm.” -Liz Smith
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“Don’t tell your friends their social faults, they will cure the fault and never forgive you.” -Logan Pearsall Smith
“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.” -Logan Pearsall Smith: “Afterthoughts” (1931)
Logan Pearsall Smith was born on 18 October 1865 in Millville, New Jersey, United States of America. He became an essayist, an aphorist, and a critic. Logan Pearsall Smith passed on at 80 years of age on 2 March 1946 in London, England.
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“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.” -Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith was born in 1934. She was an actress.
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“Most of the critical things in life which become the starting points of human destiny are little things.” -R. Smith
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“Do not assume that because I am frivolous I am shallow; I don’t assume that because you are grave you are profound.” -Sydney Smith
“He is remarkably well, considering that he has been remarkably well for so many years.” -Sydney Smith
“My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven miles away from a lemon.” -Sydney Smith
“No one minds what Jeffrey says; it is not more than a week ago that I heard him speak disrespectfully of the equator.” -Sydney Smith
“Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.” -Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith was born on 3 June 1771 in Woodford, Essex, England. He became a wit, an essayist, a poet, and an Anglican clergyman. He was Canon of St. Paul’s Cathedral, addressed as Reverend. In 1802, he cofounded, “The Edinburgh Review.” Sydney Smith passed on at 73 years of age on 22 February 1845 in London, England.
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“No one is fit to be trusted with power . . . No one . . . Any man who has lived at all knows the follies and wickedness he’s capable of. If he does not know it he is not fit to govern others. And if he does know it, he knows also that neither he nor any man ought to be allowed to decide a single human fate.” -C. P. Snow
“‘You do not think highly of men, Mr. Eliot.’ ‘I am one,’ I said.” -C. P. Snow: “The Light & the Dark” (1947)
Charles Percy Snow, also known as C. P. Snow, was born on 15 October 1905 in Leicester, England. He became a novelist, a scientist, and a civil servant. Charles Percy Snow passed on at 74 years of age on 1 July 1980 in London, England.
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“Only those who can see the invisible, can accomplish the impossible!” -Patrick Snow: “Creating Your Own Destiny” (2010)
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” -Ralph W. Sockman
“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” -Ralph W. Sockman
Ralph Washington Sockman was born on 1 October 1889 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America. He was married to Zellah Endly. He became a senior pastor of United Methodist Christ Church in New York City and a radio personality (1928 - 1962). Ralph Washington Sockman passed on at 80 years of age on 29 August 1970 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“And this too shall pass.” -Solomon
“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” -Solomon
“Being cheerful keeps you healthy.” -Solomon
“If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.” -Solomon: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Ecclesiastes,’ chapter 5, verse 5
Solomon was a tenth century B.C.E. King of ancient Israel and the reputed author of three books in the Old Testament in “The Bible.”
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“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” -Nancy D. Solomon
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“I grow old ever learning many things.” -Solon
“Learn to obey before you command.” -Solon
Solon. Solon was born in 636 B.C.E. He was an Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet of ancient Greece. Solon passed on in 558 B.C.E.
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“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.” -Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was born on 11 December 1918 in Kislovodsk, Russia. He became an essayist, a novelist, a historian, and a short story writer. Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn passed on at 89 years of age on 3 August 2008 in Moscow, Russia.
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“If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.” -John L. Spalding
“The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is.” -John L. Spalding
“What we love to do we find time to do.” -John L. Spalding
John Lancaster Spalding was born in 1840. He was an American author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria (1877 - 1908) and a co-founder of The Catholic University of America. John Lancaster Spalding passed on in 1916.
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“People need to be encouraged. People need to be reminded of how wonderful they are. People need to be believed in - told that they are brave and smart and capable of accomplishing all the dreams they dream and more. Remind each other of this.” -Stacey Jean Speer
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“All for love and nothing for reward.” -Edmund Spencer
It is the mind that maketh good or ill
That maketh wretch or happy rich or poor.
-Edmund Spencer
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“To play billiards well is a sign of an ill-spent youth.” -Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer was born on 27 April 1820 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. He was a polymath, working in the fields of biology, anthropology, a sociology, and philosophy. Herbert Spencer passed on at 83 years of age on 8 December 1903 in Brighton, Sussex, England.
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“Think big, challenge the system. Often how you do something is more important than what you do. Everyone advised David to forget about confronting the enormous giant Goliath, saying, ‘He’s so huge, there’s no way you can win.’ To which David replied, ‘He’s so huge, there’s no way I can miss!’ If we confront our challenges with all our talent, knowledge, and resolve, there’s no way we can miss.” -Robert Spillane
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“Everything in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect.” -Baruch Spinoza
“I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.” -Baruch Spinoza
“Measure, time, and number are nothing but modes of thought, or rather, of imagination.” -Baruch Spinoza
“Nature abhors a vacuum.” -Baruch Spinoza: “Ethics,” Part I, 15, note
“Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature and is determined in its actions by itself alone.” -Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza, also known as Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza, Bento de Espinosa, Benedito de Espinosa and Benedict Spinoza, was born as Benedito de Espinosa on 24 November 1632 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. He became an optical lens grinder, an instrument maker, a theologian, and a philosopher. Baruch Spinoza passed on at 44 years of age on 21 February 1677 in Voorburg, The Hague, Dutch Republic. His magnum opus, “Ethics,” was published posthumously.
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“The loving person makes other people feel good and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong long-lasting friendships.” -Benjamin McLane Spock
Benjamin McLane Spock was born in 1903. He was an American pediatrician and writer. Benjamin McLane Spock passed on in 1998.
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“The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.” -Thomas Sprat
“What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.” -Thomas Sprat
Thomas Sprat was born in 1636. Thomas Sprat passed on in 1713.
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“Learn to say ‘no.’ It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, also known as C. H. Spurgeon, was born in 1834. He was an English Baptist Christian preacher. Charles Haddon Spurgeon passed on in 1892.
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“To make good use of life one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.” -Leszczynski Stanislaus
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Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
-Pamela Vaull Starr
Pamela Vaull Starr is a pseudonym of Violet Isabelle Carter Popp, who was born on 5 April 1909 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. She became a talented poet, artist, and writer. She helped to found the Idyllwild Pen Women. Violet Isabelle Carter Popp passed on at 83 years of age on 4 January 1993 in Idyllwild, California, United States of America.
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“Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits, and all other private gratifications.” -Richard Steele
Richard Steele was born on an unknown date and baptized on 12 March 1672 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an Irish-born essayist, dramatist, and politician. He is known as a co-founder with Joseph Addison of “The Spectator” magazine. Richard Steele passed on at about 57 years of age on 1 September 1729 in Llangunor, Wales.
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“Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.” -Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln Joseph Steffens was born on 6 April 1866 in San Francisco, California, United States of America. He became a news reporter in New York City, launching a series of articles in “McClure’s” magazine, title ‘Tweed Days in St. Louis,’ which would later be published together in a book titled, “The Shame of the Cities” (1904). He is known for his investigations of corruption in municipal governments in American cities. Lincoln Joseph Steffens passed on at 70 years of age on 9 August 1936 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States of America.
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“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.” -Ben Stein
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“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.” -John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior (1902 - 1968): “The Winter of Our Discontent” (1961), Part One
“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.” -John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior was born on 27 February 1902 in Salinas, California, United States of America. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a war correspondent. He is known for the books, “Of Mice and Men” (1937), “The Grapes of Wrath” (1939), and “East of Eden” (1952). John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior passed on at 66 years of age on 20 December 1968 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.” -Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem was born in 1934. She is an American writer and editor.
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“Beauty is the promise of happiness.” -Stendhal
Henri B. Stendhal, or simply Stendhal, is a pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, who was born on 23 January 1783 in Grenoble, France. He became a novelist. Marie-Henri Beyle passed on at 59 years of age on 23 March 1842 in Paris, France.
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Make the best of everything;
Think the best of everybody;
Hope the best for yourself.
-George Stephenson
George Stephenson was born in 1781. George Stephenson passed on in 1848.
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“Thou art the star for which all evening waits.” -George Sterling
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“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” -Wallace Stevens
“The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.” -Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was born on 2 October 1879 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He became a poet. Wallace Stevens passed on at 75 years of age on 2 August 1955 in Hertford, Connecticut.
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“It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.” -Adlai Stevenson
“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” -Adlai Stevenson
“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted but now it happens to everybody.” -Adlai Stevenson
“What a man knows at 50 that he did not know at 20 is for the most part incommunicable. The knowledge he has acquired with age is not the knowledge of formulas or forms of words but, of people, places, actions - a knowledge gained not by words but by touch, sight, sound, victories, failures, sleeplessness, devotion, love, the human experiences and emotions of this Earth and of oneself and other men; and perhaps too, a little faith a little reverence for things one cannot see.” -Adlai Stevenson
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was born on 5 February 1900 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He became a lawyer, a politician, a diplomat, and the twenty-third Vice President of the United States of America. Adlai Ewing Stevenson II passed on at 65 years of age on 14 July 1965 in London, England.
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“I have a magnificent obsession. All I want to do is change the world . . . make it a better place for this and future generations!” -W. Clement Stone
“Keep your mind on your objective, and persist until you succeed. Study, think, and plan.” -W. Clement Stone
“Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.” -W. Clement Stone
“To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.” -W. Clement Stone
“Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.” -W. Clement Stone
“You don’t get what you expect unless you inspect.” -W. Clement Stone
“Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.” -W. Clement Stone
William Clement Stone, also known as W. Clement Stone, was born on 4 May 1902 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Starting with $100, he founded the multibillion-dollar Combined Insurance Company. He was a New Thought self-help book writer and a philanthropist. William Clement Stone passed on at 100 years of age on 3 September 2002 in Evanston, Illinois.
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“What private property does is connect effort to reward, creating an incentive for people to produce for more. Then, if there’s a free market, people will trade their surpluses to others for the things they lack. Mutual exchange for mutual benefit makes the community richer.” -John Stossel
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“You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.” -Jim Stovall
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“I long to put the experience of fifty years at once into your young lives, to give you at once the key to that treasure chamber every gem of which has cost me tears and struggles and prayers, but you must work for these inward treasures yourselves.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe: letter to her twin daughters
“Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth . . .” -Harriet Beecher Stowe: “We and Our Neighbors” (1873)
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you . . . never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe was born on 14 June 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America. She was a daughter of Lyman Beecher and a sister of Henry Ward Beecher. She was married to Calvin Ellis Stowe in 1836. She became a novelist and a philanthropist. She wrote more than 20 books, including novels and travel memoirs, as well as collections of articles and letters. She is known for her novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1852). Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe passed on at 85 years of age on 1 July 1896 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Website: https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/.
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“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.” -Steven J. Stowell
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“A great work demands a great sacrifice, and who is not capable of a great sacrifice is not capable of a great work.” -Muriel Strode
“I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.” -Muriel Strode, “Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers,” published in “The Open Court” (August 1903)
“I will not follow where the path may lead; instead I will go where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Muriel Strode: “My Little Book of Prayer” (1905), page 11
Muriel Strode was born in 1875. Muriel Strode passed on in 1964.
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“Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.” -Janet Erskine Stuart
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“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” -Mary Stuart
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“When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly - as that a sentence must never end with a participle - and perceive how implicitly even the learned obey it, think, ‘I have only three rules of life: never do anything underhand, never get your feet wet, go to bed at ten.’” -William Stubbs
William Stubbs is a bishop.
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“When you can’t afford to hire the best, hire the young who are going to be the best.” -Geraldine Stutz
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“My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil’s mind, and behold, all things are changed!” -Anne Sullivan
“People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.” -Anne Sullivan
Johanna Mansfield ‘Anne’ or ‘Annie’ Sullivan was born on 14 April 1866 in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became known as the lifelong aid to Helen Adams Keller. Johanna Mansfield ‘Anne’ or ‘Annie’ Sullivan passed on at 70 years of age on 20 October 1936 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States of America.
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“You ask how many friends I have? Water and stone, bamboo and pine. The Moon rising over the eastern hill is a joyful comrade. Besides these five companions, what other pleasure should I ask?” -Yon Sun-do: “Sigo”
Yon Sun-do was born in 1587. He was a Korean poet. Yon Sun-do passed on in 1671.
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“To have read the greatest works of any great poet, to have beheld or heard the greatest works of any great painter or musician, is a possession added to the best things in life.” -Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne was born on 5 April 1837 in London, England. He became a poet, a playwright, a novelist, and a critic. Algernon Charles Swinburne passed on 72 years of age on 10 April 1909 in London, England.
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“Discouraged people don’t need critics.” -Charles Swindoll
“People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh, and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life’s circumstances to push them down and hold them under.” -Charles Swindoll
Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll was born on 18 October 1934 in El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, United States of America. He is a Christian evangelical pastor, educator, radio preacher, and religious writer. He founded “Insight for Living,” which is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages. He is presently the senior pastor at the Stonebriar Community Church, a church he founded in Frisco, Texas, United States of America.
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“Each excellent thing once learned serves for a measure of all other knowledge.” -Philip Sydney
Philip Sidney was born in 1554. Philip Sidney passed on in 1586.
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“A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi
“Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi was born in 1893 in Budapest, Hungary. He became a biochemist. Albert Szent-Györgyi passed on in 1986.
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