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Quotations by Authors Xa through Zz

5/8/2022

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Quotations Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont - Authors X-a Through Z-z
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Quotations by Authors Xa through Xz
 
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“Be great in little things.” -Francis Xavier
 
Francis Xavier was born in 1505. Francis Xavier passed on in 1552.
 
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Lord for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin
Just for today.
-Mary Xavier
 
Mary Xavier is a Sister in a religious order.
 
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“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” -Xenocrates
 
Xenocrates was born in 396 B.C.E. Xenocrates passed on in 314 B.C.E.
 
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“Pray to God at the beginning of all thy works so that thou mayest bring them all to a good ending.” -Xenophon

Xenophon was born in about 430 B.C.E. He was an Athenian historian. Xenophon passed on in 352 B.C.E.
 
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“Only by great risks can great results be achieved.” -Xerxes I
 
Xerxes I was born in 519 B.C.E. He became a king of Persia (486 B.C.E. - 465 B.C.E.). Xerxes I passed on in 465 B.C.E.
 
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Quotations by Authors Ya through Yz
 
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“A limit on what you will do puts a limit on what you can do.” -Dexter Yager
 
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“You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” -Isoroku Yamamoto
 
Isoroku Yamamoto was born on 4 April 1884 in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He became a Japanese navy admiral. Isoroku Yamamoto passed on at 59 years of age on 18 April 1943 on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.
 
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“The rest of our life is going to be the best of our life!” -Darrell Yarbrough
 
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“When you get to your wit’s end, you’ll find God lives there.” -Elizabeth Yates
 
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“He owned and operated a ferocious temper.” -Thomas Russell Ybarra
 
Thomas Russell Ybarra was born in 1880.
 
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“And say my glory was I had such friends.” -William Butler Yeats
 
“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” -William Butler Yeats
 
“If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.” -William Butler Yeats
 
There are no strangers here;
Only friends you haven’t yet met.
-William Butler Yeats
 
“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” -William Butler Yeats
 
Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
-William Butler Yeats: “Easter, 1916” (1916), part IV, lines 1 and 2
 
William Butler Yeats was born on 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. He became a poet, a dramatist, and a revivalist of Irish literature. He wrote his more noteworthy poetry after reaching 50 years of age. He is known as the compiler of the “Oxford Book of Modern Verse” (1936). William Butler Yeats passed on at 73 years of age on 28 January 1939 in Menton, France.
 
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“To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn’t.” -Francis Yeats-Brown
 
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Happy days are here again,
     The skies above are clear again:
Let us sing a song of cheer again,
     Happy days are here again!
-Jack Yellen: “Happy Days Are Here Again”
 
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“Everything I do, I do on the principle of Russian borscht. You can throw everything into it - beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, everything you want. What’s important is the result, the taste of the borscht.” -Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko
 
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko was born in 1933. He is a Soviet poet.
 
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“Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others’ shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.” -Paramhansa Yogananda
 
“Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.” -Paramhansa Yogananda
 
“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.” -Paramhansa Yogananda
 
“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.” -Paramhansa Yogananda
 
Paramhansa Yogananda, sometimes spelled Paramahansa Yogananda, was born in 1893. He was a yoga master of India who took up permanent residence in the West. Paramhansa Yogananda passed on in 1952.
 
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“This is the greatest wealth we possess: to know how to direct our labors rightly.” -Brigham Young

Brigham Young was born on 1 June 1801. He was a president in the Latter Day Saints Church from 1847 until his passing, and a settler of the western United States. He founded Salt Lake City and he served as the first governor of the Utah Territory (now the state of Utah). Brigham Young passed on at 76 years of age on 29 August 1877.
 
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“Courage is one step ahead of fear.” -Coleman Young
 
Coleman Alexander Young was born on 24 May 1918 in. He became a mayor (1974 - 1994) of Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. Coleman Alexander Young passed on at 79 years of age on 29 November 1997.
 
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“Learning makes a man fit company for himself.” -Edward Young
 
Edward Young was born in 1683. He was married to Elizabeth Lee in 1731. He became an English poet, dramatist, and literary critic. Edward Young passed on in 1765.
 
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“To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.” -Eva Young
 
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“Life is a precious gift. Use your days wisely.” -Jenni Young
 
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“The trouble with weather forecasting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.” -Patrick Young
 
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“It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” -Whitney M. Young, Junior
 
“Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.” -Whitney M. Young, Junior

Whitney Moore Young, Junior was born on 31 July 1921 in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States of America. He became a social worker and a civil rights leader. Whitney Moore Young, Junior passed on at 49 years of age on 11 March 1971 in Lagos, Nigeria.
 
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“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.” -Lin Yutang
 
“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner you have learned how to live.” -Lin Yutang

“Life is too short to make an over-serious business out of it.” -Lin Yutang
 
“Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do.” -Lin Yutang
 
“When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice.” -Lin Yutang
 
Lin Yutang was born in 1895. He became a Chinese writer and philologist. Lin Yutang passed on in 1976.
 
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Quotations by Authors Za through Zz
 
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“Your hopes, dreams, and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms - if you will only let them.” -Dan Zadra
 
Daniel W. Zadra, Senior was born in 1946.
 
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“Find reason to do the important things, instead of reasons not to do them. Risk, experiment, and don’t forget to have some fun while you are at it.” -Ernie Zelinski
 
Ernie Zelinski is a consultant.
 
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“There are too many people, and too few human beings.” -Robert Zend
 
Robert Zend was born in 1929. He became a writer. Robert Zend passed on in 1985.
 
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“All the good are friends of one another.” -Zeno of Citium: as quoted in Clement of Alexandria: “Stromata,” verse 14
 
“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.” -Zeno of Citium
 
“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.” -Zeno of Citium: as quoted in Diogenes Laërtius: “Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers,” vii, 23
 
Zeno of Citium was born in 334 B.C.E. He was a Greek philosopher from Cyprus, and was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he taught in Athens starting in about 300 B.C.E. Zeno of Citium passed on in 262 B.C.E.
 
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“It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged.” -Edward W. Ziegler
 
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“The ill usage of every minute is a new record against us in Heaven.” -Johann Georg Zimmermann
 
Johann Georg Zimmermann, also known as Johann George Ritter von Zimmerman, was born on 8 December 1728 in Brugg, Aargua, Switzerland. He became a philosophical writer, a naturalist, and a physician. Johann Georg Zimmermann passed on at 66 years of age on 7 October 1795 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
 
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“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” -Howard Zinn
 
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“Providing value is what leaders do. ‘Servant leadership’ is a school of thought whereby leaders see themselves as existing to help others. Fred Smith, founder of Federal Express, once opinioned that organizational pyramids were drawn upside-down - that the CEO should be on the bottom, tip of the pyramid balanced on his head, and his job was to support everyone else.” -Ray Zinn
 
Raymond D. ‘Ray’ Zinn was an inventor, entrepreneur, and co-founder of the semiconductor company Micrel.
 
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“There’s not much to be said about the period except that most writers don’t reach it soon enough.” -William Zinsser
 
William Zinsser was born in 1922. He was an American writer, editor, and teacher.
 
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“Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.” -Zoroaster
 
“Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.” -Zoroaster
 
Zoroaster, also known as Zarathushtra, was born in about 628 B.C.E. in Persia (now Iran). He is believed to be the founder of the Zoroastrian religion. Zoroaster passed on in about 551 B.C.E.
 
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“If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself. If you wish to diminish fear in the world, diminish your own. These are the gifts that you can give.” -Gary Zukav: “The Seat of the Soul” (1989)
 
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