Confucius

STATUS QUOtes — 20201216

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“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“The Superior Man is aware of righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.” — Confucius

“You have to be eligible for luck to strike, and I think that’s a matter of education and preparation, and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at.” — James A. Michener

“Everyone is attempting to buy what no one can sell.” — Joshua Fields Millburn

“The question of commonsense is always ‘what is it good for?’ – a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.” — James Russell Lowell

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20220512

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“I take sanctuary in an honest mediocrity.” — Jean de La Bruyère

“Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard.” — Barry Schwartz

“An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.” — Confucius

“I like digital cameras, because they enable you to reminisce immediately.” — Demetri Martin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20210409

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Behind every smile there’s teeth.” — Confucius

“The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.” — Ruth Benedict

“The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar… Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen.” — Aldous Huxley

“The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced – it can not be told.” — Calvin Coolidge

 

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I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
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STATUS QUOtes — 20201002

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.” — Confucius

“A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about them.” — Lisa Kleypas

“Maybe the best thing you’ll ever do, you haven’t even thought of yet.” — Ann Curry

“It’s strange how few of the world’s great problems are solved by people who remember their algebra.” — Herbert Prochnow

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180609

Jeff

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“Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.” — Confucius

“It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.” — Vida D. Scudder

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” — Margaret Thatcher

“Ever notice how random chance always picks you for jury duty, but not to win the lottery?” — Unknown

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20171020

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“He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.” — Confucius

“Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.” — Pierre Beaumarchais

“Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.” — Wilma Rudolph

“The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.” — Fran Lebowitz

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170512

Jeff

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“My goal is to build a life I don’t need a vacation from!” — Rob Hill Sr.

“I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep, for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.” — Confucius

“I grew to understand that people don’t always build walls to keep others out. There are times it is done out of necessity to protect whatever is left within.” — Unknown

“I hate flowers – I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move.” — Georgia O’Keeffe

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20170327

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“To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.” — Confucius

“If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.” — Jonas Salk

“Opportunity is a parade. Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the distance.” — Robert Brault

“I can’t say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.” — Daniel Boone

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20170130

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“It is impossible to sling mud with clean hands.” — Confucius

“There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.” — Malcolm Gladwell

“Still there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.” — Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies

“I wasn’t affected by inflation, I had nothing to inflate.” — Gerald Barzan

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20161028

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“Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.” — Confucius

“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” — Flora Whittemore

“Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.” — Andrei Sakharov

“You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.” — Benjamin Franklin

 

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