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BY
George Gordon Byron |
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of Quotes by
George Gordon Byron . Enjoy these inspirational and motivational quotes.
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'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't. |
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Adversity is the first path to truth. |
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And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description. |
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. |
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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country. |
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Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep. |
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For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'dAnd the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. |
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For what were all these country patriots born To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn. |
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He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly. |
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I feel my immortality over sweep all pains, all tears, all time, all fears, - and peal, like the eternal thunders of the deep, into my ears, this truth, - thou livest forever. |
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I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves. |
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I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five. |
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It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time. |
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It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem-and in my esteem age is not estimable. |
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My time has been passed viciously and agreeably at thirty-one so few years months days hours or minutes remain that 'Carpe Diem' is not enough. I have been obliged to crop even the seconds-for who can trust to tomorrow. |
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My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then. |
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Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure men love in haste but they detest at leisure. |
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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more. |
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There is something Pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything. |
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They never fail who die in a great cause. |
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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. |
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To fly from, need not be to hate, makind All are not fit with them to stir and toil, Nor is it discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain. |
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Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler. |
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Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Allah given To lift from earth our low desire. |
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Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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Management is nothing more than motivating other people. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. |
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Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
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Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship - never. |
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Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do. |
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Author: John Stuart Mill
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. |
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Author: Martin Luther King Jr
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The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks. |
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Author: Rupert Murdoch
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. |
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Author: Pablo Picasso
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Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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Management is nothing more than motivating other people. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. |
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Author: Lee Iacocca
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People want economy and they will pay any price to get it. |
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