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of Quotes by
Joseph Conrad . Enjoy these inspirational and motivational quotes.
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Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of illusions. |
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All a man can betray is his conscience. |
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As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook. |
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Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it. |
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How does one kill fear, I wonder How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by the spectral throat. |
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I don't like work... but I like what is in work -- the chance to find yourself. Your own reality -- for yourself, not for others -- which no other man can ever know. |
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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. |
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Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. |
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It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. |
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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. |
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The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. |
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The mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. |
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The way of even the most jusitifiable revolution is prepared by personal impulses disguised into creeds. |
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Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life. |
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Words, as is well known, are great foes of reality. |
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. |
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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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Author: Lee Iacocca
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