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Butcher, Jim -- Princeps’ Fury, Epilogue [Gaius Sextus] (2008)

All things pass in time. We are far less significant than we imagine ourselves to be. All that we are, all that we have wrought, is but a shadow, no matter how durable it may seem. One day, when the...

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Stevenson, Robert Louis -- (Spurious)

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet(Spurious) Frequently attributed to Stevenson, but not...

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Becker, Carl -- “Everyman His Own Historian” (3), speech, American Historical...

However accurately we may determine the “facts” of history, the facts themselves and our interpretations of them, and our interpretation of our own interpretations, will be seen in a different...

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Roosevelt, Eleanor -- “What Has Happened to the American Dream?” Atlantic...

The future will be determined by the young, and there is no more essential task today, it seems to me, than to bring before them once more, in all its brightness, in all its splendor and beauty, the...

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Bible -- Romans 8:18-25

I believe that the present suffering is nothing compared to the coming glory that is going to be revealed to us. The whole creation waits breathless with anticipation for the revelation of God’s sons...

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Markham, Edwin -- “Brotherhood,” The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)

Come, clear the way, then, clear the way: Blind creeds and kings have had their day. Break the dead branches from the path; Our hope is in the aftermath — Our hope is in heroic men, Star-led to build...

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Ackoff, Russell -- The Art of Problem Solving (1978)

In reactive problem solving we walk into the future facing the past — we move away from, rather than toward, something. This often results in unforeseen consequences that are more distasteful than the...

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Galbraith, John Kenneth -- (Attributed)

We have two classes of forecasters: those who don’t know and those who know they don’t know. John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) Canadian-American economist, diplomat, author(Attributed) Variants: There...

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Roosevelt, Eleanor -- “My Day” (10 Aug 1945)

Person after person has said to me in these last few days that this new world we face terrifies them. I can understand how that feeling would arise unless one believes that men are capable of greatness...

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Whitehead, Alfred North -- Science and the Modern World (1925)

It is the business of the future to be dangerous. Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) English mathematician and philosopherScience and the Modern World (1925)

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Lincoln, Abraham -- Speech on the Sub-Treasury (26 Dec 1839)

We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)Speech on the Sub-Treasury (26 Dec 1839)

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Stern, G. B. -- (Attributed)

One thing that’s good about procrastination is that you always have something planned for tomorrow. G. B. Stern (1890-1973) British writer [Gladys Bronwyn Stern](Attributed)

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Steinem, Gloria -- “Doing Sixty,” Moving Beyond Words (1994)

Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer. Gloria Steinem (b. 1934) American feminist, journalist, activist“Doing Sixty,” Moving Beyond Words (1994)

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Lincoln, Abraham -- Speech, Washington, DC (10 Nov 1964)

What has occurred in this case must ever recur in similar cases. Human nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak and as strong, as...

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Tuchman, Barbara -- “Can History Be Served Up Hot?” New York Times (8 Mar 1964)

The contemporary has no perspective; everything is in the foreground and appears the same size. Little matters loom big, and great matters are sometimes missed because their outlines cannot be seen....

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Richardson, James -- Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays, #349 (2001)

The man who sticks to his plan will become what he used to want to be. James Richardson (b. 1950) American poetVectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays, #349 (2001)

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Montgomery, Bernard -- The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery, ch. 6 (1958)

[The commander] must always think and plan two battles ahead — the one he is prepared to fight and the next one — so that the success gained in one battle can be used as a springboard for the next....

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Eisenhower, Dwight David -- Speech, Centennial Celebration Banquet, National...

Teachers need our active support and encouragement. They are doing one of the most necessary and exacting jobs in the land. They are developing our most precious national resource: our children, our...

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Tolkien, J.R.R. -- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 1,...

The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way, Where many...

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Wilcox, Ella Wheeler -- “You Never Can Tell,” Custer And Other Poems (1896)

You never can tell when you do an act Just what the result will be; But with every deed you are sowing a seed, Though the harvest you may not see. Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author and...

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