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«To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
aware, a thousand, badly, friction, good practice, oneself, perception, practice, produce, purer, qualities, shortcoming, Somebody else, speaking, unrest, useful, ways, well aware
«For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.»
Author: Earl Nightingale
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acquire, bits, chip, chipped, chipping, chip away, chip in, emotions, harmful, qualities, rewarding, rich person, superstitions
«At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.»
«A single son endowed with good qualities is far better than a hundred devoid of them.»
«As gold is tested in four ways by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating -- so a man should be tested by these four things: his renunciation, his conduct, his qualities and his actions.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
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Actions, beatings, cuttings, heats, qualities
«Contentment with little or nothing to eat although one may have a great appetite; to awaken instantly although one may be in a deep slumber; unflinching devotion to the master; and bravery; these six qualities should be learned from the dog.»
«Authority is not a quality one person ''has,'' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.»
Author: Erich Fromm
(Philosopher, Psychoanalyst)
| Keywords:
authority, interpersonal, one-person, property, qualities, referred to, refers, refers to, relation, superior, The sense
«Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities»
«Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
Courage
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guaranteeing, guarantees, qualities, quality, the first, The Others
«Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
Courage
| Keywords:
courage, esteemed, Esteeming, esteems, first, guaranteeing, guarantees, human, qualities, quality, rightly, the first
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