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Inspirational Quotations #534

June 29, 2014 By Nagesh Belludi Leave a Comment

The most essential factor is persistence—the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
—James Whitcomb Riley (American Children’s Books Writer)

Old age is an insult. It’s like being smacked.
—Lawrence Durrell (British Biographer)

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
—Colin Powell (American Military Leader)

The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.
—Hubert Humphrey (American Head of State)

I have to confess that I had gambled on my soul and lost it with heroic insouciance and lightness of touch. The soul is so impalpable, so often useless, and sometimes such a nuisance, that I felt no more emotion on losing it than if, on a stroll, I had mislaid my visiting card.
—Charles Baudelaire (French Poet)

Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.
—Earl of Chesterfield

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can’t help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won’t want to worry.
—B. C. Forbes (Scottish-born American Journalist)

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts.
—Heywood Hale Broun (American Journalist)

To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.
—James Whitcomb Riley (American Children’s Books Writer)

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