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Inspirational Quotations #622

March 6, 2016 By Nagesh Belludi Leave a Comment

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
—Winston Churchill (British Head of State)

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.
—G. K. Chesterton (English Journalist)

Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.
—Brian Tracy (American Author)

The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves.
—Joseph Addison (English Essayist)

The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities….The so-called clergy stupefy the masses….They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction
—Leo Tolstoy (Russian Novelist)

Art is the proper task of life.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (German Philosopher, Scholar)

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.
—Winston Churchill (British Head of State)

The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.
—William Shakespeare (British Playwright)

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