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Inspirational Quotations #1135

January 4, 2026 By Nagesh Belludi

An early-rising man… a good spouse but a bad husband.
—Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombian Novelist, Short-Story Writer)

The way I see it, it doesn’t matter what you believe just so you’re sincere.
—Charles M. Schulz (American Cartoonist)

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever… money, for instance, or war.
—Saul Bellow (Canadian-born American Novelist)

The giver should forget, but the receiver should remember forever.
—Polish Proverb

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
—Alfred North Whitehead (English Mathematician, Philosopher)

I don’t believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
—Harold S. Geneen (American Businessman)

Behaviour that’s admired is the path to power among people everywhere.
—Seamus Heaney (Irish Poet, Playwright)

Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.
—Sivananda Saraswati (Hindu Spiritual Teacher)

Instead of wanting to throttle your loved ones when they give you a hard time, it is better to look at them as mirrors of what you still need to work on in terms of our personal growth.
—Susan Jeffers (American Self-Help Author)

Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick you can hardly catch it going.
—Tennessee Williams (American Playwright)

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About: Nagesh Belludi [hire] is a St. Petersburg, Florida-based freethinker, investor, and leadership coach. He specializes in helping executives and companies ensure that the overall quality of their decision-making benefits isn’t compromised by a lack of a big-picture understanding.

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