Category: Quotations
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Experience
If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.Advice columnist Abigail Van Buren, known to millions as ‘Dear Abby’
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Wisdom
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.Confucius
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Fear
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine. When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead.Gen. George S. Patton
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Half empty or Half full?
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.Harry S. Truman
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Progress
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld Magazine