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Letter "A" » apply
«Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Action,
Knowledge,
Will
| Keywords:
apply
«I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(Architect, Engineer, Painter, Sculptor)
| About:
Action,
Doing Your Best
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«Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.»
«It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.»
«No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.»
«I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.»
«Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips»
«In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
apply, in the end, practically, retain, retaining, studies, The End
«No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
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«Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.»
Author: Socrates
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
accord, apply, directly, dying, of their own, ordinary people, preparing, the right way
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