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«True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.»
Author: Arthur Ashe
(Activist, Tennis Player)
| About:
Heroism
| Keywords:
cost, heroism, remarkably, serve, sober, sobered, soberest, sobering, sobers, sober up, surpass, surpassed, surpassing, The Urge, undramatic, urge
«The train passed fruit farms and clean villages and Swiss cycling in kerchiefs, calendar scenes that you admire for a moment before feeling an urge to move on to a new month»
«The human mind shows an urge to capture into fixed forms through unreal assumptions, that is, fictions, that which is chaotic, always in flux, and incomprehensible. Serving this urge, the child quite generally uses a scheme in order to act and to fin»
Author: Alfred Adler
| About:
Mankind,
Mind
| Keywords:
assumptions, capture, chaotic, fictions, fin, fins, flux, incomprehensible, scheme, serving, unreal, urge
«Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.»
«We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.»
Author: Mikhail Gorbachev
(President)
| Keywords:
abandon, abandoning, convictions, Traditions, urge
«TRINITY, n. In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches, three entirely distinct deities consistent with only one. Subordinate deities of the polytheistic faith, such as devils and angels, are not dowered with the power of combination, and must urge individually their clames to adoration and propitiation. The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion. In rejecting it because it is incomprehensible, Unitarians betray their inadequate sense of theological fundamentals. In religion we believe only what we do not understand, except in the instance of an intelligible doctrine that contradicts an incomprehensible one. In that case we believe the former as a part of the latter.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| Keywords:
art, artist, characterize, characterized, creative, In the, irresistible, this art, true, urge
«This remains a very important opportunity for the American people to have their day in court against big tobacco and its marketing practices. I urge Congress to provide the funding to allow the lawsuit to move forward, and not to shield the tobacco industry from the consequences of its actions.»
«The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.»
«The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the urge to rule it.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
almost, Almost always, false, false face, humanity, rule, save, The Urge, urge
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