Quote by Eric Hoffer
We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume t

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious. – Eric Hoffer

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It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. – Eric Hoffer

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Failure
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Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do. – Eric Hoffer

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Be Yourself
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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. – Eric Hoffer

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Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. – Ezra Pound

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think. – G. W. F. Hegel

Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose? – Howard Nemerov

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and think more they look less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse poems. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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If you’ve lost your enthusiasm, there’s no better place to find it than on a skipping excursion. And, you might just find your lost youth as well! – Jessi Lane Adams

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Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. – Damien Hirst

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