Quote by John Adams
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom shou

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? – John Adams

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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. – John Adams

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Nature
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But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and sixthe swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace. – John Adams

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My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. – John Adams

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Unwilling service earns no thanks. – Danish proverb

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Service

The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown. – Yiddish Proverb

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Service

We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I dont know. – W. H. Auden

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Service

If he works for you, you work for him. – Japanese Proverb

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…the thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it… – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Thinking

While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity, which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor. – Tim Holden

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Government

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. – Tony Blair

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Leadership

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name. – Sylvia Browne

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Fear