Quote by Irving Babbitt
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. – Irving Babbitt

Other quotes by Irving Babbitt

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. – Irving Babbitt

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Faith
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. – Irving Babbitt

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Happiness
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Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Happiness

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. – Leo Tolstoy

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Happiness

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. – Bette Davis

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Happiness

When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy, and my family was there and the fact that got to see that moment and share that moment with me was just everything to me. – Pia Toscano

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Happiness

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May love and light fill your home and heart at Hanukkah. – Author Unknown

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Hanukkah

A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change. – James Levine

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Change

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood. – George S. Patton

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History

Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women. – Fanny Kemble

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Morning