Quote by Samuel Johnson
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anyt

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. – Samuel Johnson

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There are innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in this state receive no answer: Why do you and I exist? Why was this world created? Since it was to be created, why was it not created sooner? – Samuel Johnson

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Creation
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The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity… The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. – Samuel Johnson

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Future
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The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats. – Theodore Roosevelt

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great

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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great

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery. – R. Buckminster Fuller

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great

The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. – Condoleezza Rice

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great

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In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. – Graham Greene

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relationship

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. – David Viscott

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Love

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. – Publius Terentius Afer

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Attitude

How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America? – Author Unknown

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Election Day