“Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life.” PassionWatchesHabitBattleJudgmentEverydayDetailsEveryday LifeSmall DetailsGreat Battle Author:John Lubbock
“Probability is a kind of penance, which God made, suitable, I presume to that state of mediocrity and probationership he has been pleased to place us in here; wherein, to check our over-confidence and presumption, we might, by every day's experience, be made sensible of our short-sightedness, and liableness to error.” KindHas BeensMadeStatesMightKindnessErrorsChecksMediocritySensibleProbabilitySuitablePresumptionPenanceOver Confidence Author:John Locke
“Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage.” ShouldPlansPolicyIndustryCorporateMediocrityDoomedTypicalCompetitorsDisadvantages Author:Bruce Henderson
“We had not had time to establish ourselves as a double act before Ernie joined the Merchant Navy. I teamed up with the brother of the late Dave Morris.” ComedyBrotherLateNavyMerchantsDaveMorris Author:Eric Morecambe
“We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.” PeopleCountryFacesBehindsOvercomingIndigenousDisadvantagesIndigenous PeopleAdvantages And Disadvantages Author:Malcolm Fraser
“Sometimes in life, things happen that will knock you back. Hell, you may get beaten to your knees but you must never ALLOW this world to knock you down! Conjure up all the strength you have and drive through whatever it is keeping you on your knees. Build up the strength and your knees may never buckle again!” WorldMaySometimesHappensMotivationalHellThis WorldOvercomingAdversityThings HappenKneesBeatenOvercoming AdversitySometimes In LifeBuckles Author:Adam Johnson
“...And these vicissitudes come best in youth; For when they happen at a riper age, People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth, And wonder Providence is not more sage. Adversity is the first path to truth: He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty.” PeopleFirstsWarHappensTruthAgeWonderPathFateYouthAdversityBlameWinterStormRageProvidenceSageEightyEighteenVicissitudes Book:DON JUAN Source: DON JUAN
“The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever.” WorldArtShowsFormSongHouseNumbersRateAround The WorldOperaPopular SongAttendanceOpera House Author:Bruce Beresford
“The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.” SongEndlessOperaRevivalPopular Song Author:Bruce Beresford
“We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.” IfsLifePersonsHappinessLiteratureIntuitionGuidesBeing YourselfThings That MatterMansfield Park Book:Mansfield Park Source: Mansfield Park