A Quotes
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“A gentleman's taste in dress is upon principle, the avoidance of all things extravagant. It consists in the quiet simplicity of exquisite neatness; but, as the neatness must be a neatness in fashion, employ the best tailor; pay him ready money, and, on the whole, you wi11 find him the cheapest.”
“A gentleman, is a rarer thing than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle--men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant and elevated; who can look the world honestly in the face, with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small? We all know a hundred whose coats are well made, and a score who have excellent manners; but of gentlemen how many? Let us take a little scrap of paper, and each make out his list.”
“A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.”
Source: A little book in C major
“A Gentleperson always negotiates. A Gentleperson understands that negotiation is the art of bartering for better things than what they’ve been given by mother nature.”
Source: Businessman With An Affliction
“A Gentleperson understands that it’s better not to take sides. If a Gentleperson decides on taking sides, then they shall take both sides, for they have a 50% chance of winning and a 50% chance of not losing.”
Source: Businessman With An Affliction
“A genuine act of kindness makes me feel like I really am where you cut underneath anything external, and you become what a human being can really be. It’s like coming home when you give kindness. Kindness changes us, as human beings.”
“A genuine answer is better than a crafted facade. Authenticity outshines the most bespoken illusions.”
“A genuine approach to budget cutting - knowing exactly what you're cutting and why, and with what real-life consequences - is beyond my competence, and probably beyond the competence of any politician in America.”
“A genuine Calvinist's perspective on salvation centers entirely on God. In the eyes of a true Calvinist, human beings have no capacity to approach God, nor can they even recognize their own sin. Salvation is entirely the result of God's work, unaffected by human actions or qualities. In this view, acts such as confession, repentance, believing or going to the altar hold no sway. To the true Calvinist, salvation is a work entirely independent of any human involvement; it is solely the work of God, with no contribution from humanity whatsoever.”
Source: PULLING OFF THE PETALS: "best way to glorify God is to say no to Calvinism"
“A genuine coincidence always means bad luck for me; it's my only superstition.”
Source: Police at the Funeral
“A genuine desire to be ONE enhances our lives with peace and power.”
“A genuine education must somehow serve the wings of spirit and imagination that each child brings to life.”
Source: The Genius Myth
“A genuine enemy is more useful than a fake friend.”
“A genuine faith resolves the mystery of life by the mystery of God.”
“A genuine fast cleanses the body, mind and soul. It crucifies the flesh and to that extent sets the soul free.”
Source: Collected Works
“A genuine free enterprise system, without state-enforced artificial scarcities, artificial property rights or subsidies, would be like dynamite at the foundations of corporate power.”
“A genuine invention in the realm of ideas must first emerge as an abstruse and even partial concept? At first blusha new idea appearstobe verycloseto insanity because to be new it must reverse important basic beliefs and assumptions which, in turn, have been institutionalized and are administered by one or another kind of priesthood with a vested interest in an old idea.”
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
“A genuine Left doesn't consider anyone's suffering irrelevant or titillating; nor does it function as a microcosm of capitalist economy, with men competing for power and status at the top, and women doing all the work at the bottom.... Goodbye to all that.”
Source: The Word of a Woman: Feminist Dispatches
“A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin.”
Source: The Invention of Love
“A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.”
“A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences. It is a deeply felt, risky, unpredictable tour of the soul.”
Source: Care of the soul: a guide for cultivating depth and sacredness in everyday life
“A genuine passion is like a mountain stream; it admits of no impediment; it cannot go backward; it must go forward.”
Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“A genuine purpose always starts with an impulse. Obstruction of the immediate execution of an impulse converts it into a desire. Nevertheless neither impulse nor desire is itself a purpose. A purpose is an end-view. That is, it involves foresight of the consequences which will result from acting upon impulse.”
Source: Experience And Education
“A genuine quality of life comes from consistent, quality questions.”
Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“A genuine relationship is one that is not dominated by the ego with its image-making and self-seeking. In a genuine relationship, there is an outward flow of open, alert attention toward the other person in which there is no wanting whatsoever.”
Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“A genuine revival means a trimming of personal lamps.”
“A genuine revival without joy in the Lord is as impossible as spring without flowers, or day-dawn without light.”
“A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.”
Source: Collected Works
“A genuine sense of humor is having a light touch: not beating reality into the ground but appreciating reality with a light touch. The basis of Shambhala vision is rediscovering that perfect and real sense of humor, that light touch of appreciation.”
Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings
“A genuine show of love is like a light kindled in a dark room. It changes the whole atmosphere.”
Source: These Words Pour Like Rain
“A genuine smile can speak a thousand words”
Source: Pearls Of Eternity
“A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.”
“A genuine smile is inviting, contagious, encouraging, and brings joy into the world. It instantly tells others that you are glad to see them, that they are important and you are approachable.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.”
“A genuine smile is your best fashion accessory and the most important thing you can wear.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“A genuine smile touches something fundamental in us: our natural appreciation of kindness.”
“a genuine, tee-hee-hee giggle...it's like he's being tickled by life”
Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.”
“A genuine work of art must mean many things; the truer its art, the more things it will mean. If my drawing, on the other hand, is so far from being a work of art that it needs THIS IS A HORSE written under it, what can it matter that neither you nor your child should know what it means? It is there not so much to convey a meaning as to wake a meaning. If it do not even wake an interest, throw it aside. A meaning may be there, but it is not for you. If, again, you do not know a horse when you see it, the name written under it will not serve you much. At all events, the business of the painter is not to teach zoology.”
Source: The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories
“A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.”
“A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives.”
Source: The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom
“A genuinely free and educated man should be able to tune himself, as one tunes a musical instrument, absolutely arbitrarily, at his convenience at any time and to any degree, philosophically or philologically, critically or poetically, historically or rhetorically, in ancient or modern form.”
“A genuinely fundamental and hopeful improvement in "systems" cannot happen without a significant shift in human consciousness.”
“A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.”
Source: Hope Is a Decision: Selected Essays
“A genuinely humble attitude is one of the greatest skills in business. Because it compels us to LISTEN and LEARN.”
“A genuinely humble person humbles himself even before those who should be humbled by his presence.”
“A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside. It comes inside your belief system, as it were, and affirms something you believe strongly. And then it says - well if you believe this (A) then why in the world can't you see that B is true?”
“A genuinely political society, in which discussion and debate are an essential technique, is a society full of risks.”
“A geografia é o resumo multidisciplinar da vida.”