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955 quotesIt takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
Advice
J. C. Macaulay
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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Character
Thomas B. Macaulay
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The influence of individual character extends from generation to generation.
Influence
Iain Macleod
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Once a newspaper touches a story the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.
Newspapers
Norman Mailer
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Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.
Style
Andre Malraux
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To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.
Habit
Maxwell Maltz
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We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act.
Risk
Maxwell Maltz
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Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.
Image
Paul De Man
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Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
Negotiation
Nelson Mandela
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
Action
Horace Mann
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It is well to think well. It is divine to act well.
Character
Horace Mann
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Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
Habit
Orison Swett Marden
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To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
Past
Marcus Valerius Martial
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Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.
Writers and Writing
Groucho Marx
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What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.
Self-actualization
Abraham H. Maslow
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Happiness consists in activity -- it is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.
Happiness
John L. Mason
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There are two good things in life -- freedom of thought and freedom of action.
Freedom
W. Somerset Maugham
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
Fiction
Andre Maurois
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In science, all facts no matter how trivial, enjoy democratic equality.
Science and Scientists
Mary Mccarthy
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Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.
Critics and Criticism
Nellie Mcclung
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Will is character in action.
Will and Will Power
William Mcdougall
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Leadership is action, not position.
Leaders and Leadership
Donald H. Mcgannon
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The fact that it had never been done before made it even more irresistible.
Fulfillment
William Mcgovern
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The only practice that's now constant is the practice of constantly accommodating to change.
Change
William Mcgovern
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Necessity is the mother of attraction.
Necessity
Luke Mckissack
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun