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Letter "R" » ranks
«To begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.»
Author: James Allen
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Statesman)
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About:
Positive thinking
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Keywords:
attainment,
attainments,
Begin,
enter,
pathway,
pathways,
purpose,
ranked,
ranking,
ranks,
recognize
«Who included me among the ranks of the human race?»
«You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(
Emperor,
General,
Politician)
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Keywords:
defied,
defy,
drive,
lads,
must not,
ranked,
ranking,
ranks,
The Enemy,
you-drive
«The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country»
«The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(
Architect,
Engineer,
Painter,
Sculptor)
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About:
Painting,
Poetry,
Poets
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Keywords:
below,
invisible,
musician,
painter,
poet,
ranks,
representation,
representations,
visible
«When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.»
«The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(
Author,
Orator,
Prime Minister)
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About:
Conscience
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Keywords:
Actions,
calculations,
conscience,
Fates,
guide,
honor,
hopes,
however,
imprudent,
march,
march on,
memory,
mocked,
ranked,
ranking,
ranks,
rectitude,
shield,
shielded,
shielding,
sincerity,
the Fates,
upsets,
upsetting