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Letter "S" » second
«First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.»
Author: Aristotle
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Philosopher,
Physician,
Scientist)
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About:
Goals
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Keywords:
achieve,
adjust,
adjusting,
adjusts,
clear,
definite,
ends,
goal,
ideal,
materials,
methods,
necessary,
objective,
practical,
second,
third,
this method,
to that
«It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But don't worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers.»
Author: David Joseph Schwartz
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Keywords:
beyond,
doers,
harbor,
harbored,
harbors,
invariably,
leader,
observe,
respect,
second,
second best,
study,
surpass,
surpassed,
surpassing,
The Second,
worship,
worshipping
«Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else»
Author: Judy Garland
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Keywords:
else,
first,
first rate,
my version,
rate,
rating,
second,
seconded,
second rate,
someone,
Someone else,
version,
versions
«By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.»
Author: Confucius
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About:
Wisdom
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Keywords:
bitterer,
bitterest,
easiest,
experience,
imitation,
imitations,
learn,
methods,
noblest,
reflection,
second,
third,
Third Way,
this method,
three,
wisdom
«For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.»
«A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest.»
Author: Helen Rowland
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Keywords:
accepts,
demands,
endures,
fifth,
fifths,
fourth,
pleaded,
pleading,
pleads,
second,
snatches,
snatching,
The First Kiss,
The Second,
The Third,
third
«Every second is of infinite value»
«All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.»
«Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.»
Author: Oprah Winfrey
(
Actress,
Producer)
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Keywords:
again,
fail,
high,
High Ones,
high time,
high wire,
in good time,
moment,
mount,
mounting,
mounts,
mount up,
second,
second thought,
second time,
The One,
The Second,
This Is,
time and again,
time and time again,
try,
try again,
tumble,
tumbled,
tumbles,
tumbling,
wire,
wired,
wires,
wiring
«In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other»
Author: Mark Twain
(
Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
almost,
at issue,
authorities,
beliefs,
By belief,
case,
cased,
convictions,
examination,
examined,
examines,
gotten,
hand,
have-not,
his case,
issue,
issuing,
politics,
questions,
religion,
second,
seconded,
second hand,
taken,
take issue,
themselves