“ The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers. ”
- Virginia Woolf- Copy
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“ The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the worst is that which delays them. ”
- David Lloyd George- Copy
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“ The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ The finest lives in my opinion are the common model, without miracle and without extravagance. ”
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne- Copy
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“ The spirit of voluntarism and generous individual giving must continue to be the special virtue we exhibit. In that spirit will be found life's finest experiences. ”
- Winfield C. Dunn- Copy
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“ The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives. ”
- Denis Waitley- Copy
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“ Though smooth be the heartless prayer, no ear in heaven will mind it; And the finest phrase falls dead, if there is no feeling behind it. ”
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox- Copy
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“ We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives behind them. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy. ”
- Salman Rushdie- Copy
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“ The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ That's like asking you to pick your favorite child… I do however, think Bird on a Wire was one of my finest works. Oscar caliber. ”
- Mel Gibson- Copy
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“ When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do. ”
- Bob Gibson- Copy
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“ One doesn't become a soldier in a week - it takes training, study and discipline. There is no question that the finest Army in the world is found in the United States. ”
- Daniel Inouye- Copy
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“ This boy is one of five that I raised and they are the finest, I think, in the United States. If you care to give him a lift I would say the Ohio State Journal is still doing some good. ”
- Frank Nixon- Copy
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“ The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ One of the nicest things about NBC is that Tom Brokaw is not Dan Rather. ”
- Michael Gartner- Copy
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“ Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one. ”
- Louisa May Alcott- Copy
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“ The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith. ”
- John Foster Dulles- Copy
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“ The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them. ”
- Anatole France- Copy
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“ The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet. ”
- Isadora Duncan- Copy
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“ Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child. ”
- A. S. Neill- Copy
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“ Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. ”
- Jane Austen- Copy
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“ The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing. ”
- William Cowper- Copy
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