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Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about end, life

Fear is your greatest obstacle so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master.

Quote by Joy Page about fear, obstacles, question, life

Is a melancolic truth that even the greatest men have humble relatives.

Quote by Charles Dickens about truth, man

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Quote by Confucius about glory, fall, time

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison about violence, weakness, time

This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, chance, contentment

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Quote by Francis Bacon about merit, public, man

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

Quote by Francis Bacon about god

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils, for time is the greatest innovator.

Quote by Francis Bacon about time

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about character, mind, being, things, man

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Quote by Francis Bacon about happiness, wisdom, man

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

Quote by Dean Acheson about mistake, death

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about pain, idea, nature, human imperfections

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about mistake, contentment

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about pleasure, life, people, contentment

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

Quote by Pearl Bailey about contentment

Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ''that these United Colonies are, and of right...

Quote by John Adams about question, rightness, man

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

Quote by Scott Adams about pleasure, people

The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about nation, meetings, people

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Quote by Joseph Addison about mind, world, man