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~ When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality. ~

Dr. Samuel Johnson

~ A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all actions shooting at his own praise or profit. ~

Thomas Fuller

~ There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of can't and hypocrisy ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are The plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave. ~

William Blake

~ There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ We have an innate desire to endlessly learn, grow and develop. We want to become more than what we already are. Once we yield to this inclination for continuous and never-ending improvement, we lead a life of endless accomplishments and satisfaction. ~

Chuck Gallozi

~ To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theatre. It lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment. ~

Anna Pavlova

~ Basketball, hockey and track meets are action heaped upon action, climax upon climax, until the onlooker's responses become deadened. Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams ~

Roger Kahn

~ Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes ~

Bill Klem

~ Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero ~

Edward Abbey

~ I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance ~

Barry Bonds

~ And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace ~

Aristotle

~ In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action ~

Louis Dembitz Brandeis

~ He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. ~

Henry Ward Beecher

~ Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action ~

George Washington

~ There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action ~

Bertrand Russell

~ For every action there is an equal and opposite government program ~

Bob Wells

~ The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection ~

John Stuart Mill

~ The purpose of a written constitution is to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a rebellion, on every infraction of their rights, on the peril that their acquiescence shall be construed into an intention to surrender those rights. ~

Thomas Jefferson

~ Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action ~

Francis Quarles

~ Meditation is acceptance. It is the acceptance of life within us, without us and all around us. Acceptance of life is the beginning of human satisfaction. Transformation of life is the culmination of divine satisfaction ~

Sri Chinmoy

~ If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements. And finally, there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation. ~

Dalai Lama

~ The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places; and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst assemblies, turning the eye of the mind inwards, can form an artificial solitude; retired amidst a crowd, calm amidst distraction, and wise amidst folly. ~

Isaac D\'Israeli

~ Meditation is the life of the soul; action is the soul of meditation; honor is the reward of action; so meditate, that thou mayst do; so do, that thou mayst purchase honor; for which purchase, give God the glory. ~

Francis Quarles

~ Meditation is a busy search in the storehouse of phantasy for some ideas of matters, to be cast in the moulds of resolution into some forms of words or actions; in which search, when I have used my greatest diligence, I find this is the best conclusion, that to meditate on the best is the best of meditations; and a resolution to make a good end is a good end of my resolutions. ~

Arthur Warwick

~ The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action. ~

Mark Twain

~ Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet. ~

Andy Warhol

~ The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed. ~

C.G. Jung

~ Romantic love reaches out in little ways, showing attention and admiration, Romantic love remembers what pleases a woman, what excites her, and what surprises her. Its actions whisper: you are the most special person in my life. ~

Charles Stanley

~ When someone tells me there is only one way to do things, it always lights a fire under my butt. My instant reaction is, "I'm going to prove you wrong ~

Picabo Street

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