Yousuf Karsh Quotes
I have found that great people do have in common an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have great determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision, they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all, they have integrity.
Quotes to Explore
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The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.
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When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.
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We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.
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I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.
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It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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I believe that your religion should be between you and whoever your belief is in.
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The organization of the government itself is something which we ought to examine in a more self-conscious way - the Federal Reserve and the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The mission that each of them has is mainly economic but should be informed by good organizational practices.
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Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
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Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
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It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.
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My inspiration comes from the common man and nature.
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No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
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I miss improv. I hate it in a way - watching it, doing it - but only because it's so challenging and nerve wracking. Improv is the only belief system I've ever experienced that directly works on how to be. Just how to be.
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When you have a little one, you realize that your only mission in life is to protect this helpless, very sensitive creature. That is your charge. That's primal. I relate to that deeply.
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We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.
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A writer is not different from a reader, in that the common ragbag of orthodoxies and assumptions is what a poet has to work with as well.
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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
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It's not that your most important work is meaningless; it's that your most trivial movements are also significant.
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It's really, really hard to watch people struggling and not want to fix it.
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I have found that great people do have in common an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have great determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision, they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all, they have integrity.
