William Greenough Thayer Shedd Quotes
A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it.
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We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
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I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.
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Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon.
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In any case, ideals are something we strive for; they are somewhere on the horizon of our efforts; they provide meaning and direction; they are not, however, static quotas that we either fulfill or do not.
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Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.
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Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? ... The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of a better life.
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The whole purpose of working is to support your ideal lifestyle.
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It's not ideal to have three films coming out at once.
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I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within me. She opened my heart to the lasting impressions of nature; she awakened my understanding and extended my horizon and her percepts exerted an everlasting influence upon the course of my life.
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The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon.
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No art can conquer the people alone-the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority.
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For, after all, you do grow up, you do outgrow your ideals, which turn to dust and ashes, which are shattered into fragments; and if you have no other life, you just have to build one up out of these fragments.
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I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.
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What folly takes light through ether to each eye from every horizon.
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Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding; And haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away.
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I love books that stand the test of time.
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Humans seem to be programmed to think of ambivalent feelings at the same time. That is the driving force behind human beings: to be the warrant of all things and to control other worlds.
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While we all need external structure in our lives—some degree of predictability, routine, organization—those with ADD need it much more than most people. They need external structure so much because they so lack internal structure.
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Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means ... the need to be left. I am driven to grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics.
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A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it.
