Charles William Eliot Quotes

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.

Charles William Eliot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1834 - August 22, 1926

Topics

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I feel very lucky to have the freedom to do the things I want to do. And as I say, my clients are all my friends as well.

Robert Stigwood

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I'm very comfortable with uncomfortable situations, and I think that can seem odd to people, that I like the thrill of discomfort.

Stephen Colbert

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I wasn't star struck, but you know you're in the game when you're eye-to-eye with Nicki Minaj. It means you made it.

Slim Jimmy

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Baseball consists of a million threads of dullness, on a loom of ennui, woven into a tapestry of tedium.

Steve Rushin

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The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment of reparations be the outcome. This is an effort designed to involve the campus community in a discovery of the meaning of our past.

Ruth J. Simmons

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We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

Russell M. Nelson

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Comedy is so subjective. If you trip and fall down, some people will laugh, and some people will say, 'Oh, physical comedy is so pedestrian.' Some people look at Three Stooges as lowbrow; some people consider them artists. No one is wrong. It's just a personal take.

Martin Short

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Being injured, nobody wants to be injured.

Jason Pierre-Paul

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I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.

Josh Hartnett

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Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it.

Donatella Versace

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I think there are a lot of companies that are staying private longer. Much more of their growth is happening while they are on the private side. So their valuations are hitting $1 billion while they are still private more often.

David Sze

GrowthThinkMoreSideStillMuch

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius

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