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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.

—  Edmund Burke

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction from the life of man.

—  Charles Caleb Colton

We sometimes speak of winning reputation as though that were the final goal. The truth is contrary to this. Reputation is a reward, to be sure, but it is really the beginning, not the end of endeavor. It should not be the signal for a let-down, but rather, a reminder that the standards which won recognition can never again be lowered. From him who gives much - much is forever after expected.

—  Alvan Macauley

For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.

—  Rachel Louise Carson

There is no time left for anything but to make peacework a dimension of our every waking activity.

—  Elise Bolding

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life in a great cause.

—  Theodore Roosevelt

Music is the universal language of mankind ... poetry their universal pastime and delight.

—  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is ... impossible.

—  Richard David Bach

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

—  Marian Wright Edelman

I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

—  Benjamin Disraeli