Contagious Quotes

• Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.

  G. Stanley Hall

  Art, Average, Civilization

  G. Stanley Hall (2013). “Adolescence - Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, and Religion (1931)”, p.163, Read Books Ltd

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• Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

  Billy Graham

  Motivational, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

  "A Time for Moral Courage". Reader's Digest, July 1964.

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• Elephants are contagious.

  Paul Eluard

  Elephants

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• Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad.

  Daniel Goleman

  Fun, Coffee, Rude

  "Sociability: It's all in your mind". Interview with Sharon Jayson, usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 24, 2006.

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• If we think about emotion this way - as outside-in, not inside out - it is possible to understand how some people can have an enormous amount of influence over others. Some of us, after all, are very good at expressiing emotions and feelings, which means that we are far more emotionally contagious than the rest of us.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Mean, Thinking, People

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• Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Volunteer, Evil, Example

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• Even if humans feel lots of fear, remember God will take care of you. This is a collective message because fear is contagious... This is a message of reassurance.

  Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

  Messages, Care, Remember

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• The sin which is indulged to the greatest extent, and which separates us from God and produces so many contagious spiritual disorders, is selfishness.

  Ellen G. White

  Spiritual, Selfishness, Sin

  "Our Father Cares".

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• When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.

  Marianne Williamson

  Energy, Glory, Possibility

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “A Woman's Worth”, p.12, Ballantine Books

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• Nothing is so contagious as example.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Example

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• I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.

  Brittany Murphy

  Thinking, Keys, People

  Interview with Drew Barrymore, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 2003.

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• Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that, I used to think, 'I'm being fake,' but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

  Charles Dickens

  Happiness, Inspiring, Laughter

  Charles Dickens (2011). “A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories”, p.59, Penguin

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• Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

  Harriet Ann Jacobs

  Community, Literature, Cruelty

  Harriet Ann Jacobs (2006). “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.234, Prestwick House Inc

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• Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.

  Albert Einstein

  Creativity, Ideas

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• Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Freedom, Men, President

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• Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Leadership, Confidence

  Vince Lombardi (1998). “Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century”

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• Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.

  Jimmy Carter

  Patriotic, Presidential, Disease

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1977). “Jimmy Carter”

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• From watching the news one would think the Iraqis want us out of their country. But an overwhelming majority of Iraqis support our involvement there. Our freedom is contagious and we helped liberate them.

  Jim Bunning

  Country, Thinking, Support

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• There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Fear, Passion, Worry

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.208, Stanford University Press

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• There's something contagious about demanding freedom.

  Robin Morgan

  Freedom

  Robin Morgan (1970). “Sisterhood is powerful: an anthology of writings from the women's liberation movement”, Vintage

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• Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

  Maurice Maeterlinck

  Happiness, Inner Peace, Firsts

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• Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.

  Munshi Premchand

  Badass, Bravery, Timidity

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• Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.

  David Seabury

  Inspirational, Positive, Heart

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• Feast of the Holy Innocents The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone to Christ. And it's contagious. Once you do it, you don't want to stop.

  Luis Palau

  Winning, Want, Christ

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