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• Ralph Keyes calls quotation collectors "quotographers," the men and women who gather catchwords, watchwords, war words, winged words, maxims, mottos, sayings, and quips into books of a thousand pages. Through the centuries quotation collectors have saved quotations that would otherwise be lost.

  Willis Regier

  War, Book, Men

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• I grant an ugly woman is a blot on the fair face of creation; but as to the gentleman, let them be solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto be:Hunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a flip.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Fighting, Gentleman, Ugly

  1847 Jane Eyre ch.17.

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• I have a motto: it's never too late to give up. It's never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love.

  Hans Rosling

  Giving Up, Too Late, Investing

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• My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.

  Kelly Wearstler

  Voice, Risk, Venture

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• My friend devotes himself to his life, whenever he can find the spare time. His motto is: 'Don't just sit there: live!' So he's too busy to stand, to walk, to do anything, except to live. He even refused to kiss a girl, when invited, on the grounds that it was time again to be living. Schedules are sacred to him.

  Marvin L. Cohen

  Life, Girl, Kissing

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• People of faith find themselves marginalized and ridiculed. In a nation where our coins carry the motto, 'In God We Trust...'

  Ralph E. Reed, Jr.

  Christian, Religious, People

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• Enlightenment is the liberation of man from his self-caused state of minority... Supere aude! Dare to use your own understanding!is thus the motto of the Enlightenment.

  Immanuel Kant

  Knowledge, Men, Self

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• I know [my label], in any case: a double face, a charming Janus, and underneath, the house motto: "Be wary". On my business cards:"Jean-Baptiste Clamence, actor".

  Albert Camus

  Hypocrisy, House, Labels

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• I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim ""Do not get others to do what you can do yourself."" My motto on the other hand is; ""Do not do that which others can do as well.

  Booker T. Washington

  Business, Thinking, Hands

  Booker T. Washington (2006). “Up from Slavery: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.240, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Ex oriente lux may still be the motto of scholars, for the Western world has not yet derived from the East all the light which itis destined to receive thence.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Wisdom, Knowledge, Light

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.117, Delphi Classics

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• Mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance is no different in kind than allowing government salaried Chaplains for the military or for the Congress, or including the official motto, In God We Trust, on our currency.

  Orrin Hatch

  Military, Government, Scary

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• I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile.

  Chris Burke

  Giving Up, Wall, Eye

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• Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God.

  John Piper

  Christian Inspirational, Missionary, Delight

  John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.39, Baker Academic

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• The suffragettes were women of action. Their motto was "Deeds not Words," and the film reflects that with a number of big set pieces, from the smashing of windows in central London to a riot at the Houses of Parliament.

  Sarah Gavron

  Numbers, House, Pieces

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• If we really want to love, if we really want to live, we must love until it hurts . . . No Rotarian whose motto is Service Above Self, I think, should call himself a Rotarian if he does not make time to serve . . . If we love, we begin to serve

  Mother Teresa

  Hurt, Thinking, Self

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• Adopt the motto: It doesn't matter who's right, but what's right.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Matter

  Maxwell Maltz (2016). “Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life”, p.83, Penguin

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• The role of the opposition leader differs from that of the chancellor. If this government is to be successful, I have to take the emotional state of all partners into account. Besides, the Social Democrats didn't exactly present me with the motto "Let us dare to have more freedom" on a silver platter.

  Angela Merkel

  Successful, Emotional, Silver Platter

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• My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.'

  Magdalena Neuner

  Blame, I Can

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• My motto is: When in doubt, just keep lying. Even if you're terrible at it.

  Victoria Laurie

  Lying, Doubt, Terrible

  Victoria Laurie (2012). “Lethal Outlook: A Psychic Eye Mystery”, p.44, Penguin

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• My commitment to stand behind Datsun gained the trust of dealers and sold cars. My motto was: Dealers make money first, and then we make money.

  Yutaka Katayama

  Commitment, Car, Firsts

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• Our country right or wrong is an evil motto - what if your country be in the wrong? It will only compound her injury. I wish to serve the republic with an honest and fearless criticism.

  Horace Greeley

  Country, Evil, Fearless

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• Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and the altar, to work or to be sacrificed; and let my motto be, "Ready for either".

  Charles Spurgeon

  Let Me, Ready, Altars

  Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.31, Discovery House

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• There is an old motto that runs, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This is nonsense. It ought to read, "If at first you don't succeed, quit, quit at once."

  Stephen Leacock

  Running, Trying, Firsts

  Stephen Leacock (2015). “Frenzied Fiction”, p.145, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• I really don't want to encourage young writers. Keep them down and out and silent is my motto.

  John Updike

  Want, Down And, Young Writers

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• The motto of Harvard isn't 'nice,' it's truth. The motto of Yale isn't
  'light and nice,' it's light and truth.

  Scott Kenemore

  Nice, Light, Yale

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