Charles G. Dawes quotes
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“Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.”
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“Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; 'Tis not the richest plant that holds The sweetest fragrance in.”
-- Charles G. Dawes -
“How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.”
-- Charles G. Dawes -
“American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.”
-- Charles G. Dawes -
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“Hope is a willing slave; despair is free.”
-- Charles G. Dawes -
“I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the Senate at the end.”
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“For me--I hold no commerce with despair!”
-- Charles G. Dawes
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Source : Letters to His Son, 10 Mar. 1746
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“It's always the same: mediocrities are over-valued and great men are rejected.”
Source : Anton Webern (1975). “The path to the new music”, European Amer Music Dist Corp
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“Mediocrity's easy, the good things take time, the great need commitment.”
Source : Song: Lock And Load
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Source : "Strategy as Stretch and Leverage" by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad, hbr.org. March/April 1993.
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“Something deep in the human heart breaks at the thought of a life of mediocrity.”
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Source : Alan Keyes' Speech at Renew America rally in Alabama, www.keyesarchives.com. April 29, 2000.
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