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    Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit . . .

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Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection

by John Powell Found in: Rejection Quotes,
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This was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Worth Quotes,
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An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

by Frederic R. Marvin Found in: Worth Quotes,
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The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn read more

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn
breath upon the planet. (the Devil and Shakespeare.)

by Found in: Worth Quotes,
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I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than read more

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

by Sylvester Stallone Found in: Rejection Quotes,
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'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
For what is worth, read more

'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
For what is worth, in anything,
But so much money as 't will bring?

by Samuel Butler Found in: Worth Quotes,
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to read more

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

by William James Found in: Worth Quotes,
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It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]

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Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Worth Quotes,
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