Darkly Comical Quotes

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Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. – Andrew Carnegie

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. – Henry Ward Beecher

Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open. – Lord Thomas Dewar

A great leader never sets himself above his followers except in carrying responsibilities. – Jules Ormont

Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly. – Solon

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives is left long without proper reward. – Booker T. Washington

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used. – Richard E. Byrd

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. – Whately

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it has to be done, whether you like it or not. – Parks Cousins