Reconditioning: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases

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Icon Group International, Incorporated, Dec 19, 2008 - 42 pages
Familiar Quotations Reconditioning ndash; FixingThe oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.ndash;Hosea BallouEvery year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.ndash;Richard CecilIt is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility.ndash;Charles Caleb ColtonA strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.ndash;Charles Horton CooleyDeficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.ndash;Wayne DyerThe first proof of a person's incapacity to achieve, is their endeavoring to fix the stigma of failure on others.ndash;B. R. HaydenWorry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.ndash;Mary HemingwayIf addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a 'fix' of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine.ndash;Rob StampfliDelightful task, to rear the tender thought, to teach the young idea how to shoot, to pour fresh instruction over the mind, to breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix the generous purpose in the growing heart.ndash;Joseph P. ThompsonReconditioning ndash; MendGod can mend a broken heart, but he must have all the pieces.ndash;Anonymous

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