Quotemeal: Oct. 23rd, 2020

Friday, October 23, 2020

"The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgement of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others."
— Hazlitt

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— Søren Kierkegaard —
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— J. C. Geikie —
"He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever."
— Tillotson —
"Tied to the value of the person is the principle of servanthood. We value what we freely serve."
— Douglas Groothuis —

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Illustration of Hazlitt — "The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgement of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others."

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