Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.
quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater
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The happy person is the one who finds occasions for joy at every step. He does not have to look for them, he just finds them.
quote by Ossian Lang
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Of two cowards, the one who finds the other out first has the advantage.
The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.
quote by Keith Henson
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The Poet Finds....
The poet finds whatever the moon could not see,
The poet finds whatever the earth does not know,
The poet finds whatever the sun could not see,
The poet finds whatever others do not know,
The poet finds whatever the stars could not see,
So why do the heathen rage and the people plot vanity? !
For she who is pregnant is closer to us,
And the hart pants after streams of water.
Your tears have been your food night and day,
And like your inner self in the lan dof your muse;
But the poet finds whatever the sun could not see.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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I guess each of us, at some time, finds one person with whom we are compelled toward absolute honesty, one person whose good opinion of us becomes a substitute for the broader opinion of the world.
Glen Cook in Shadow Games
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
quote by Thomas Jefferson
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From That Zone As Shown
With consistency when someone known,
Speaks 24/7 negatively.
From that zone as shown.
That person needs mental therapy.
And if suggested but does not heed.
That person known should be left alone.
Those who take advantage of one's hospitality,
To disrespect a giving done.
For an opportunity,
To reduce a pleasant environment offered.
For a chance to pollute the air others breathe.
That person should be asked to leave.
And fast!
With consistency when someone known,
Speaks 24/7 negatively.
From that zone as shown.
That person needs mental therapy.
And if suggested but does not heed.
That person known should be left alone.
With an asking to leave your environment in peace.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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The Forgotten Song
It’s not the road that matters,
But the path that leads you on.
You find your way, through cloud and stone,
To some forgotten song.
It’s not the path that leads you,
But your heart that shows you true.
And in the end, the only thing
That matters here is you.
It’s time to put an end to this,
One overdue by far.
A person is a person and
You’re only what you are.
A person can be only that,
You’re only what you are.
It’s not your head that matters,
But you heart that leads the way.
Perfection is an aimless goal,
And endless game we play.
It’s not your heart that leads you,
For your feet move where they will.
A body once in motion then
Can nevermore be still.
It’s time to put an end to this,
One overdue by far.
A person is a person and
You’re only what you are.
A person can be only that,
You’re only what you are.
But there is never just one way,
For life has many roads.
And who can ever find the way,
For no one really knows?
It’s not the road that matters,
Nor the path that leads you on.
It’s neither heart nor head nor feet
That finds that hidden song.
It’s been inside you all this time,
A ballad tried and true.
The answer comes to those who live:
What matters here is you.
It’s time to put an end to this,
One overdue by far.
A person is a person and
You’re only what you are.
A person can be only that,
You’re only what you are.
poem by Allison Rose
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Someone to trust.
Far towards the conors of this world do I ride my horse,
looking for a person to trust,
nevertheless do I know that there is no one on this earth,
I look now to god and I know that he's the only one I could trust,
that is the person one should trust,
he keeps your faith up,
while others let you down,
he is full of mercy,
but never take advantage,
he is full of love, that non has the time to experience it,
apart from all these I love him and trust him.
poem by Savio Vogt
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What Can One Person Do
(n. rodgers/g. smith)
What can one person do
More than a little bit
More than a little bit
Can I fight the battle
All by myself
Can I make a miracle happen
As long as I can think
And got my health
Ill never stop
Im too strong for that
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
Everyones gotta move
What they can move
The faithful can sometimes move mountains
When your faith is right
You will never lose your heart, your hope
Or your good friends
Dont be overcome by frustrations
Live up to your highest expectations
Im tellin you just for your information
Just for, just for your information
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
Looked into my soul and suspected
That Im gonna take, gonna take on the unexpected
Walked into the fire unprotected
Walk into the fire
What can one person do
What can one person be
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
What can one person do
When its one like you
When its one like me
song performed by by Diana Ross
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Dr. Van Steiner
I can't separate your fiction from fact
You're lost, i know you're trying to wind your way back
You've been talking as fast as you can
I'm not listening anymore
Now baby
You're changing all the rules
You're taking advantage of a fool
Good evening
I'm ed burroughs
And the name of this show is "person to person"
Tonight we're visiting the home of a very famous motion picture
And television director
Dr. van steiner, i'm very sorry i'm unable to attend this tremendous
Occassion being given in your honor
I would like to extend my sincerest best wishes to you
song performed by by Yello
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Dr. Van Steiner
I can't separate your fiction from fact
You're lost, i know you're trying to wind your way back
You've been talking as fast as you can
I'm not listening anymore
Now baby
You're changing all the rules
You're taking advantage of a fool
Good evening
I'm ed burroughs
And the name of this show is "person to person"
Tonight we're visiting the home of a very famous motion picture
And television director
Dr. van steiner, i'm very sorry i'm unable to attend this tremendous
Occassion being given in your honor
I would like to extend my sincerest best wishes to you
song performed by by Yello
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God Always Answers Prayers
When the idea is not right, God says, 'No'
No - when the idea is not the best
No - when the idea is absolutely wrong
No - when although it may help you it could create
problems for someone else.
When the time is not right, God says, 'Slow'
What a catastrophe it would be
If God answered every prayer at the snap of your
fingers.
Do you know what would happen?
God would become your servant, not your master.
Remember: God's delay is not God's denial
God's timing is perfect
Patience is what we need in prayer
When you are not right, God says, 'Grow'
The selfish person must grow in unselfishness
The cautious person must grow in courage
The timid person must grow in confidence
The dominating person must grow in sensitivity
The critical person must grow in tolerance
The negative person must grow in positive attitudes
The pleasure-seeking person must grow in compassion
for suffering people
When everything is all right, God says, 'Go'
Then miracles happen
A hopeless alcoholic is set free
A drug addict finds release
A doubter becomes a child in his belief
Diseased tissue responds to treatment, and healing
begins
The door to your dream suddenly swings open
And there stands God saying, 'Go! '
Cheers,
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.
quote by Wilhelm Steinitz
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Now and Forever
Beauty pleads-sorrowful-lingers
About what!
Since trust-in one's arms-is lost
Never regained!
To that person-terrible nights are common
To him now and forever.
He-meant to be negleted-thus finds
Nowhere gainst truth.
Trust got rust-so does he-forever.
Death-the only option?
Searching in the lover's eyes-the trust.
One finds it in hers.
Reason might be obscured-for the world.
But simplified roads-to be taken
poem by Vizard Dhawan
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.
Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
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You Took Advantage Of Me
Im a sentimental sap, thats all
Whats the use of trying not to fall?
I have no will, youve made your kill
cause you took advantage of me!
Im just like an apple on a bough
And youre gonna shake me down somehow
So, whats the use,
Youve cooked my goose
cause you took advantage of me!
Im so hot and bothered that I dont
Know my elbow from my ear
I suffer something awful each time you go
And much worse when youre near
Here I am with all my bridges burned
Just a babe in arms where
Youre concerned
So lock the doors and call me yours
cause you took advantage of me.
song performed by by Ella Fitzgerald
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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
quote by Thomas Szasz
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Positive Thinker
Am I a good thinker?
Can I see what others don't?
Am I a daring person?
Can I do what others do not like to do?
Or others are afraid to do?
Am I a creative and imaginative person?
Can I see the invisible?
Can I feel the intangible?
Can I achieve the impossible?
Am I a contemplating person?
Am I a self-reflective person?
Am I a confidence person?
Am I a self-reliance person?
Can I be a perfect person?
Can I be a clever person?
Can I be a smart thinker person?
Above all,
I prefer to be
A simple person
With a positive attitude,
Not only accept positive things,
But willing to accept negative things.
poem by Lawrence Hiung
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