"The gifted man bears his gifts into..." - Quote by Henry Ford
The gifted man bears his gifts into the world, not for his own benefit, but for the people among whom he is placed; for the gifts are not his, he himself is a gift to the community.
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“We are always seeking for those things which are in the clouds, not for those that lie at our feet.”
“My opposition to war is not based upon pacifist or non-resistant principles. It may be that the present state of civilization is such that certain international questions cannot be discussed; it may be that they have to be fought out. But the fighting never settles the question. It only gets the participants around to a frame of mind where they will agree to discuss what they were fighting about.”
“The average man won't really do a day's work unless he is caught and cannot get out of it. There is plenty of work to do if people would do it.”
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“I prefer to be remembered for what I have done for others, not what others have done for me.”
“Now I am not unpatriotic, and I want to do my bit, so I hereby offer my services to my President, my country and my friends to do anything, outside of serving on a commission, that I can in this great movement. But you will have to give me some idea of where "confidence" is. And just who you want it restored to.”
“Together, we must renew our continued commitment to serve and pledge to bring a positive change to our communities.”
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“Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.”
“The State is the sum total of the sacrifice, on its behalf, of its members.”
“To reduce man to the duties of his own city, and to disengage him from duties to the members of other cities, is to break the universal society of the human race.”