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Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes: Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.
         

Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.


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Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.



If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.



What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.



Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.

Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.



Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.

Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.



And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.



As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.



The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.



True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.



I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.





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Even if you aren't independent or career wise, at least show that you have a passion for life and an optimistic outlook.



"God save our gracious Queen": Why would we invoke a non-specific deity to bail out these unelected spongers?

"God save our gracious Queen": Why would we invoke a non-specific deity to bail out these unelected spongers?



In business, poor performance leads to bankruptcy or, at a minimum, a restructuring of the company. In American education, failure entitles the bankrupt system to even more taxpayer dollars.

In business, poor performance leads to bankruptcy or, at a minimum, a restructuring of the company. In American education, failure entitles the bankrupt system to even more taxpayer dollars.



Hate is a strong word so I don't really hate the quality of somebody, I just don't like being late so I don't like if other people are late as well. Time management is key!

Hate is a strong word so I don't really hate the quality of somebody, I just don't like being late so I don't like if other people are late as well. Time management is key!



The karma that is most interesting is the mental karma because ultimately it generates physical action.

The karma that is most interesting is the mental karma because ultimately it generates physical action.



Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.

Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.



I'm also fascinated by the interplay between personal history and the larger forces that form the context for our lives.

I'm also fascinated by the interplay between personal history and the larger forces that form the context for our lives.



Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better.

Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better.



If you want to change the world, help the women.

If you want to change the world, help the women.



A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.

A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.




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