A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can’t see it until after we have tripped over it.

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The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

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There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they’re called humorists.

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Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there.

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There’s always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little – and it’s always somebody else.

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Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know.

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A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

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We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

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Talk is cheap – except when Congress does it.

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We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex – but Congress can.

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People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they’ve done.

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A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can’t see it until after we have tripped over it.

Cullen Hightower

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

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Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

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The mistakes made by Congress wouldn’t be so bad if the next Congress didn’t keep trying to correct them.

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