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Walk down Reader's Digest memory lane with these quotes from famous people throughout the decades. The post 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People appeared first on Reader's Digest.
During the Mao era, when people swore oaths they would often do so on Quotations. [ 12 ] : 49 After the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976 and the rise of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, the importance of the book waned considerably, and the glorification of Mao's quotations was considered to be left deviationism and a cult of personality .
Author Terry Brighton called it "the greatest motivational speech of the war and perhaps of all time, exceeding (in its morale boosting effect if not as literature) the words Shakespeare gave King Henry V at Agincourt". [14] Alan Axelrod contended it was the most famous of his many memorable quotes. [20]
David Joseph Schwartz, Jr. (March 23, 1927 – December 6, 1987) [1] was an American motivational writer and coach, best known for authoring The Magic of Thinking Big in 1959. [2] [3] He was a professor of marketing, chairman of the department, and Chair of Consumer Finance at Georgia State University. [4] [5] [6]
This I Believe was originally a five-minute program, hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955 on CBS Radio Network.The show encouraged both famous and everyday people to write short essays about their own personal motivation in life and then read them on the air.
motivational speaker Emanuel James Rohn (September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009), professionally known as Jim Rohn , was an American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker . He wrote numerous books including How to obtain wealth and happiness .
An oft-cited example of Dichter's studies is an understanding of why people use cigarette lighters. The conscious explanation is that lighters are used to light cigarettes, but at a deeper, unconscious level people use lighters because it gives them mastery and power. [18] "The capacity to summon fire inevitably gives every human being, child ...
"Master Kong," but most frequently referred to as Kongzi (孔子), traditionally 551 – 479 BCE) was a famous Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings have deeply influenced East Asian life and thought. 十五向學,三十而立,四十而不惑,五十而知天命,六十而耳順,七十而從心欲，不踰矩.