Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
Quote by John Locke
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Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
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John Locke Quotes
- Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.
- One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.
- To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
- It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
- The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
- As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
- To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
- The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
- There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
- All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
- The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.