 | William Safire, Leonard Safir - 1990 - 436 pages
...many feathers as will stick to it. —Treatise, 1770 quoted in the Wall Street Journal Purpose All men should strive to learn before they die What they...are running from, and to, and why. — James Thurber Having chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our faith in God, and go... | |
 | Earnie Larsen - 1991 - 388 pages
...raise our self-esteem and bring us success. Self-awareness is the springboard to successful living. All men should strive to learn before they die what they...are running from, and to, and why. — James Thurber In our quest for a healthier self-image, some of us find it hard to accept that long-ago events are... | |
 | Susan M. Johnson, Leslie S. Greenberg - 1994 - 364 pages
...Living 195 The Role of Preferences It was American humorist James Thurber (1894-1961) who said, "All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why." We think he was talking about the desirability of accepting one's preferences — positive and negative... | |
 | Jean Howarth, Mike Walton - 1995 - 490 pages
...will look for my own reflection in what I meet. ADAPTED FROM TOUCHSTONES (1 APRIL) Year 8:3 All people should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. ADAPTED FROM JAMES THURBER, IN TOUCHSTONES (13 NOVEMBER) We are getting to know ourselves each day.... | |
 | Charles de Lint - 2000 - 310 pages
...time between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder; a waiting for promises to be fulfilled All men should strive to learn before they die What they...are running from, and to, and why — James Thurber He who is sleeping, the Spirit, I bring him, a kinsman. — Mede song fragment The last time the Indian... | |
 | Jay McGraw - 2008 - 414 pages
...payoffs are and how to break their grip on you. Learn to work for the healthy payoffs. Marcli 17 "All men should strive to learn before they die what they...are running from, and to, and why." —JAMES THURBER lud 18 Do you ever feel really guilty because you do things that you know without a doubt could get... | |
 | Jared Lee Hanson - 2002 - 309 pages
...will you like what you get, when you get what you want? 1 the power 000000000000000000000000000 All men should strive to learn before they die what they...are running from, and to, and why. —James Thurber, "The Shore and the Sea" Further Fables for Our Time (1956) London, a city I knew through history books... | |
 | Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 pages
...First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance." — Nietzsche Picasso "All men should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why." — James Thurber "It is better to learn late than never." — Publilius Syrus "In every man there is something wherein... | |
 | F. Washington Jarvis - 2010 - 372 pages
...while others cry out, "We are lost!" In case we miss it, Thurber tells us the moral of his story: "All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why." I read recently about a seventeen-year-old high school senior in Fremont, California, who received... | |
 | 118 pages
...There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. - Alexander Pope men should strive to learn before they die what they...are running from, and to, and why. - James Thurber The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. - Marie Van Doren # * Leisure The real problem... | |
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All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. 
