Source: Fire and Ice
“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
Reflections on the Psalms (1958), ch. III: Cursings
“For a ballad's a thing you expect to find lies in.”
Paddy Blake's Echo; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 56.
“If you look for the bad in mankind expecting to find it, you surely will.”
This is attributed to Lincoln in the 1960 film adaptation of Pollyanna. In reality, it was fabricated by screenwriter and director David Swift, who had to have thousands of lockets bearing the false inscription recalled after Disney began selling them at Disneyland.
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“You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.”
Gerhard Gschwandtner, Great Thoughts to Sell By: Quotes to Motivate You to Success, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007, ISBN 0071475990, p. 89.
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