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Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#angry #attacks #belief #confidence #degree

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#enterprises #expect #few #great #had

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#always #any #considered #deceiving #great

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#learn #likewise #may #men #necessary

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#am #any #attorney #deserves #i

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#life #love #necessary #prosecution #undertaking

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#again #before #clear #doctrines #false

Every year I just kept going back to gymnastics, but I didn't start out training 10 hours a day. When I turned 10 or 11, I got more serious and I focused a lot on making it to the elite level, and from there I just kept going. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#day #elite #every #focused #going

I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#heal #i #knee #make #priority

To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.' ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#athlete #bad #because #biggest #body