Henry Adams observes that John Hay has the ability to take the world as a whole rather than pulling it to pieces in criticism. He also observes that, in the routine of a stressful job, this perspective is challenged

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  1. Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic. - Unknown

  2. After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love... - Paulo Coelho

  3. Life is like a game of chess. To win you have to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHTand knowledge, and by learning the lessons that areacculated along the way. We become each and every piece within the game called life! - Allan Rufus

  4. Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. - Unknown

  5. Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly. - Unknown

More Quotes By John Taliaferro
  1. John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better.

  2. John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess.

  3. Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt

  4. Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink.

  5. John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote.

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