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John Boyle O Reilly Inspirational Quotes (21)

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Putting prize-fighting altogether aside as one of the unavoidable evils attending on this manly exercise, the inestimable value of boxing as a training, discipline, and development of boys and young men remains.
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And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a part but the whole?
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All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.
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It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power. Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the bloodshed of battle for their country's liberty. But the patriot who is willing to go to that sacrifice will be the first to condemn the aimless and secret shedding of blood in time of peace.
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Who heeds not experience, trust him not.
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The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.
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For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer for the press, however humble, is free from the burden of keeping his purpose high and his integrity white.
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A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day.
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The adoption of gloves for all contests will do more to preserve the practice of boxing than any other conceivable means. It will give pugilism new life, not only as a professional boxer's art, but as a general exercise.
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When honor comes to you, be ready to take it But reach not to seize it before it is near.
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Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.
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For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.
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How shall I a habit break? As you did that habit make, As you gathered, you must lose As you yielded, now refuse, Thread by thread the strands we twist Till they bind us neck and wrist, Thread by thread the patient hand Must untwine ere free we stan
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The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity.
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For peace do not hope to be just you must break it. Still work for the minute and not for the year.
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Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.
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Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
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The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.
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Each heart holds the secret: 'Kindness' is the word.
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The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared between the Hellenes and their Asiatic fathers. The unarmed personal encounter was indicative of a sturdier manhood.
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... every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road.
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