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The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

Sydney J. Harris
Love, Inspirational, Life
Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Sydney J. Harris
Inspirational, Funny, Life
Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Sydney J. Harris
Love, Inspirational, Motivational
Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.

Sydney J. Harris
Inspirational, Maturity, Feelings

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

Sydney J. Harris
Love, Inspirational, Running
Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books

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