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OBSERVATION : If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient observation than to any other reason. (Isaac Newton, British physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, 1642-1727)

OBSTACLES : The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak becomes a steppingstone in the path of the strong. (Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881)

OBSTACLES : The obstacle is the path. (Zen Proverb)

OBSTACLES : Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. (Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist, 1745-1833)

OBSTINACY : Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. (Mark Twain, U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

OBSTINACY : Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. (Mark Twain, author and humorist (Unknown Source)

OBSTRUCTIONISTS : Those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything. (George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1856-1950)

OCEAN : All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop. (Kabir, Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture, 1440-1518)

OCEAN : All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop. (Unknown Source)

OFFENSIVENESS : Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. (Rene Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician, 1596-1650)

ONESELF : A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. (Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. statesman, Governor of New York, and jurist in the Supreme Court, 1862-1948)

ONESELF : A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. (Unknown Source)

OPEN - MINDEDNESS : It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher, scientist,and a member of Plato's Academy, 384-322 BCE)

OPEN - MINDEDNESS : It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Unknown Source)

OPINIONATED : The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best -- and therefore never scrutinize or question. (Stephen Jay Gould, U.S. paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science, 1941-2002)

OPINIONATED : The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best -- and therefore never scrutinize or question. (Unknown Source)

OPINIONS : The deadliest contagion is majority opinion. (Henry S. Haskins, U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957)

OPINIONS : It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it. (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German experimental physicist and satirist, 1742-1799)

OPINIONS : A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying ... that he is wiser today than yesterday. (Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, political pamphleteer, and cleric 1667-1745)

OPINIONS : We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

OPINIONS : The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible. (Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970)

OPINIONS : Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. (Mark Twain, U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)

OPINIONS : The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. (William Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker, 1757-1827)

OPINIONS : Opinion . . . is but knowledge in the making. (John Milton, English poet, 1608-1674)

OPINIONS : Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from that of their social environment. (Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the Theory of Relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955Opinion: Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts. (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. politician and sociologist, 1927-2003)

OPINIONS : A manâ€™s opinion is no better than his information. (Lyndon B. Johnson, politician who served as the 36th President of the United States, 1908-1973)

OPINIONS : The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

OPINIONS : Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts. (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. politician and sociologist, 1927-2003)

OPINIONS : Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

OPINIONS-FACTS : You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts. (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. politician and sociologist, 1927-2003)

OPPORTUNITIES : Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. (David Lloyd George, British politician who served as the Prime Minister during World War I, 1863-1945)

OPPORTUNITIES : Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. (Unknown Source)

OPPORTUNITIES : Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared to believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance. (Bruce Barton, U.S. author, advertising executive, and politician, 1886-1967)

OPPORTUNITIES : Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. (William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994)

OPPORTUNITIES : Life gives everyone a second chance; itâ€™s called tomorrow. (Unknown source)

OPPORTUNITIES : Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth. (Archimedes, Greek inventor, physicist, and engineer, c. 287-212 BCE)

OPPOSITION : Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. (Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955)

OPPOSITION : A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. John Neal, U.S. architect, lawyer, author and art critic, 1793-1876) ()

OPPOSITION : If there is a door that might bring wind, close the door. (Saudi proverb)

OPPRESSION : Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. (Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955)

OPPRESSION : People want dignity, bread, and fairness and see their ruling elites as parasites gorging themselves on the labor of others. (William DuBay, U.S. Catholic priest and social activist, Born 1934)

OPPRESSION : Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. (Unknown Source)

OPPRESSION : He who would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. (Thomas Paine, U.S. philosopher and writer, 1737-1809)

OPPRESSION : If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. (Desmond Tutu, South African clergyman, Born 1931Injustice: If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. (Desmond Tutu, South African clergyman, Born 1931Peace: Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. (Aeschylus, ancient Greek playwright, 525-456 BC)

OPPRESSION : If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. (Desmond Tutu, South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop, Born 1931)

OPPRESSION : He who would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. (Unknown Source)

OPTIMISM : A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day. (Unknown source)

OPTIMISM : What one needs in life are the pessimism of intelligence and the optimism of will. (Unknown Source)

ORIGINALITY : The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterward. (Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British author and journalist, 1905-1983)

OVERNANCE : The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy. (Benjamin Disraeli, British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1804-1881)