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Quotations By Authors Aa Through Az

1/31/2024

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“‘How do you know so much about everything?’ was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was, ‘By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.’” -John Abbott
 
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“The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning . . . for by doubting, we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.” -Peter Abelard (about 1120)
 
Peter Abelard was born in 1079 in Le Pallet near Nantes, France. He became a logician, a philosopher, a poet, a teacher, a musician, a music composer, and a theologian. Peter Abelard passed on at about 63 years of age on 21 March 1142 in St. Marcel, France or Chalon-sur-Saone, France.
 
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“Congress is back in season.” -Jane Ace
 
“He shot out of here like a bat out of a belfry.” -Jane Ace
 
“I am his awfully-wedded wife.” -Jane Ace
 
“Now, there’s no use crying over spoiled milk.” -Jane Ace
 
“Seems like only a year ago they were married nine years!” -Jane Ace
 
“Time wounds all heels.” -Jane Ace
 
Jane Ace was born as Jane Epstein on 12 October 1897 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America. She became an actress. Jane Ace passed on at 77 years of age on 11 November 1974 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.” -Russell L. Ackoff
 
Russell Lincoln Ackoff.
 
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“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.” -Douglas Adams: “Mostly Harmless” (1992) novel
 
“This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.” -Douglas Adams
 
Douglas Noel Adams was born on 11 March 1952 in Cambridge, England. He became a comic radio dramatist, a satirist, and a writer. He is known for “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series of radio plays and books. Douglas Noel Adams passed on at 49 years of age on 11 May 2001.
 
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“A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation . . . is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.” -George Matthew Adams

“Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.” -George Matthew Adams

“Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day. It’s the mood and the purpose at the inception of each day that are the important facts in charting your course for the day. We can always square away for a fresh start no matter what the past has been. It’s today that is the paramount problem always. Yesterday is but history.” -George Matthew Adams
 
“He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.” -George Matthew Adams

“The difficult tasks to be performed are not the ones that mean physical and mental labor, but the ones that you dislike are the ones that you do not love. There are unpleasant angles to nearly every important job to be done in this world but there must be an overall love for doing each, else precious time and effort are uselessly wasted. I shall never forget noting a sign above a construction job that read: Builder of Difficult Foundations. That man must have loved that calling, else he would not have made a point of advertising the fact!” -George Matthew Adams
 
“There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don’t care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.” -George Matthew Adams
 
“You are your greatest investment. The more you store in that mind of yours, the more you enrich your experience, the more people you meet, the more books you read, and the more places you visit, the greater is that investment in all that you are. Everything that you add to your peace of mind, and to your outlook upon life, is added capital that no one but yourself can dissipate.” -George Matthew Adams
 
George Matthew Adams was born on 23 August 1878 in Saline, Michigan, United States of America. He became a newspaper columnist and the founder of the George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service, which syndicated comic strips and columns to newspapers. His own writings were published widely in newspapers. George Matthew Adams passed on at 84 years of age on 29 October 1962.
 
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“I know of nothing useful in life except what is beautiful or creates beauty.” -Henry Brooks Adams: “Esther: A Novel” (1884), Chapter IV, words of fictional character Mr. Wharton
 
Henry Brooks Adams was born on 16 February 1838 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a historian and a writer. Henry Brooks Adams passed on at 80 years of age on 27 March 1918 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.
 
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“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader . . . if virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.” -Samuel Adams
 
“Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first a right to life; secondly to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can. Those are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation commonly called the first law of nature.” -Samuel Adams
 
“Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.” -Samuel Adams
 
“Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on Earth for civil and religious liberty.” -Samuel Adams
 
Samuel Adams was born in 1722. He was an American Revolutionary War leader. Samuel Adams passed on in 1803.
 
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“You’ve got to win in your mind before you win in your life.” -John Addison
 
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“Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words.” -Alfred Adler
 
Alfred Adler was born on 7 February 1870 in Penzing, Austria. He became a psychologist and is known as the founder of ‘Individual Psychology.’ Alfred Adler passed on at 67 years of age on 28 May 1937 in Aberdeen, Scotland.
 
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“Ask others about themselves. At the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.” -Mortimer Adler

“You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.” -Mortimer Adler
 
Mortimer Jerome Adler was born in 1902. He was an American philosopher in the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions, an educator, a writer, and an editor. He worked for Columbia University, the University of Chicago, Encyclopedia Britannica, and his own Institute for Philosophical Research. Mortimer Jerome Adler passed on in 2001.
 
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“The Spartans do not enquire how many the enemy are, but where they are.” -Agis II (427 B.C.E.)
 
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Music I heard with you was more than music
And bread I broke with you was more than bread.
-Conrad Aiken
 
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“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.” -Leo Aikman
 
Leo Aikman was born on 22 December 1908 in Dana, Indiana, United States of America. He worked with the National Parks Service in Washington, District of Columbia for several years before transferring to Marietta, Georgia in 1941 to be the historian at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. He was a columnist for the “Atlanta Constitution” from 1948 until he passed away. As a humorist and speaker, he entertained and inspired audiences across the continental United States. Leo Aikman passed on in 1978.
 
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“Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.” -John Akers
 
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“Unless you know what you want, you can’t ask for it.” -Emma Albani
 
Emma Albani is a pseudonym of Marie Louise Emma Lajeunesse, who was born in 1852. She was a Canadian soprano. Marie Louise Emma Lajeunesse passed on in 1930.
 
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“A man can do all things if he but wills them.” -Leon Battista Alberti
 
“No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.” -Leon Battista Alberti
 
Leon Battista Alberti was born on 14 February 1404 in Genoa, Italy. He became a writer, an artist, an architect, a poet, a priest, a linguist, a philosopher, a cryptographer, and a general Renaissance polymath. Leon Battista Alberti passed on at 68 years of age on 25 April 1472 in Rome, Italy.
 
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“Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.” -Amos Bronson Alcott
 
“There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams, and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.” -Amos Bronson Alcott
 
“To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.” -Amos Bronson Alcott
 
“While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.” -Amos Bronson Alcott
 
Amos Bronson Alcott was born on 29 November 1799 in Wolcott, Connecticut, United States of America. He was the father of writer Louisa May Alcott. He became a schoolteacher, a writer, and a social reformer. Amos Bronson Alcott passed on at 88 years of age on 4 March 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“Don’t be afraid of life’s challenges.” -Louisa May Alcott
 
“Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.” -Louisa May Alcott
 
“Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.” -Louisa May Alcott
 
“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.” -Louisa May Alcott
 
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” -Louisa May Alcott: “Little Women” (1868 - 1869)
 
“Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!” -Louisa May Alcott (1859)

“Love is a great beautifier.” -Louisa May Alcott
 
“Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.” -Louisa May Alcott
 
“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.” -Louisa May Alcott
 
Louisa May Alcott, also known by the pseudonym A. M. Barnard, was born on 29 November 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States of America, as a daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott. She became a novelist. She is known for her book, “Little Women” (1868 - 1869), followed by its sequels, “Good Wives,” “Little Men,” and “Jo’s Boys.” Louisa May Alcott passed on at 55 years of age on 6 March 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“It’s not so much the journey that’s important; as is the way that we treat those we encounter and those around us, along the way.” -Jeremy Aldana
 
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“Houston, Tranquility Base here. The eagle has landed.” -Buzz Aldrin
 
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“My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.” -H. Fred Ale
 
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“The garden should be adorned with roses and lilies, the turnsole, violets, and mandrake; there you should have parsley, cost, fennel, southern-wood, coriander, sage, savory, hyssop, mint, rue, dittany, smallage, pellitory, lettuces, garden-cress, and peonies. There should also be beds planted with onions, leeks, garlic, pumpkins and shallots. The cucumber growing in its lap, the drowsy poppy, the daffodil and brank-ursine ennoble a garden. Nor are there wanting, if occasion further thee, pottage-herbs: beets, herb-mercury, orache, sorrel and mallows, anise, mustard, white pepper, and wormwood do good service to the gardener.” -Alexander of Neckham: “Of the Nature of Things” (1187)
 
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“We all have stumbling blocks . . . what is most important is turning them into stepping stones.” -L. Kay Alexander
 
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“We don’t want all the magic to go out of life. We want to remain connected to the secret parts of our inner beings, to the ancient mysteries, and to the most distant outposts of the Universe.” -Skyle Alexander
 
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“After every storm the Sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul’s infeasible duty is to be of good cheer.” -William R. Alger
 
William Rounseville Alger was born in 1822. He became a Unitarian minister and writer. William Rounseville Alger passed on in 1905.
 
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“Everything is more complicated than it looks to most people.” -Frederick Lewis Allen
 
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“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit.” -George Allen
 
“Winning can be defined as the science of being totally prepared.” -George Allen
 
George Herbert Allen, Senior was born on 29 April 1918 in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America. He became a football coach. George Herbert Allen, Senior passed on at 72 years of age on 31 December 1990 in Palos Verdes Estates, California, United States of America.
 
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“Every new generation is a fresh invasion of savages.” -Hervey Allen: “Anthony Adverse”
 
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“Don’t let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream and he thinks you’re crazy. Succeed and he thinks you’re lucky. Acquire wealth and he thinks you’re greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn’t understand.” -Robert G. Allen
 
“Words transform. Speak only with a good purpose. Say only things that serve you and others. Choose your words wisely.” -Robert G. Allen
 
Robert G. Allen was born on 20 May 1948 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada. He is an American writer of books on wealth building.
 
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“When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no, ‘I’ll start tomorrow.’” -V. L. Allineare
 
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“How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.” -George Alliston
 
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“The shortest distance between two points is under construction.” -Noelie Altito
 
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“The hard part of standing on an exponential curve is, when you look backwards it looks flat, and when you look forwards it looks vertical, and it is very hard to calibrate how much you are moving because it always looks the same.” -Sam Altman
 
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“All the people who do well work very hard. Nobody who has a record of achievement has been lazy about it.” -Sidney Altman
 
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“Live your life with purpose. Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes. Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Be yourself and don’t wait for the approval of others. But most importantly, have a positive and humble mindset no matter what situation you are in. Count your blessings, not your problems, and you will realize how beautiful your life truly is.” -Troy Amdahl
 
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“Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel
 
“For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel
 
“He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature . . . is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel
 
“It is not what he has, or what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel
 
“Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel
 
“The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel
 
“We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. The consciousness of wrong-doing makes us irritable, and our heart in its cunning, quarrels with what is outside it, in order that it may deafen clamor within.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel
 
“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel
 
Henri-Frédéric Amiel, also known simply as Henri Amiel, was born on 27 September 1821 in Geneva, Switzerland. He became a moral philosopher, a writer, a poet, and a critic. He is known for his book, “Jounal Intime” (English: “Private Journal”) (1884). Henri-Frédéric Amiel passed on at 59 years of age on 11 May 1881 in Geneva Switzerland.
 
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“Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.” -Wally Amos
 
Wally ‘Famous Amos’ Amos was born in 1936. He is an American entrepreneur and writer best known for founding the “Famous Amos” chocolate-chip cookie brand. An Air Force veteran who worked as a talent agent for the William Morris Agency, Amos would send home-baked chocolate-chip cookies to celebrities, hoping to entice them to let him represent them. Amos later cofounded Uncle Wally’s muffins.
 
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“The seed of everything is in everything else.” -Anaxagoras
 
Anaxagoras was born in 500 B.C.E. in Clazomenae, Asia Minor. He was a philosopher in Ancient Greece. Anaxagoras passed on in 428 B.C.E. in Lampsacus, Greece.
 
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“Creativity is innocent, playful and simple. When we paint and color and cut with scissors, we are five years old again, absorbed in the moment, ecstatic in joy.” -Dana Lynne Anderson
 
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“I don’t pretend to tell people how to live their lives other than to do the right thing and work hard. Everything else should take care of itself.” -Dave Anderson
 
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“Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” -Greg Anderson
 
“Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.” -Greg Anderson
 
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“How do you balance the budget, cut taxes, and increase defense spending at the same time? It’s very simple. You do it with mirrors.” -John B. Anderson: speech (1980)
 
John Bayard Anderson was born on 15 February 1922 in Rockford, Illinois, United States of America. John Bayard Anderson passed on at 95? years of age on 3 December 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.
 
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“As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.” -Marian Anderson
 
Marian Anderson was born on 27 February 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She became a concert singer and an opera singer. Marian Anderson passed on at 96 years of age on 8 April 1993 in Portland, Oregon, United States of America.
 
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“There are some men who lift the age that they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.” -Maxwell Anderson
 
Maxwell Anderson was born in 1888. Maxwell Anderson passed on in 1959.
 
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“It takes great courage to faithfully follow what we know to be true.” -Sara E. Anderson
 
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“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.” -Walter Anderson
 
“Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.” -Walter Anderson
 
Walter Anderson was born on 31 August 1944. He is an American newspaperman and an editor, and has served as the Chief Executive Officer of “Parade Magazine.”
 
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“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” -Mario Andretti
 
“Even though circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, never lose sight of your goal. Instead, prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.” -Mario Andretti
 
“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” -Mario Andretti
 
“Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you’d better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day. While life is not always fair, it is manageable. It is a matter of attitude and confidence.” -Mario Andretti
 
Mario Andretti is a professional race car driver.
 
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“Sometimes I’m so sweet even I can’t stand it.” -Julie Andrews
 
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“Grow antennae, not horns.” -James B. Angell
 
James B. Angell is a former president of the University of Michigan.
 
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“It’s easy to say no. But to say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows.” -Jean Anouilh
 
“Some people like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.” 
-Jean Anouilh
 
“Things are beautiful if you love them.” -Jean Anouilh
 
Jean Marie-Lucien-Pierre Anouilh was born in 1910 in Bordeaux, France. He was a French dramatist best known for his 1943 play, ”Antigone,” an adaptation of Sophocles’ classical drama. Much of his work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise. Jean Marie-Lucien-Pierre Anouilh passed on in 1987.
 
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“What you can’t communicate runs your life.” -Robert Anthony
 
“You are wholly complete and your success in life will be in direct proportion to your ability to accept this truth about you.” -Robert Anthony
 
“You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can’t have it.” -Robert Anthony
 
Robert Newton Anthony was born on 6 September 1916 in Orange, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became an organizational theorist, a professor of management control at Harvard Business School, a United States Assistant Secretary of Defense, and a writer. Robert Newton Anthony passed on at 90 years of age on 1 December 2006 in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America.
 
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“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.” -Susan B. Anthony
 
Susan Brownell Anthony, also known as Susan B. Anthony, was born on 15 February 1820. She became an advocate of women’s right to vote. Susan Brownell Anthony passed on at 86 years of age on 13 March 1906.
 
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“Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.” -Thomas Aquinas
 
“To love is to will the good of the other.” -Thomas Aquinas: “Summa Theologica” (1265 - 1274)
 
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 or 1227 in Roccasecca, Italy. He became a Roman Catholic priest and friar, a philosopher, and a theologian. Thomas Aquinas passed away on 7 March 1274 at the Cisterian monastery of Fossa Nuova, Terracina, Italy.
 
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“What it comes down to is that anybody can win with the best horse. What makes you good is if you can take the second or third-best horse and win.” -Vicky Aragon
 
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“Aggressiveness is the principal guarantor of survival.” -Robert Ardrey
 
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The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people goin’ by
I see friends shaking hands saying, “How do you do”
They’re really saying, “I love you.”
I hear babies cry, I watch then grow,
They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know;
And I think to myself, What a wonderful world;
Yes, I think to myself, What a wonderful world.
Oh yeah!
-Louis Armstrong
 
Louis Armstrong was born in 1900. Louis Armstrong passed on in 1971.
 
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“Being in your own business is working 80 hours a week so that you can avoid working 40 hours a week for someone else.” -Ramona E. F. Arnett
 
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“Well, back to the old drawing board.” -Peter Arno
 
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Is it so small a thing,
To have enjoyed the Sun,
To have lived light in the Spring,
To have loved, to have thought, to have done?
-Matthew Arnold: “Empedocles on Etna” (1852)
 
“Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.” -Matthew Arnold: “Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems” (1852), ‘Self-Dependence’
 
Matthew Arnold was born on 24 December 1822 in Laleham near Staines, England. He was married to Frances Wightman in 1851. He became a Victorian poet, a literary critic, and a social reformer. Matthew Arnold passed on at 65 years of age on 15 April 1888 in Liverpool, England.
 
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“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“Everyone wants to be appreciated. So if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“Return telephone calls promptly but be judicious about the time spent on the phone.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“There are four kinds of people in this world: those who make things happen; those who watch things happen; those who wonder what happened; those who don’t know that anything happened. I knew from a very early age that I wanted to be first on that list.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“You can go as far as your mind lets you.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
Mary Kay Ash was born as Mary Kathlyn Wagner in 1918 in Hot Wells, Texas, United States of America. She became a businesswoman, the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Incorporated, and a writer. Mary Kay Ash passed on in 2001.
 
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“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” -Arthur Ashe
 
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” -Arthur Ashe
 
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” -Arthur Ashe
 
Arthur Robert Ashe, Junior was born on 10 July 1943. He became an American professional tennis player. Arthur Robert Ashe, Junior passed on at 49 years of age on 6 February 1993.
 
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“Being of good cheer makes it possible for us to turn all of our sunsets into sunrises.” -Marvin J. Ashton
 
“Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved.” -Marvin J. Ashton: as quoted in ‘If Thou Endure It Well,’ published in “Ensign” (November 1984) magazine, page 22
 
“The joys of happiness can only be realized by living lofty principles.” -Marvin J. Ashton
 
“Victories in life come through our ability to work around and over the obstacles that cross our path. We grow stronger as we climb our own mountains.” -Marvin J. Ashton
 
“We are poor in character when we think getting by is a substitute for doing our best.” -Marvin J. Ashton: Brigham Young University devotional
 
“What we are is more important than what we have or what is said of us.” -Marvin J. Ashton
 
“What we do with what happens to us is more important than what happens to us.” -Marvin J. Ashton
 
“Worthiness is a process, and perfection is an eternal trek. We can be worthy to enjoy certain privileges without being perfect.” -Marvin J. Ashton
 
Marvin Jeremy Ashton was born in 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He served a mission in Great Britain and worked in the lumber business as a young man. He became a managing director of Latter-day Saints Social Services and was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1971 until his passing. Marvin Jeremy Ashton passed on in 1994.
 
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“There is no better measure of a person than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.” -Wilma Askinas
 
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“Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.” -Herbert Henry Asquith
 
Herbert Henry Asquith, commonly known as H. H. Asquith, was born on 12 September 1852 in Morley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908 - 1916). Herbert Henry Asquith passed on at 75 years of age on 15 February 1928 in Sutton Courtenay, Bershire, England.
 
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“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.” -Athenaeus (about C.E. 200)
 
Athenaeus of Naucratis was born in C.E. 170 in Naucratis. He was a grammarian and a rhetorician of ancient Greece. Athenaeus of Naucratis passed on in C.E. 223.
 
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“Everything I’ve ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.” -Chet Atkins
 
Chet Atkins was born in 1924. He was a country music performer. Chet Atkins passed on in 2001.
 
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“There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live, and second, for poor men to know how rich men work.” -Edward Atkinson
 
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“What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn’t that be wonderful?” -Kate Atkinson
 
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“We are in the stickiest situation since Sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun.” -Rowan Atkinson
 
Rowan Atkinson was born in 1955. He is a British comedian and actor.
 
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“The best way to overcome undesirable or negative thoughts and feelings is to cultivate the positive ones.” -William Walker Atkinson
 
William Walker Atkinson, also known by the pseudonyms Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka, was born on 5 December 1862. Mental, physical, and financial ruin led him to discover the theories and philosophies found in his works. William Walker Atkinson passed on at 69 years of age on 22 November 1932.
 
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“15 minutes a day! Give me just this and I’ll prove I can make you a new man.” -Charles Atlas
 
“Nobody picks on a strong man.” -Charles Atlas
 
Charles Atlas was born as Angelo Siciliano in 1892. Charles Atlas passed on in 1972.
 
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“All that we are not stares back at what we are.” -W. H. Auden
 
“You owe it to us all to get on with what you’re good at.” -W. H. Auden
 
Wystan Hugh Auden, also known as W. H. Auden, was born on 21 February 1907 in York, England. He was married to Erika Mann in 1935. He became a writer and a poet. He traveled extensively in Europe, Iceland, and China during the 1930’s. He fought in the Spanish Civil War. He became a naturalized American in 1938. Wystan Hugh Auden passed on at 66 years of age on 29 September 1973 in Vienna, Austria.
 
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“Just do what you do best.” -Red Auerbach
 
Red Auerbach was born in 1917. He was an American basketball coach. Red Auerbach passed on in 2006.
 
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“Be always displeased with what thou art, if your desirest to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest. But if thou have enough thou perishest. Always add, always walk, always proceed. Neither stand still, nor go back, nor deviate.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
“I have become a question to myself.” [translation to English]
“Quaestio mihi factus sum.” [original Latin]
-Augustine of Hippo
 
“For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
“If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
“No one is really happy merely because he has what he wants, but only if he wants things he ought to want.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
“People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
“Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special regard to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
“The single desire that dominated my search for delight was simply to love and to be loved.” -Augustine of Hippo: “The Confessions”
 
“Time is like a river made up of events which happen, and its current is strong; no sooner does anything appear than it is swept away.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, was born as Aurelius Augustine on C.E. 13 November 354 in Thagaste, Numidia (now Souk Ahras, Algeria). He became a Christian theologian, a writer, and a bishop of Hippo in Roman Africa (396 - 430). He is known for his works, “The Confessions of Augustine” and “The City of God.” Augustine of Hippo passed on at 75 years of age on C.E. 28 August 430 in Hippo Regius, Numidia (now Annaba, Algeria).
 
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“Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation.” -Norman R. Augustine
 
Norman Ralph Augustine was born in 1935.
 
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“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.” -Jane Austen
 
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” -Jane Austen
 
“It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.” -Jane Austen
 
“It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” -Jane Austen: “Sense and Sensibility” (1811)
 
“She was not a woman of many words, for, unlike people in general, she proportioned them to the number of her ideas.” -Jane Austen: “Sense and Sensibility” (1811), volume 2, chapter 12
 
“Success supposes endeavor.” -Jane Austen
 
Jane Austen was born in 1775. She never married. She became an English novelist. Jane Austen passed on in 1817.
 
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“Fake it until you make it! When you’re feeling bad, get dressed up - soon your inside will catch up with your outside.” -Denise Austin
 
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1/30/2024

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“Pay as little attention to discouragement as possible. Plough ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth - rain or shine. To carry your cargo and make your port is the point.” -Maltbie D. Babcock
 
Maltbie Davenport Babcock was born on 3 August 1858 in Syracuse, New York, United States of America. He became a preacher and a writer. He is known as the creator of the hymn, “This is My Father’s World.” Maltbie Davenport Babcock passed on at 42 years of age on 18 May 1901.
 
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“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.” -Roger Ward Babson
 
Roger Ward Babson was born on 6 July 1875 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a statistician, an entrepreneur, a business theorist, and a columnist. Roger Ward Babson passed on at 91 years of age on 5 March 1967 in Lake Wales, Florida, United States of America.
 
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“An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality.” -Richard Bach
 
“Here’s how the people live here, in big house-shaped boxes to keep off rain and snow, holes cut in the sides so they can see out. They move around in smaller boxes painted different colors, with wheels on the corners.” -Richard Bach
 
Richard David Bach was born on 23 June 1936 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America. He is a writer who is known for “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” (1970), “Illusions” (1977), “One” (1989), and other books.
 
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“The words of the world want to make sentences.” -Gaston Bachelard
 
Gaston Bachelard was born in 1884. He was a French scientist, philosopher, and literary theorist. Gaston Bachelard passed on in 1962.
 
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“Reforms come from the bottom. No man with four aces requests a new deal.” -Frank Baer
 
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“The essence of work is concentrated energy.” -Walter Bagehot
 
Walter Bagehot was born on 3 February 1826 in Langport, Somersetshire, England. He became a businessman, an economist, an essayist, a journalist, and an editor of the “The Economist” newspaper. He wrote about literature, government issues, and economic affairs. Walter Bagehot passed on at 51 years of age on 24 March 1877 in Langport, Somersetshire, England.
 
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We live in deeds, not years: in thoughts not breaths;
     In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives
     Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
-Philip James Bailey: “Festus,” ‘Scene, A Country Town’
 
Philip James Bailey was born on 22 April 1816 in Nottingham, England, as the only son of Thomas Bailey and his first wife, Mary Taylor. He became poet. He is known as the author of “Festus.” Philip James Bailey passed on in 1902.
 
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“The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was before you came in.” -James Baldwin
 
James Arthur Baldwin was born on 2 August 1924 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a novelist, a playwright, an essayist, and a poet. James Arthur Baldwin passed on at 63 years of age on 1 December 1987 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France.
 
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“The greatest truths are the simplest.” -Hosea Ballou
 
Hosea Ballou was born on 30 April 1771 in Richmond, New Hampshire, United States of America. He was a Universalist clergyman and a theological writer. The son of Maturin Ballou, a Baptist minister, he was self-educated and devoted himself early on to the ministry. In 1789, he converted to Universalism, and in 1794 became pastor of a congregation in Dana, Massachusetts. He was also a high-ranking freemason, and attained the position of Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire in 1811. Hosea Ballou passed on at 81 years of age on 6 June 1852 or 1853 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“If I had my life to live again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.” -Tallulah Bankhead
 
Tallulah Bankhead was born in 1903. She was an American stage and screen actress, and a talk show host. Tallulah Bankhead passed on in 1968.
 
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“No one can say, ‘You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.’ The human spirit is indomitable.” -Roger Bannister
 
Roger Gilbert Bannister was born on 23 March 1929 in Harrow, England. He is the first person recorded to have broken the four-minute time for running a mile (1952). Roger Gilbert Bannister passed on at 88 years of age on 3 March 2018 in Oxford, England.
 
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“The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object and pursue it for life.” -Anna Letitia Barbauld
 
Anna Letitia Barbauld was born as Anna Letitia Aikin in 1743. Anna Letitia Barbauld passed on in 1825.
 
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“We can wear flat shoes now and be fat.” -Ann Barbour (1996), commenting about an agreement on working conditions
 
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“Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested.” -P. T. Barnum
 
“The noblest art is that of making others happy.” -P. T. Barnum
 
“Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.” -P. T. Barnum
 
Phineas Taylor Barnum was born in 1810. He was an American showman and businessman who promoted celebrated hoaxes and founded the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Although Mr. Barnum was also a writer, a publisher, a philanthropist, and for some time a public servant, he said of himself, “I am a showman by profession . . . and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me,” and his personal aims were “to put money in his own coffers.” Mr. Barnum is frequently but erroneously credited with coining the phrase, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Phineas Taylor Barnum passed on in 1891.
 
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“My advice on firing is simple: Treat that person the same way you’d want to be treated if you were in that situation. They’re still a good person, just not the right fit. So how do you help them move on in a productive way that allows them to maintain their dignity?” -Mary Barra
 
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“Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.” -Colleen C. Barrett
 
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“Do something unique that only you and no one else in the world can do.” -Robert Barry
 
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“I think that being happy makes the biggest impact on your physical appearance.” -Drew Barrymore
 
“In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” -Drew Barrymore
 
“We’ve got to learn there are going to be hard things in our lifetime, but it’s love that gives you the strength. It’s being nice to people and having a lot of fun and laughing harder than anything, hopefully every single day of your life.” -Drew Barrymore
 
Drew Blyth Barrymore was born in 1975. She is an American actress, screenwriter, film director, producer, model, and writer.
 
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“You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.” -Ethel Barrymore
 
Ethel Barrymore was born in 1879. She was an American actress of the Barrymore family. Ethel Barrymore passed on in 1959.
 
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“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.” -Matsuo Bashō
 
Matsuo Bashō was born as Matsuo Kinsaku in 1644 near Ueno in Iga Province, Japan. He became a haiku poet, a collaborative poet, and a poetry teacher. Matsuo Bashō passed on at about 50 years of age on 28 November 1694 in Osaka, Japan.
 
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“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” -Thomas Haynes Bayly: “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay” (1844), ‘Isle of Beauty’
 
Thomas Haynes Bayly was born on 13 October 1797 in Bath, England. He became a writer and a songwriter. Thomas Haynes Bayly passed on at 41 years of age on 22 April 1839 in England.
 
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“Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.” -E. R. Beadle
 
Elias R. Beadle.
 
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“Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong they ask, ‘Is this thing still flying?’ If the answer is yes, then there’s no immediate danger, no need to overreact.” -Alan L. Bean
 
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“Appreciation is the memory of the heart.” -Bill Beattie
 
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“You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.” -James Beatty
 
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“Strength is a matter of a made up mind.” -John Beecher
 
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“No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.” -Max Beerbohm
 
“She was one of the people who say, ‘I don’t know anything about music really, but I know what I like.’” -Max Beerbohm
 
Henry Maximilian ‘Max’ Beerbohm was born in 1872. He became an artist, a book illustrator, a caricaturist, a satirist, and an essayist. Henry Maximilian ‘Max’ Beerbohm passed on in 1956.
 
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“To find fulfillment . . . don’t exist with life - embrace it.” -Jim Beggs
 
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“Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I’ll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.” -Lawrence D. Bell

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“Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and don’t forget to lift someone up.” -Roy T. Bennett
 
“Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.” -Roy T. Bennett
 
“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.” -Roy T. Bennett
 
“Don’t let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It’s your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. Don’t let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality - not yours.” -Roy T. Bennett

“Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Focus on your character, not your reputation. Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes.” -Roy T. Bennett
 
“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.” -Roy T. Bennett
 
“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” -Roy Bennett: “The Light in the Heart” (25 February 2016)
 
“It’s never too late to change your life for the better. You don’t have to take huge steps to change your life. Making even the smallest changes to your daily routine can make a big difference to your life.” -Roy T. Bennett
 
“The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.” -Roy T. Bennett
 
Roy T. Bennett is a writer.
 
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“Become the maker of your own life.” -Warren G. Bennis
 
“Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.” -Warren G. Bennis
 
“Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right things.” -Warren G. Bennis
 
“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.” -Warren G. Bennis
 
“There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.” -Warren Bennis
 
Warren G. Bennis was born in 1925. He is an American writer and sociologist.
 
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“I don’t like authority. At least I don’t like other people’s authority.” -A. C. Benson
 
Arthur Christopher Benson, also known as A. C. Benson, was born in 1862. He was an English essayist, poet, and the 28th Master of Magdalene College in Cambridge, England. A distinguished academic and prolific author, his poems and essays were famous in his day; and he left one of the longest diaries ever written, some four million words. Today, he is best remembered as the author of the words of one of Britain’s best-loved patriotic songs, “Land of Hope and Glory.” Arthur Christopher Benson passed on in 1925.
 
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“One must think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.” -Henri Bergson
 
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” -Henri Bergson
 
Henri-Louis ‘Henri’ Bergson was born in 1859. He was a French philosopher. Henri-Louis ‘Henri’ Bergson passed on in 1941.
 
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“Most general statements are false, including this one.” -Edmund C. Berkeley
 
Edmund Callis Berkeley was born on 22 February 1909. He was an American computer scientist. Edmund Callis Berkeley passed on at 79 years of age on 7 March 1988.
 
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“We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see.” [paraphrased quotation]
“That we have first rais'd a Dust, and then complain, we cannot see.” [original quotation]
-George Berkeley: “A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge” (1710), introduction
 
George Berkeley, also known as Bishop Berkeley, was born on 12 March 1685 in Dysart Castle near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He was married to Anne Forster. He became an Anglican church official, a philosopher, and a writer. George Berkeley passed on at 67 years of age on 14 January 1753 in Oxford, England.
 
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“The truly wise are always simple - simple friendliness, simple decency, simple goodwill between man and man. It is the little mind that spins complications.” -Eugene P. Berlin
 
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“The toughest thing about being a success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.” -Irving Berlin
 
Irving Berlin was born as Israel Baline in 1888. He was a Russian-born American songwriter and a composer of music. Irving Berlin passed on in 1989.
 
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“A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.” -George Bernanos
 
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“What we love, we shall grow to resemble.” -Bernard of Clairvaux
 
Bernard of Clairvaux was born in C.E. 1090 in Fontaine-lès Dijon, France. He became an abbot and was the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order. In the year 1128, he attended the Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar. Bernard of Clairvaux passed on at about 63 years of age on C.E. 20 August 1153 in Clairvaux, France. He was made a saint on 18 January 1174 by Pope Alexander III of the Roman Catholic Church. He is also honored by the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.
 
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“It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.” -Sarah Bernhardt
 
Sarah Bernhardt was born on 22 or 23 October 1844. She was a French actress. Sarah Bernhardt passed on at 78 years of age on 26 March 1923.
 
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“Instead of worrying about everything that could go wrong, focus on everything that could go right.” -Gabby Bernstein
 
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“Do what you know best; if you’re a runner, run, if you’re a bell, ring.” -Ignas Bernstein
 
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“Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.” -Leonard Berry
 
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“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.” -Mary Frances Berry
 
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“Thought creates character.” -Annie Besant
 
Annie Besant was born as Annie Wood on 1 October 1847 in Clapham, London, England. She was married to Frank Besant. She became a writer and an orator. Annie Besant passed on at 85 years of age on 20 September 1933 in Adyar, Madras Presidency, India.
 
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“His Lordship says he will turn it over in what he is pleased to call his mind.” -Richard Bethell
 
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“I leave you love . . . I leave you hope . . . I leave you faith.” -Mary McLeod Bethune
 
Mary McLeod Bethune was born in 1875. Mary McLeod Bethune passed on in 1955.
 
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“Our success at Amazon is a function of how many experiments we do per year, per month, per week, per day . . .” -Jeff Bezos
 
Jeff Bezos is the founder, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of Amazon.
 
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“Hear much; speak little.” -Bias of Priene
 
Bias of Priene was born at Priene. He was a Greek sage, reckoned among the Seven Sages of Greece.
 
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“Of what help is anyone who can only be approached with the right words?” -Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy, Princess Bibesco: “Haven” (1951)
 
“To be on a pedestal is to be in a corner.” -Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy, Princess Bibesco: “Haven” (1951)
 
Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy, Princess Bibesco, also known as Elizabeth Bibesco and Elizabeth Asquith, was born as Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith on 26 February 1897. She was married to Prince Antoine Bibesco of Romania in 1919. She became a writer, a poet, and a socialite. Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy, Princess Bibesco, passed on at 48 years of age on 7 April 1945 in Bucharest, Romania.
 
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“At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.” -Jim Bishop
 
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“Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.” -Claude T. Bissell
 
Claude Thomas Bissell.
 
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“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all of mankind.” -Emily P. Bissell
 
Emily P. Bissell was born in 1861.
 
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“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.” -Jacqueline Bisset
 
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“Saying no can be the ultimate self-care.” -Claudia Black
 
“Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.” -Claudia Black
 
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“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before.” -Bonnie Blair
 
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“We never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.” -William Blake
 
William Blake was born on 28 November 1757 in Soho, London, England. He became a poet, an art painter, and a printmaker. William Blake passed on at 69 years of age on 12 August 1827 in Charing Cross, London, England.
 
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“Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.” -Niels Bohr
 
“No, no, you’re not thinking, you’re just being logical.” -Niels Bohr
 
Niels Henrik David Bohr was born on 7 October 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a physicist who worked in the fields of atomic structure and quantum theory. Niels Henrik David Bohr passed on at 77 years of age on 18 November 1962 in Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark.
 
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“There is nothing more difficult to carry out and more doubtful of success than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all who prosper by the old order.” -Italo Bombolini
 
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“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
 
“If you board the wrong train it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
 
“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
 
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
 
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born in 1906. He was a German Protestant theologian. Dietrich Bonhoeffer passed on in 1945.
 
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“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.” -Daniel Boorstin: as quoted in Connie Robertson: “Book of Humorous Quotations” (1998), page 29
 
“The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the Earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.” -Daniel Boorstin
 
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.” -Daniel Boorstin
 
Daniel Joseph Boorstin was born on 1 October 1914 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. He became a historian and writer. He was a librarian of the United States Congress (1975 - 1987). Daniel Joseph Boorstin passed on at 89 years of age on 28 February 2004 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.
 
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“Be bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for.” -Ruth Boorstin
 
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“The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.” -Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
 
Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet was born on 27 September 1627 in Dijon, France. He became a Catholic Bishop, a theologian, a preacher, a writer, and a tutor. Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet passed on at 76 years of age on 12 April 1704 in Paris, France.
 
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“Few minds wear out; more rust out.” -Christian Nestell Bovée
 
“There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless and the other half discreditable.” -Christian Nestell Bovée
 
“We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.” -Christian Nestell Bovée
 
“When all else is lost the future still remains.” -Christian Nestell Bovée
 
Christian Nestell Bovée was born on 22 February 1820 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a lawyer, editor, and an epigrammatist. He is known as the author of the books, “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought” and “Thoughts, Feeling and Fancies.” Christian Nestell Bovée passed on at 83 years of age on 18 January 1904 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
 
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“What pioneer ever had a chart and a lighthouse to steer by?” -Catherine Drinker Bowen
 
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“I’m just an individual who doesn’t feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I’m working for me.” -David Bowie (pseudonym of David Robert Jones (1947 - 2016))
 
David Bowie is a pseudonym of David Robert Jones, who was born on 8 January 1947 in London, England. He became a singer, a songwriter, and an actor. David Robert Jones passed on at 69 years of age on 10 January 2016 in New York City, New York, United States of America.

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“Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday, and celebrate just living.” -Amanda Bradley
 
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“We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.” -Omar Bradley
 
Omar Nelson Bradley was born on 12 February 1893 in Clark, Missouri, United States of America. He became a general in the United States Army during and following World War 2. Omar Nelson Bradley passed on at 88 years of age on 8 April 1981 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“I’ve never met a person, I don’t care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don’t care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life anytime he is prepared and ready to do it. Whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within.” -Preston Bradley
 
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“Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.” -Bill Bradley
 
William Warren ‘Bill’ Bradley was born on 28 July 1943 in Crystal City, Missouri, United States of America. He became a professional basketball player and a public servant.
 
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At breakfast a husband is cheery or blue
     At dinner he’s blue or he’s cheery
And when you’ve admitted these facts to be true
     You’ve mastered the whole subject, dearie
-Elspeth M. Bragdon
 
Elspeth MacDuffy Bragdon was born in 1897. She was married to Marshall H. Bragdon. Elspeth MacDuffy Bragdon passed on in 1980.
 
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“Publicity is justly commended as a remedy of social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” -Louis Brandeis: “Other People’s Money” (1933), page 62
 
Louis Dembitz Brandeis was born as Louis David Brandeis on 13 November 1856 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. He became a lawyer and an associate justice (1916 - 1939) of the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Louis Dembitz Brandeis passed on at 84 years of age on 5 October 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.
 
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“He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints.” -Joan L. Brannon
 
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“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” -Richard Branson
 
“Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won’t make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them.” -Richard Branson
 
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” -Richard Branson
 
Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on 18 July 1950 in London, England. He became a businessman, an investor, and a writer.
 
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“The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.” -Robert Brault
 
“The trouble with letting trivial things ruin your life is that they keep getting more trivial.” -Robert Brault
 
“There is no law that says the things that brighten your day can’t be every bit as trivial as the things that ruin it.” -Robert Brault
 
“Two people can have a middling day, but one rounds up and the other rounds down.” -Robert Brault
 
Robert Brault was born in 1938. He is an American computer software developer and freelance writer whose work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, and at rbrault.blogspot.com.
 
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“Often we set out to make a difference in the lives of others, only to discover we have made a difference in our own.” -Ellie Braun-Haley
 
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“Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend . . . when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that’s present - love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure - the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on Earth.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach
 
“The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach: “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy” (1995)
 
“We may be blinded by our own perceived flaws, but those who love us have clearer vision.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach
 
Sarah Ban Breathnach (pronounced ‘bon brannock’) was born on 5 May 1947 in Westbury, New York, United States of America. She is a writer and a professional speaker. Website: http://www.sarahbanbreathnach.com/.
 
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“As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.” -Bertolt Brecht: “Life of Galileo” (9 September 1943); type of work: historic drama
 
Eugen Berthold Friedrich ‘Bertolt’ Brecht was born on 10 February 1898 in Augsburg, Bavaria, German Empire. He became a poet, a playwright, and a theater director. Eugen Berthold Friedrich ‘Bertolt’ Brecht passed on at 58 years of age on 14 August 1956 in East Berlin, East Germany (now Berlin, Germany).
 
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“The world is full of monsters with friendly faces and angels with scars.” -Heather Brewer
 
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“If we are not most careful with our thoughts and speech, the words we use will use us. Language has its own ethics and one who communicates truth is like a bright light in the darkness.” -Ted E. Brewerton
 
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“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.” -Arthur Brisbane
 
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“The eyes of the emperor are everywhere.” -Brodrig
 
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“As I get older, I’ve learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.” -Po Bronson
 
Po Bronson was born on 14 March 1964 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America. He is a writer.
 
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“It is brave to be involved.” -Gwendolyn Brooks
 
Gwendolyn Brooks was born in 1917. Gwendolyn Brooks passed on in 2000.
 
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“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.” -Phillips Brooks: as quoted in Elizabeth Peabody: “Primary Education” (1916), page 190
 
Phillips Brooks was born on 13 December 1835. He was an American clergyman and writer. He briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s. In the Episcopal liturgical calendar, he is remembered on January 23. He is known as the lyricist of the Christmas carol, “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” Phillips Brooks passed on at 57 years of age on 23 January 1893.
 
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“He who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love.” -Richard Brooks
 
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“The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter.” -Thomas Brooks
 
Thomas Benton Brooks was born in 1608. Thomas Benton Brooks passed on in 1680.
 
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“Stop thinking you’re doing it all wrong. Your path doesn’t look like anybody else’s because it can’t, it shouldn’t, and it won’t.” -Eleanor Brown
 
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“Foolproof systems don’t take into account the ingenuity of fools.” -Gene Brown
 
“The bridges you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren’t there.” -Gene Brown
 
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“Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior
 
“Never give up on anybody - miracles happen daily.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior
 
“Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior
 
Harriett Jackson Brown, Junior was born in 1940 in Tennessee, United States of America. He became a writer. He is known for his inspirational books, “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (Volume 1) (1991) and “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (Volume 2) (1994)
 
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“Even as water carves monuments of stone so do our thoughts shape our character.” -Hugh B. Brown
 
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“Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.” -Les Brown
 
“Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” -Les Brown
 
“Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers, or your clients and customers.” -Les Brown
 
Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown was born on 17 February 1945. He is an American motivational speaker, writer, public servant, and radio and television personality.
 
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“The world is measureless and vast. Live in it with curiosity and intensity.” -Margaret Wise Brown
 
Margaret Wise Brown was born in 1910. Margaret Wise Brown passed on in 1952.
 
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“A great man leaves clean work behind him, and requires no sweeper up of the chips.” -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 
“Since when was genius found respectable?” -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 
“Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.” -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born as Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett on 6 March 1806 in Kelloe, Durham, England. A spinal injury received in a fall from a pony prevented her from attending school. She became a poet. She was married to Robert Browning in 1846. Her poetry was widely popular in both Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Elizabeth Barrett Browning passed on at 55 years of age on 29 June 1861 in Florence, Kingdom of Italy.
 
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“A minute’s success pays the failure of years.” -Robert Browning
 
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made:
Our times are in His hand
Who saith, ‘A whole I planned,
Youth shows but half; trust God:
See all, nor be afraid!’
-Robert Browning: “Rabbi ben Ezra” (1864)
 
“Ignorance is not innocence but sin.” -Robert Browning

Robert Browning was born on 7 May 1812 in London, England. He was married to Elizabeth Barrett in 1846. He became a poet and a playwright. Robert Browning passed on at 77 years of age on 12 December 1889 in Venice, Italy.
 
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“Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him and all the others.” -Bernard M. Baruch
 
Bernard Mannes Baruch was born on 19 August 1870 in Camden, South Carolina, United States of America. He became a financier, a stock investor, a philanthropist, a statesman, and a wartime economic consultant to American Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt. He had immersed himself in learning the brokerage business and became a millionaire by the time he was thirty. Bernard Mannes Baruch passed on at 94 years of age on 20 June 1965 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“If you believe in yourself, have dedication, pride, and never quit, you will always be a winner. The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.” -Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant
 
Paul William ‘Bear’ Bryant was born in 1913. Paul William ‘Bear’ Bryant passed on in 1983.
 
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“Start prioritizing your mental health instead of adjusting to toxic spaces.” -Thema Bryant-Davis
 
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“Too often a sense of loyalty depends on admiration, and if we can’t admire it is difficult to be loyal.” -Aimee Buchanan
 
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“There is enough in the world for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed.” -Frank Buchman (similar quotation attributed to Mahatma Gandhi)
 
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“The best things in life aren’t things.” -Art Buchwald
 
Arthur ‘Art’ Buchwald was born on 20 October 1925. He was an American journalist and humorist. Arthur ‘Art’ Buchwald passed on at 81 years of age on 17 January 2007.
 
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“Once the what has been decided, the how always follows. We must not make the how an excuse for not facing and accepting the what.” -Pearl S. Buck: “To My Daughters, With Love” (1967)
 
“To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.” -Pearl S. Buck
 
“When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.” -Pearl S. Buck
 
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu, was born on 26 June 1892. She was an American writer of novels about life in China. As the daughter of missionaries, she spent most of her life through 1934 in China. She is known for her novel, “The Good Earth” (2 March 1931). Pearl Sydenstricker Buck passed on at 80 years of age on 6 March 1973.
 
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“There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he’s absolutely free to choose.” -William M. Bulger
 
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Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.
-Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
 
“Give, and you may keep your friend if you lose your money; lend, and the chances are that you lose your friend if ever you get back your money.” -Bulwer-Lytton
 
“Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye looking on finds its own.” -Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
 
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton was born on 25 May 1803. He was married to Rosina Doyle Wheeler in 1827. He was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and public servant. He is known for inventing the opening line, “It was a dark and stormy night.” Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton passed on at 69 years of age on 18 January 1873.
 
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“Don’t believe the world owes you a living, the world owes you nothing - it was here first.” -Robert Jones Burdette
 
“There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry . . . Yesterday and Tomorrow.” -Robert Jones Burdette
 
Robert Jones Burdette was born on 30 July 1844 in Greensboro, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He became a newspaper editor, a humorist, and a lecturer. Robert Jones Burdette passed on at 70 years of age on 19 November 1914 in Pasadena, California, United States of America.
 
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“If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches.” -James Burgh
 
James Burgh was born in 1714. He was a Scottish writer. James Burgh passed on in 1775.
 
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“It is astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen.” -Frances Hodgson Burnett
 
“The world should be a little bit better because a man has lived.” -Frances Hodgson Burnett: “Little Lord Fauntleroy” (1886)
 
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was born on 24 November 1849 in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England. She emigrated with her family to the United States of America in 1865. She became a novelist and playwright, and is known as the author of “The Secret Garden” (1911). Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett passed on at 74 years of age on 29 October 1924 in Plandome Manor, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Beauty is also to be found in a day’s work.” -Mamie Sypert Burns
 
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“Getters generally don’t get happiness; givers get it. You simply give to others a bit of yourself: a thoughtful act, a helpful idea, a word of appreciation, a lift over a rough spot, a sense of understanding, a timely suggestion. You take something out of your mind, garnished in kindness out of your heart, and put it into the other fellow’s mind and heart.” -Charles H. Burr
 
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“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. The longer I live the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.” -John Burroughs: “The Summit of the Years” (1913), ‘Preface’
 
“Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.” -John Burroughs
 
John Burroughs was born on 3 April 1837 on a family farm in the Catskill Mountains near Roxbury, Delaware County, New York, United States of America. He became a naturalist and a writer. John Burroughs passed on at 83 years of age on 29 March 1921 near Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States of America.
 
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“Modern Man has lost the option of silence.” -William Burroughs
 
William Seward Burroughs II was born in 1914. He was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer associated with the Beat Generation. Mr. Burroughs wrote 18 novels and novellas, six collections of short stories, and four collections of essays. William Seward Burroughs II passed on in 1997.
 
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“Optimism is the foundation of courage.” -Nicholas Murray Butler
 
“The world is divided into three classes of people: a very small group that makes things happen; a somewhat larger group that watches things happen; and the great multitude which never knows what happened.” -Nicholas Murray Butler
 
Nicholas Murray Butler was born on 2 April 1862 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America. He became an educator, a diplomat, and a philosopher. Mr. Butler was a president of Columbia University and a president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “The New York Times” printed his Christmas greeting to the nation every year. Nicholas Murray Butler passed on at 85 years of age on 7 December 1947 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most.” -Samuel Butler
 
“Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.” -Samuel Butler
 
“People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.” -Samuel Butler
 
“The course of true anything never does run smooth.” -Samuel Butler
 
Samuel Butler, also known as Samuel Butler the Younger to distinguish him from his grandfather of the same name, was born on 4 December 1835 in Langar, Nottinghamshire, England. He was a novelist, an essayist, a critic, and a satirist. Samuel Butler passed on at 66 years of age on 18 June 1902 in London, England.
 
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“The country that draws a broad line between its fighting men and its thinking men will find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.” -William F. Butler (Sir)
 
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“Concentration alone conquers.” -Charles Buxton: “Notes of Thought” (1883), page 28
 
Charles Buxton was born on 18 November 1822 in Cromer, Norfolk, England. He became a merchant, a writer, a member of parliament, and a philanthropist. Charles Buxton passed on at 47 years of age on 10 August 1871.
 
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“I’ve arrived, and to prove it, I’m here.” -Max Bygraves
 
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“Make it a goal to see the best in everyone and the best will come back to you.” -Rhonda Byrne
 
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“Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away.” -Lord Byron
 
But words are things,
and a small drop of ink,
falling like dew, upon a thought,
produces that which makes thousands,
perhaps millions, think.
-Lord Byron
 
Truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
-Lord Byron: “Don Juan” (1818 - 1824)
 
George Gordon Noel Byron, also known as Lord Byron, was born on 22 January 1788 in London, England. He was lame from birth. In 1815, he married Anne Isabelle Milbanke. He became a poet and a satirist. His first volume of verses, titled “Hours of Idleness,” was published in 1807. “Manfred” and “The Lament of Tasso” were written in 1817. From 1818 until he passed on, Byron was occupied with writing “Don Juan,” and spent much of his life traveling in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Turkey. In 1823, he went to Greece and aided in the Greek struggle for independence from the Turks. George Gordon Noel Byron passed on at 36 years of age on 19 April 1824 in Missolonghi, Greece.
 
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1/29/2024

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“Stride forward with a firm, steady step, knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will attain every aim.” -Eileen Caddy
 
“What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others.” -Eileen Caddy
 
Eileen Caddy was born on 26 August 1917. She was a Scottish writer. She is known as the spiritual leader and co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation Community near the village of Findhorn, Moray Firth, Scotland. Eileen Caddy passed on at 89 years of age on 13 December 2006.
 
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“Begin anywhere.” -John Cage
 
“I can’t understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I’m frightened of old ones.” -John Cage
 
“If someone says can’t, that shows you what to do.” -John Cage
 
John Milton Cage, Junior was born in 1912. John Milton Cage, Junior passed on in 1992.
 
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“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” -Herman Cain
 
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“Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.” -Julia Cameron
 
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“Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.” -Matt Cameron
 
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“We cannot cure the world of sorrows but we can choose to live in joy.” -Joseph Campbell
 
“When you follow your bliss . . . doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else.” -Joseph Campbell
 
Joseph John Campbell was born on 26 March 1904 in White Plains, New York, United States of America. He was an American writer on the subjects of folklore and mythology, an editor, an anthropologist, and a lecturer. He is known as the author of “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” (1949). Joseph John Campbell passed on at 83 years of age on 30 October 1987 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America.
 
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“This is the best day the world has ever seen; tomorrow will be better.” -R. A. Campbell: as quoted in “Journal of Education,” (1915) of Boston University, volume 81
 
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“Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.” -Albert Camus
 
“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow; don’t walk behind me, I may not lead; walk beside me, and just be my friend.” -Albert Camus
 
“I don’t want to be a genius, I have enough problems just trying to be a man.” -Albert Camus
 
“It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all.” -Albert Camus
 
“Life is absurd.” -Albert Camus
 
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” -Albert Camus
 
Albert Camus (ălꞋbərt kä-mōōꞋ/kä-müꞋ) was born on 7 November 1913 in Drean, Algeria. He became a French journalist, novelist, essayist, dramatist, and philosopher. He is the author of “The Myth of Sisyphus” (1942), “The Rebel” (1951), and “The Fall” (1956). Albert Camus passed on at 46 years of age on 4 January 1960 in Villeblerin, France.
 
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“Be willing to learn each day from others.” -George I. Cannon
 
George Ivins Cannon was born on 9 March 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He was married to Isabel Hales. He became a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. George Ivins Cannon passed on at 89 years of age on 4 August 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
 
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“A good sailor was never made on smooth seas.” -George Q. Cannon
 
George Quayle Cannon was born on 11 January 1827 in Liverpool, England. He became a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. George Quayle Cannon passed on at 74 years of age on 12 April 1901 in Monterey, California, United States of America.
 
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“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you’re going and why.” -Eddie Cantor
 
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“We are what we believe we are.” -Benjamin N. Cardozo
 
Benjamin N. Cardozo was born in 1870. He was an American jurist and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1932 - 1938). Benjamin N. Cardozo passed on in 1938.
 
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“Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.” -Richard Carlson
 
“Moment to moment, there are aspects of life that we like and others that we don’t. There are always going to be people who disagree with you, people who do things differently, and things that don’t work out. If you fight against this principle of life, you’ll spend most of your life fighting battles.” -Richard Carlson: “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” (16 January 1997)
 
Richard Carlson was born on 16 May 1961 in Piedmont, California, United States of America. He became a psychotherapist, a writer, and a motivational speaker. He is known as the author of “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and It’s All Small Stuff” (1997). Richard Carlson passed on at 45 years of age on 13 December 2006 in San Francisco, California, United States of America.
 
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“Only through dedicated work does a man fulfill himself.” -William S. Carlson
 
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So here hath been dawning another blue day:
     Think wilt thou let it slip useless away?
Out of eternity this new day is born;
     Into eternity at night ’twill return.
-Thomas Carlyle
 
“Give us, O, give us the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation what it may, he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness. He will do more in the same time . . . he will do it better . . . he will persevere longer. One is scarcely sensible to fatigue while he marches to music. The very stars are said to make harmony as they revolve in their spheres.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“One Life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities.” -Thomas Carlyle: “On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History” (1841)
 
“Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it, in God’s name! ‘Tis the utmost thou hast in thee: out with it, then. Up, up! Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy whole might. Work while it is called Today; for the night cometh, wherein no man can work.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“The end of man is an action, and not a thought, though it were the noblest.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder . . . Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something; whereas the strongest, by dispersing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
Thomas Carlyle was born on 4 December 1795 in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He was married to Jane Welsh in 1826. He became an essayist, a satirist, a historian, a translator, a mathematician, a social commentator, and a teacher. Thomas Carlyle passed on at 85 years of age on 5 February 1881 in London, England.
 
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Love truth and fear not -
Do good and be happy.
-Simeon Carter: “Poems and Aphorisms: A Woodman’s Musings” (1893)
 
Simone Carter was born in 1824. Simeon Carter passed on in 1911.
 
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“Each man should live for all men’s betterment.” -Alice Cary: “Every Life”
 
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“I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.” -Joyce Cary
 
“Went to a rubbish heap and got some evening newspapers. Shoved ’em in my boots. Shoved ’em up my trousers. Stuffed ’em down my waistcoat. As good as leather against an east wind. Thank God for the Press, the friend of the poor.” -Joyce Cary
 
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“All fat men are jolly, or if here and there a fat man doesn’t find himself so terribly jovial by nature, he is compelled to assume an air of jollity, because it is expected of him, sort of noblesse obese.” -Frank Case
 
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“I’m just trying to matter.” -June Carter Cash
 
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“People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.” -Lewis Cass
 
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“As soon as a man climbs up to a high position, he must train his subordinates and trust them. They must relieve him of all small matters. He must be set free to think, to travel, to plan, to see important customers, to make improvements, to do all the big jobs of leadership.” -Herbert N. Casson
 
“Every winner has scars.” -Herbert N. Casson
 
“Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly, and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all who know him. He has laid a sound foundation for success and he will have a worthwhile life.” -Herbert N. Casson: as quoted in “Forbes” (1948), page 42
 
“If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor; poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living.” -Herbert N. Casson
 
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“No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.” -Willa Cather
 
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. You learn the delivery of a part only before an audience.” -Willa Cather
 
“To fulfill the dreams of one’s youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.” -Willa Cather
 
Willa Sibert Cather was born as Wilella Sibert Cather on 7 December 1873 in Gore, Virginia, United States of America. She became a writer and achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, including “O Pioneers!” (1913), “The Song of the Lark” (1915), and “My Ántonia” (1918). She also wrote “One of Ours,” a novel set during World War I. Willa Sibert Cather passed on at 73 years of age on 24 April 1947 in Manhattan, New York, United States of America.
 
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“I am one of the people who love the why of things.” -Catherine II
 
“I praise loudly. I blame softly.” -Catherine II: letter (23 August 1794); and in a conversation with Diderot: as quoted in Samuel Arthur Bent: “Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men” (1887)
 
Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great, was born as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg on 2 May 1729 in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia. She became an Empress of Russia, and was the most renowned and the longest-ruling woman leader of Russia, reigning from 9 July 1762 until she passed on. Russia was revitalized under her reign, growing larger and stronger than ever, and becoming recognized as one of the great powers of Europe. Catherine II passed on at 67 years of age on 17 November 1796.
 
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“The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.” -Cato
 
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“I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.” -Edith Cavell
 
Edith Cavell was born in 1865. Edith Cavell passed on in 1915.
 
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Some reckon time by stars,
And some by hours;
Some measure days by dreams
And some by flowers;
My heart alone records
My days and hours.
-Madison J. Cawein: “Kentucky Poems,” ‘Some Reckon Time by Stars’
 
Madison Julius Cawein (pronounced caw-wine) was born on 23 March 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. He became a poet, and had 31 books of poems published. Madison Julius Cawein passed on at 49 years of age on 8 December 1914 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America.
 
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“Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” -Edwin Hubbel Chapin
 
“Neutral men are the devil’s allies.” -Edwin Hubbel Chapin
 
Edwin Hubbell Chapin was born on 29 December 1814 in Union Village, New York, United States of America. He was a Christian Unitarian preacher, a writer, a poet, and an editor of the “Christian Leader.” He wrote the poem “Burial at Sea,” which was the origin of the folk song, “Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie.” Edwin Hubbell Chapin passed on at 65 years of age on 26 December 1880 in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head.” -Suzanne Chapin
 
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“’Tis good to be merry and wise.” -George Chapman: “Eastward Hoe” (1605), Act I, scene i
 
“Light gains make heavy purses.” -George Chapman: “Eastward Hoe” (1605), Act I, scene i
 
“They’re only truly great who are truly good.” -George Chapman: “Revenge for Honour,” Act v, Scene 2
 
George Chapman was born in about 1559 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. He became a dramatist, a poet, and a translator. George Chapman passed on at 74 or 75 years of age on 12 May 1634 in London, England.
 
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“Take what you have and make what you want.” -Hilda Charlton
 
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“It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted.” -Mary Ellen Chase
 
“To my father, manual labor was not only good and decent for its own sake, but as he was given to say, it straightened out one’s thoughts.” -Mary Ellen Chase
 
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“I would rather that the people should wonder why I wasn’t President than why I am.” -Salmon P. Chase
 
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“Man is what he believes.” -Anton Chekhov
 
“We shall find peace. We shall hear angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.” -Anton Chekhov
 
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also known by the pseudonym Antosha Chekhonte, was born on 29 January 1860 in Taganrog, Russian Empire. He became a physician, a dramatist, a dramaturge, and a short story writer. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov passed on at 44 years of age on 15 July 1904 in Badenweiler, German Empire.
 
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“You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? . . . Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.” -Lydia M. Child
 
Lydia Maria Francis Child was born as Lydia Maria Francis on 11 February 1802 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became a novelist and a journalist. Lydia Maria Francis Child passed on at 78 years of age on 20 October 1880 in Wayland, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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A dog is not considered a good dog
     because he is a good barker.
A man is not considered a good man
     because he is a good talker.
-Chuang-tzu (about 350 B.C.E.)
 
Chuang-tzu, meaning Master Chuang, was born in 369 B.C.E. Chuang-tzu passed on in 286 B.C.E.
 
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“Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he’s too busy to enjoy.” -Frank A. Clark
 
“The more you learn, the more you earn.” -Frank A. Clark
 
“The reason there’s so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.” -Frank A. Clark
 
Frank Atherton Clark was born on 10 October 1911 in Elkhart, Iowa, United States of America. He became a newspaperman and a writer. He is remembered as the author of the book, “The Country Parson” (1 January 1964) and as the writer of one-liners for the “Country Parson” one-panel syndicated newspaper cartoon series with illustrations drawn initially by Wally Falk and later by Dennis Neal. Frank Atherton Clark passed on at 80 years of age on 11 December 1991 in Elkhart, Iowa, United States of America.
 
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“A right is not what someone gives you; it’s what no one can take from you.” -Ramsey Clark
 
“A right is not what someone gives you; it’s what no one can take from you.” -Ramsey Clark: as quoted in the “New York Times” (2 October 1977) newspaper
 
“There is no conflict between liberty and safety. We will have both or neither.” -Ramsey Clark
 
“Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?” -Ramsey Clark
 
Ramsey Clark was born in 1927. He is an American lawyer and former United States Attorney General.
 
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“I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.” -Tom C. Clark
 
Thomas Campbell Clark was born in 1899. He was an American lawyer, Attorney General, and Justice of the Supreme Court (1949 - 1967). Thomas Campbell Clark passed on in 1977.
 
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“In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.” -Albert Clarke
 
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“The only real problem in life is what to do next.” -Arthur C. Clarke
 
Arthur Charles Clarke was born on 16 December 1917 in Minehead, Somerset, England. He became a science fiction writer, science writer, undersea explorer, inventor, television series host, and futurist. He is known best for his short stories and novels, among them “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968), and as a host and commentator in the British television series “Mysterious World.” Arthur Charles Clarke passed on at 90 years of age on 19 March 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
 
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“Even the smallest of feet have the power to leave everlasting footprints upon the world.” -Lisa Clarke
 
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“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” -Appius Claudius
 
“Each man is the smith of his own fortune.” -Appius Claudius
 
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“The better we know each other, the more we love each other.” -Henry C. Clausen
 
“The man who joins with youths stays young in heart and mind. In exchange for the gift of their vitality and eagerness, the mature man can give guidance and trust, a sympathetic ear, and helping hand.” -Henry C. Clausen
 
“We have an American right to say: ‘I reject the welfare way to the lazy life and favor instead the work way to the good life.’” -Henry C. Clausen
 
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“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.” -Henry Clay: “The Great Compromise”
 
Henry Clay was born in 1777. He was an American public servant. Henry Clay passed on in 1852.
 
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“Innovation requires optimism.” -James Clear
 
“It is so easy to overestimate the importance of one defining moment and underestimate the value of making small improvements on a daily basis.” -James Clear: “Atomic Habits”
 
“Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour. You don’t have to do it all today. Just lay a brick. That’s how you build an empire.” -James Clear
 
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“It is apparent that no lifetime is long enough in which to explore the resources of a few square yards of ground.” -Alice M. Coats
 
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“It is not the greatness of a man’s means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.” -William Cobbett
 
“Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.” -William Cobbett
 
William Cobbett was born in 1762. He was an English reformer, a political writer, a writer on agriculture, and a traveler. He founded the “Weekly Political Register” (1802 - 1835) and “The Porcupine.” He became a bookseller in Philadelphia and in London. William Cobbett passed on in 1835.
 
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“And, when you want something, all the Universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” -Paulo Coelho: “The Alchemist” (1988)
 
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now!” -Paulo Coelho
 
“The less you respond to negative people, the more positive your life will become.” -Paulo Coelho
 
“You cannot avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.” -Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho was born in 1947. He is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist.
 
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“We don’t have to be successful, only valuable. We don’t have to make money, only a difference, and particularly in the lives society counts least and puts last.” -William Sloane Coffin, Junior: “Credo” (2004), ‘Faith, Hope, Love’
 
William Sloane Coffin, Junior was born on 1 June 1924 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church, and received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. He became a chaplain of Yale University and served as Senior Minister at the Riverside Church in New York City. William Sloane Coffin, Junior passed on at 81 years of age on 12 April 2006 in Strafford, Vermont, United States of America.
 
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“Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.” -Alan Cohen
 
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“Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful man can lead without wisdom.” -Mark B. Cohen
 
“Political power is as permanent as today’s newspaper. Ten years from now, few will know or care who the most powerful man in any state was today.” -Mark B. Cohen
 
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“Sooner or later comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time, every form of life has been called upon to meet such crisis.” -Robert Collier
 
“Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.” -Robert Collier
 
“You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.” -Robert Collier
 
Robert Collier was born on 19 April 1885 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America, as a cousin of Robert Joseph Collier (1876 - 1918). He became a writer and a motivational speaker. Robert Collier passed on in 1950.
 
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“Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.” -Cuthbert Collingwood
 
Cuthbert Collingwood was born on 26 September 1748 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. He became a sea captain. Cuthbert Collingwood passed on at 61 years of age on 7 March 1810 aboard the oceangoing vessel HMS Ville de Paris off Port Mahon in the Mediterranean Sea.
 
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“Imitation is the sincerest flattery.” -Charles Caleb Colton
 
Charles Caleb Colton, also known as C. C. Colton, was born in 1780. He was an English writer, clergyman, and merchant. Charles Caleb Colton passed on in 1832.
 
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“The most important part of every business is to know what ought to be done.” -Lucinus Junius Moderatus Columella
 
Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella was born in C.E. 4 in Gades, Hispania Baetica. He was an agricultural writer of ancient Rome. He is known as the writer of “De Re Rustica” (English: “On Rural Affairs”). Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella passed on at about 66 years of age in C.E. 70.
 
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“The charm of a woodland road lies not only in its beauty but in anticipation. Around each bend may be a discovery, an adventure.” -Dale Rex Coman
 
Dale Rex Coman was born on 22 February 1906 in Connecticut, United States of America. He was married to Milna Coman. He became a college professor and a writer. His works include the books, “Pleasant River” (1966) and “The Endless Adventure” (1972). Dale Rex Coman passed on at 87 years of age on 23 April 1993 in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America.
 
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“When you fall, leap to your feet and try again.” -Nadia Comaneci
 
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“Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing.” -Bart Conner
 
Bart Conner was born in 1958. He is an American gymnast and Olympic Gold medalist (1984).
 
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“Always be nice to those younger than you because they are the ones who will be writing about you.” -Cyril Connolly

“We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life; it is because we tire of our responsibility.” -Cyril Connolly: “Enemies of Promise” (1938)
 
Cyril Vernon Connolly was born on 10 September 1903 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. He became a novelist. He founded and edited “Horizon.” Cyril Vernon Connolly passed on at 71 years of age on 26 November 1974 in London, England.
 
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“Facing it - always facing it - that’s the way to get through.” -Joseph Conrad: “Typhoon” (1902), Chapter 5
 
Joseph Conrad was born as Teodor Józef Konrad Nalecz-Korzeniowski on 3 December 1857 in Berdychiv, Russian Empire. He became a seaman in 1874, and joined the British Merchant Navy in 1878. In 1886, he became a Master Mariner and also became a British citizen. In 1893, he left the Navy and began writing, eventually becoming a novelist. In 1896 he was married to Jessie George. Joseph Conrad passed on at 66 years of age on 3 August 1924 in Bishopsbourne, Kent, England.
 
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“Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are.” -Russel H. Conwell
 
“Money is power. Every good man and woman ought to strive for power, to do good with it when obtained. I say, get rich, get rich.” -Russell Conwell
 
“Ninety-eight out of one-hundred of the rich men in America are honest. That is why they are rich.” -Russell Conwell
 
“Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.” -Russell Conwell
 
Russell Herman Conwell was born on 15 February 1843 in South Worthington, Massachusetts, United States of America. He converted from atheism to Christianity while a soldier in the American Civil War, and later became a lawyer, a Baptist minister, a writer, an orator (professional speaker), and a philanthropist. He was a pastor of the Baptist Temple, author of the well-known book, “Acres of Diamonds” (1890), and founder of Temple University in Philadelphia. Russell Herman Conwell passed on at 82 years of age on 6 December 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
 
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“She is one of my best friends. Why, I’ve known her ever since we were both the same age.” -Galen Cooper
 
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“There’s no need to hurry, yet no time to lose.” -Bessie Copage
 
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“Didn’t I ever tell you? Bumbles bounce!” -Yukon Cornelius
 
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“Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” -E. Joseph Cossman (similar quotation attributed to Henry Ford)
 
“The greatest power is often simple patience.” -E. Joseph Cossman
 
Eli Joseph Cossman, also known as E. Joseph Cossman, was born on 13 April 1918. He was an American inventor, businessman, and writer. He is known as the creator of the ant farm. Eli Joseph Cossman passed on at 84 years of age on 7 December 2002 in Palm Springs, California, United States of America.
 
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Thus hand in hand through life we’ll go;
Its checker’d paths of joy and woe
With cautious steps we’ll tread.
-Nathaniel Cotton
 
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“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” -Margaret Cousins
 
Margaret Cousins was an Irish suffragist.
 
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“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
“Give no answer to contentious arguments or irresponsible accusations. Let such things ‘fly out open windows’ until they spend themselves.” -Stephen Covey: “Principle-Centered Leadership” (1992), Chapter 11
 
“How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.” -Stephen Covey
 
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” -Stephen Covey: as quoted in Eric Allenbaugh: “Wake-up Calls: You Don’t Have to Sleepwalk through your Life, Love, or Career!” (1992), page 65
 
“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
“Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
“Nothing is more exciting and bonding in relationships than creating together.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
“The ability to manage well doesn’t make much difference if you’re not even in the right jungle.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
“The only thing that endures over time is the ‘Law of the Farm.’ You must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate, and water if you expect to reap the harvest.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
“Think ‘Win-Win’.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
“Win-win is a frame of mind and heart that constantly seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions. Win-win means agreements or solutions are mutually beneficial and satisfying.” -Stephen R. Covey
 
Stephen Richards Covey was born on 24 October 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He became a writer, a professional speaker, and a sales trainer; remembered as the author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” (15 August 1989). Stephen Richards Covey passed on at 79 years of age on 16 July 2012 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States of America.
 
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And differing judgments serve but to declare
That truth lies somewhere if we knew but where.
-William Cowper
 
Knowledge is proud that he has learn’ d so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
-William Cowper
 
“The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow; and when we lie down at night, we may safely say to most of our troubles, ‘Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.’” -William Cowper
 
Variety’s the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavor.
-William Cowper
 
William Cowper was born in 26 November 1731 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England. His mother passed on when he was 6 years of age, so he was sent away from home to a boarding school, where he suffered so much from the cruelty of a bigger boy that he was obliged to leave that school for another. He studied at Westminster School with the intention of pursuing a career in law. When the first of many struggles with mental infirmity interfered with these plans, he found strength in Evangelical Christianity. Collaborating with John Newton, he became the foremost composer of eighteenth-century hymns, and was also a poet known for poems including “Yardley-Oak” and “The Task.” Mr. Cowper was a nephew of the poet Judith Madan. William Cowper passed on at 68 years of age on 25 April 1800 in East Dereham, England.
 
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“Eliminate the word can’t and you’ll be amazed at what you can do.” -Billy Cox
 
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“Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on Earth.” -George W. Crane
 
George W. Crane was born in 1861. He was an American clergyman and journalist. George W. Crane passed on in 1928.
 
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“Avoid competency traps. Do not stay only where you are good at things. Go out and be challenged.” -Andrew Creighton
 
Andrew Creighton is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California in Berkeley, California, United States of America.
 
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“Even if we can’t be happy, we must always be cheerful.” -Irving Cristol
 
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“There is one around here somewhere.” -John Croll
 
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“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” -James Crook
 
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“It is better to wear out than to rust out.” -Richard Cumberland
 
Richard Cumberland was born in 1631. He was an Anglican bishop, theologian, and philosopher of ethics. Richard Cumberland passed on in 1718.
 
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“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.” -Marie Curie
 
“The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace.” -Marie Curie
 
“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.” -Marie Curie
 
Marie Sklodowska-Curie, also known simply as Marie Curie, was born on 7 November 1867. She was a French-Polish physicist and chemist. She is known for her pioneering research on radioactivity. Marie Sklodowska-Curie passed on at 66 years of age on 4 July 1934.
 
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“The next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not, so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot for the next 30 days?” -Matt Cutts
 
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“I am not strange, I am just not normal.” -Salvador Dali
 
“The only difference between me and a madman is that I’m not mad.” -Salvador Dali
 
Salvador Dali was born on 11 May 1904 in Figueras, Spain. He became a painter. Salvador Dali passed on in 1989.
 
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“Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.” -Anthony J. D’Angelo
 
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” -Anthony J. D’Angelo: “The College Blue Book” (1995)
 
Anthony J. D’Angelo is an American writer.
 
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“Follow your own star.” -Dante Alighieri
 
Dante degli Alighieri, also known as Durante Alighieri or simply Dante, was born in about 1265. He was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is known for the epic poem, “Commedia,” later named “La divina commedia” (English: “The Divine Comedy”). Dante Alighieri passed on in 1321.
 
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“I love fools’ experiments. I am always making them.” -Charles Darwin
 
“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.” -Charles Darwin
 
Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He was married to Emma Wedgwood (1808 - 1896) in 1839. He was an English naturalist, geologist, writer, and proponent of the theory of evolution. Charles Robert Darwin passed on at 73 years of age on 19 April 1882 in Downe, Kent, England.
 
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“The simple virtues of willingness, readiness, alertness, and courtesy will carry a young man farther than mere smartness.” -Henry P. Daveson
 
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“If you want to become the greatest in your field, no matter what it may be, equip yourself to render greater service than anyone else.” -Clinton Davidson
 
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“If you’re too busy to enjoy life, you’re too busy.” -Jeff Davidson
 
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“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.” -Bette Davis
 
Ruth Elizabeth ‘Bette’ Davis was born on 5 April 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became an actress. Ruth Elizabeth ‘Bette’ Davis passed on at 81 years of age on 6 October 1989 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
 
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“The first and great commandment is: Don’t let them scare you.” -Elmer Davis
 
Elmer Davis was born in 1890. Elmer Davis passed on in 1958.
 
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“Difficulties were opportunities inside out, she assured herself . . .” -Gwen Davis: “Marriage” (1981)
 
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“Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it is not firmly laid in youth, there will ever be a weak spot in the foundation.” -Jefferson Davis
 
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“Life is made up not of great sacrifices or duties but of little things in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations given habitually are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort.” -Humphrey Davy
 
Humphry Davy was born on 17 December 1778 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. He became a chemist and an inventor. Humphry Davy passed on at 50 years of age on 29 May 1829 in Geneva, Switzerland.
 
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“Recognizing that you are not where you want to be is a starting point to begin changing your life.” -Deborah Day
 
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“People say, what is the sense of our small effort. They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words, and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel helpless. There’s too much work to do.” -Dorothy Day
 
“We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.” -Dorothy Day 
 
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“Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.” -Barbara De Angelis
 
“No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.” -Barbara De Angelis
 
Barbara De Angelis was born on 4 March 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She is a lecturer, a writer, and a television personality.
 
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“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” -Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat: as attributed in “The Guernsey Magazine” (November 1877)
 
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, was born on 17 September 1743 in Ribemont, France. He became a philosopher, a mathematician, and a political scientist. Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, passed on at 50 years of age on 28 March 1794 in Bourg-la-Reine, France.
 
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“The whole of life lies in the verb seeing.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
 
“The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
 
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born on 1 May 1881 in Orcines, Auvergne, France. He became an idealist philosopher and a Jesuit priest, and trained as a paleontologist and a geologist. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin took part in the discovery of Peking Man. He conceived the idea of the Omega Point and further developed Vladimir Vernadsky’s concept of noosphere. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin passed on at 74 years of age on 10 April 1955 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” -Baron Pierre De Coubertin
 
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“A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.” -Jean de la Bruyere
 
Jean de La Bruyère was born 16 August 1645 in Paris, Kingdom of France. He became an essayist and a moralist. Jean de La Bruyère passed on at 50 years of age on 11 May 1696 in Versailles, Kingdom of France.
 
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“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince or one of the people.” -Jean de La Fontaine
 
“By the work one knows the workman.” -Jean de La Fontaine
 
“Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.” -Jean de La Fontaine
 
“This beast is very wicked; when attacked, it defends itself.” -Jean de La Fontaine
 
Jean de La Fontaine was born in 1621. He was a French poet, orator, and historian. Jean de La Fontaine passed on in 1695.
 
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“Happiness and misery depend as much on temperament as on fortune.” -François Duc de La Rochefoucauld: “Reflexions ou Sentences et Maximes Morales”
 
“If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.” -François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
 
“To safeguard one’s health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.” -François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
 
“We should not judge of a man’s merit by his good qualities but by the use he can make of them.” -François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
 
François de La Rochefoucauld, also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld and François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, le Prince de Marcillac, was born on 15 September 1613 in Rue des Petits-Champs, Paris, France. He was a soldier and a writer of maxims and memoirs. François de La Rochefoucauld passed on at 66 years of age on 17 March 1680 in Paris, France.
 
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“It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols, each symbol receiving a value of position as well as an absolute value; a profound and important idea which appears so simple to us now that we ignore its true merit. But its very simplicity and the great ease which it has lent to computations put our arithmetic in the first rank of useful inventions; and we shall appreciate the grandeur of the achievement the more when we remember that it escaped the genius of Archimedes and Apollonius, two of the greatest men produced by antiquity.” -Pierre Simon de Laplace
 
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“Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship’s captain has to avoid a shipwreck.” -Guy de Maupassant
 
Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850. Guy de Maupassant passed on in 1893.
 
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“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” -Agnes de Mille
 
Agnes George de Mille was born on 18 September 1905 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a dancer and a choreographer. Agnes George de Mille passed on at 88 years of age on 7 October 1993.
 
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“There are a million ways to lose a work day but not even a single way to get one back.” -Tom DeMarco
 
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“Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.” -Cecil B. DeMille
 
Cecil Blount DeMille was born on 12 August 1881 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a silent movie director and a filmmaker. Cecil Blount DeMille passed on at 77 years of age on 21 January 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“A wise man never loses anything if he has himself.” -Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
 
“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.” -Michel de Montaigne: “The Complete Essays”
 
“My life has been filled with terrible misfortune, most of which never happened.” -Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
 
“Saying is one thing and doing is another.” -Michel Eyquem de Montaigne: “Essais” (English: “Essays”) (March 1580), Book 2, chapter 31
 
Michel. Michel de Montaigne was born on 28 February 1533 in Chateau Montagne near Bordeaux, France. He became an essayist and a moralist. He is known for his book of essays, “Essais” (English: “Essays”). Michel de Montaigne passed on at 58 years of age on 13 September 1592 in Chateau Montaigne, France.
 
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“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.” -Charles-Louis de Montesquieu
 
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“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“He who bears in his heart a cathedral to be built is already victorious.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“He who would travel happily must travel light.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“Life is what tends toward the improbable.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“Love begins when nothing is expected in return.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“The most beautiful things in the world must be felt with the heart.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.” -Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
 
“When you give of yourself, you receive more than you give.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry, commonly known as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was born on 29 June 1900 in Lyon, France. He became an aviator and a novelist. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry passed on at 44 years of age on 31 July 1944 when his plane went down over the ocean south of Marseille, France.
 
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.” -Francis De Sales
 
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.” -Francis de Sales
 
Francis de Sales was born on 21 August 1567. He became a Roman Catholic Bishop of Geneva. He is known for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly the “Introduction to the Devout Life” and the “Treatise on the Love of God.” Francis de Sales passed away on 28 December 1622.
 
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“Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.” -Madame de Staël
 
“The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.” -Madame de Staël
 
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (maiden name Necker), also known simply as Madame de Staël, was born on 22 April 1766 in Paris, France. She became a writer. Germaine de Staël passed on at 51 years of age on 14 July 1817 in Paris, France.
 
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“Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded.” -Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
 
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“We believe, but we do not know how to enjoy what we believe.” -Henri de Tourville
 
Henri de Tourville was born in 1842. Henri de Tourville passed on in 1903.
 
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“With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy.” -Lope de Vega
 
Lope Felix Carpio de Vega.
 
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In holy music’s golden speech
Remotest notes to notes respond:
Each octave is a world; yet each
Vibrates to worlds beyond its own.
-Aubrey Thomas de Vere
 
“The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.” -Peter De Vries
 
Peter De Vries was born on 27 February 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. He became an editor and a novelist. Peter De Vries passed on at 83 years of age on 28 September 1993 in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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“The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million.” -Eugene V. Debs
 
“Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.” -Eugene V. Debs
 
Eugene Victor Debs was born in 1855. Eugene Victor Debs passed on in 1926.
 
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“To succeed means that you may have to step out of line and march to the sound of your own drummer.” -Keith Degreen
 
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“The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.” -Eugene Delacroix
 
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“Any business or industry that pays equal rewards to its goof-offs and its eager-beavers sooner or later will find itself with more goof-offs than eager-beavers.” -Mike Delaney
 
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“Who will bell the cat?” -Eustache Deschamps
 
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“I’m a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice.” -Zooey Deschanel
 
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“Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.” -Lori Deschene
 
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“The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.” -Richard M. DeVos
 
Richard Marvin Devos, Senior was born in 1926. Richard Marvin DeVos, Senior passed on in 2018.
 
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“A champion is a loser who gets up and tries once again.” -Dennis DeYoung
 
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“Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish but you only spend it once.” -Lillian Dickson
 
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“From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.” -Denis Diderot: “Essai sur le Mérite de la Vertu” (1745)
 
Denis Diderot was born on 5 October 1713 in Langres, Champagne, Kingdom of France. He became a writer. He is known as a co-founder (with Jean le Rond d’Alembert), chief editor, and contributor to the “Encyclopédie.” Denis Diderot passed on at 70 years of age on 31 July 1784 in Paris, France.
 
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“If you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.” -Annie Dillard
 
Annie Dillard was born as Meta Ann Doak on 30 April 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She is a writer.
 
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“If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, and you don’t do it, it won’t happen.” -Joe DiMaggio
 
Joe DiMaggio was born in 1914. He was an American professional baseball player. Joe DiMaggio passed on in 1999.
 
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“Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.” -Ernest Dimnet
 
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“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.” -Isak Dinesen
 
Isak Dinesen is a pseudonym of Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke, who was born in 1885. She was a Danish writer. Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke passed on in 1962.
 
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“The act of contemplation creates the thing contemplated.” -Isaac D’Israeli
 
Isaac D’Israeli was born in 1766. He was an English writer and the father of Benjamin Disraeli. Isaac D’Israeli passed on in 1848.
 
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“The comfortable and comforting people are those who look upon the bright side of life; gathering its roses and sunshine and making the most that happens seem the best.” -Dorothy Dix
 
“You never saw a very busy person who was unhappy.” -Dorothy Dix
 
Dorothy Dix is a pseudonym of Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, who was born on 18 November 1861 in Woodstock, Tennessee, United States of America. She became an advice columnists and a journalist. Dorothy Dix passed on at 90 years of age on 16 December 1951 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.
 
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“If you’ve any task to do, let me whisper, friend, to you, do it.” -Mary Mapes Dodge
 
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“Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.” -John Donne
 
John Donne (jŏn dŭn) was born on 22 January 1572 in London, England. He was married to Ann More in 1601. He became a soldier, a courtier, a poet, a satirist, and a dean of Saint Paul’s. He became a Catholic priest and later converted to the Anglican faith. He is known as the author of “Divine Poems” (1607) and “A Hymn to God the Father” (1623). John Donne passed on at 59 years of age on 31 March 1631 in London, England.
 
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“The one thing all famous authors, world-class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.” -Mike Dooley
 
Mike Dooley is an American writer.
 
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“Love all God’s creatures, the animals, the plants. Love everything to perceive the divine mystery in all.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky
 
“Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.” -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
 
“Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If you love each thing you will perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once you perceive this, you will from that time on grow every day to a fuller understanding of it until you come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal.” -Feodor Dostoevski 
 
“The soul is healed by being with children.” -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
 
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on 11 November 1821 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He became a novelist, a short story writer, a journalist, and a publisher and editor of magazines. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky passed on at 59 years of age on 9 February 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
 
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“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” -William O. Douglas
 
“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.” -William O. Douglas
 
“We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.” -William O. Douglas
 
William Orville Douglas was born in 1898. He was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. William Orville Douglas passed on in 1980.
 
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“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first.” -Robert Downey, Junior
 
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“A good deal happens in a man’s life that he isn’t responsible for. Fortunate openings occur; but it is safe to remember that such ‘breaks’ are occurring all the time, and other things being equal, the advantage goes to the man who is ready.” -Lawrence Downs
 
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“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” -Margaret Drabble
 
Margaret Drabble was born in 1939 in Sheffield, England. She is a novelist, a biographer, and a critic.
 
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“Contentment is the greatest wealth.” -Thomas Draxe
 
Thomas Draxe was born on an unknown date. He was an English Christian Puritan clergyman and writer. Thomas Draxe passed away on or shortly before 29 January 1618.
 
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“The ideal day never comes. Today is the ideal for him who makes it so.” -Horatio Dresser
 
Horatio Willis Dresser was born on 15 January 1866 in Yarmouth, Maine, United States of America as a son of Julius and Annetta Seabury Dresser. He became a New Thought religious leader and a writer. He is known for his books including, “The Power of Silence” (1895). Horatio Willis Dresser passed on at 88 years of age on 30 March 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.” -Peter Drucker
 
“As soon as you move one step up from the bottom, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken and written word.” -Peter Drucker
 
“Few relationships are as critical to the business enterprise itself as the relationship to government. The manager has responsibility for this relationship as part of his responsibility to the enterprise itself. To a large extent the relationship to government results from what businesses do or fail to do.” -Peter Drucker
 
“Information is the manager’s main tool, indeed the manager’s ‘capital,’ and it is he who must decide what information he needs and how to use it.” -Peter Drucker
 
“Leaders . . . know how to say no. The pressure on leaders to do 984 different things is unbearable, so the effective ones learn how to say no and stick with it. They don’t suffocate themselves as a result. Too many leaders try to do a little bit of 25 things and get nothing done. They are very popular because they always say yes. But they get nothing done.” -Peter Drucker
 
“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” -Peter Drucker
 
“Leadership is not magnetic personality - that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people’ - that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” -Peter Drucker
 
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” -Peter Drucker
 
“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.” -Peter Drucker
 
“The understanding that underlies the right decision grows out of the clash and conflict of opinions and out of the serious consideration of competing alternatives.” -Peter Drucker
 
“There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.” -Peter Drucker
 
“Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” -Peter Drucker
 
“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” -Peter Drucker
 
Drucker, Peter Ferdinand. Peter Ferdinand Drucker was born on 19 November 1909 in Austria. He became an American management consultant, an educator, and a writer. Peter Ferdinand Drucker passed on at 85 years of age on 11 November 2005.
 
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“Happiness . . . consists in giving, and in serving, others.” -Henry Drummond
 
“You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” -Henry Drummond
 
Henry Drummond was born in 1851. He was a Scottish evangelist, writer, and lecturer. He is known for his book, “The Greatest Thing in the World,” which encourages people to follow God’s two great commandments: to love God and to love each other. Henry Drummond passed on in 1897.
 
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Happy the man and happy he alone
He who can call today his own:
He who secure within can say
Tomorrow do thy worst for I have lived today.
-John Dryden
 
“They say everything in the world is good for something.” -John Dryden: “The Spanish Friar” (1681), Act 3, scene 2
 
John Dryden (jŏn drīdꞋn) was born on 9 August 1631 in Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, England. He was married to Elizabeth Howard in 1663. He became a poet, a dramatist, a translator, and a literary critic. He was poet laureate of England (1668 - 1688), and wrote some of his best-known poetic satires during that time, among them, “Absalom and Achitophel” (1681) and “The Medal” (1682). John Dryden passed on at 68 years of age on 1 May 1700 in London, England.
 
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“Joy is not dependent on circumstances.” -Faith Duck
 
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“Setting goals is basically, planning celebrations.” -Drew Dudley
 
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“The truly great person is the one who gives you a chance.” -Paul Duffy
 
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“Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities which we usually reserve for war.” -John Foster Dulles
 
“The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and not that being in would make you good.” -John Foster Dulles
 
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“One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education, never.” -Alexandre Dumas
 
Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802. He was a French novelist and dramatist. He is known for his adventure novel, “Les Trois Mousquetaires” (English: “The Three Musketeers”) (1844). Alexandre Dumas passed on in 1870.
 
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“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you!” -Isadora Duncan: as quoted in Franklin Rosemont, editor: “Isadora Speaks: Uncollected Writings and Speeches of Isadora Duncan” (2 June 1981)
 
Angela Isadora ‘Isadora’ Duncan was born on 27 May 1877 in San Francisco, California, United States of America. She became a dancer and lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until she passed on. Angela Isadora ‘Isadora’ Duncan passed on at 50 years of age on 14 September 1927 in Nice, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
 
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“I find I always have to write something on a steamed mirror.” -Elaine Dundy
 
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“One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need money the most, are the very ones who never have it.” -Finley Peter Dunne
 
“Work is work if you’re paid to do it, and it’s pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.” -Finley Peter Dunne
 
Finley Peter Dunne was born as simply Peter Dunne on 10 July 1867 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, later adding his mother’s maiden name to his, calling himself Peter Finley Dunne, and eventually reversing the order and calling himself Finley Peter Dunne. He became a journalist and a humorist. Finley Peter Dunne passed on at 68 years of age on 24 April 1936 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“What life means to us is determined not so much by what life brings to us as by the attitude we bring to life; not so much by what happens to us as by our reaction to what happens.” -Lewis Dunning
 
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“There is still today and tomorrow fresh with dreams: Life never grows old.” -Rita Duskin
 
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“The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts.” -Timothy Dwight (similar quotation attributed to William Lyon Phelps)
 
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“Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.” -Wayne Dyer
 
“Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.” -Wayne Dyer
 
“Surround yourself with people who are doers!” -Wayne Dyer
 
“There’s no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.” -Wayne Dyer
 
“You become what you think about all day long and those days eventually become your lifetime.” -Wayne Dyer

“You’ll see it when you believe it.” -Wayne Dyer
 
Wayne Walter Dyer was born in 1940. He is an American psychotherapist, writer, and lecturer.
 
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“Humanity is fortunate in having such a variety of energy resources at its disposal. In the very long run we shall need energy that is absolutely pollution free; we shall have sunlight. In the fairly long run we shall need energy that is inexhaustible and moderately clean; we shall have deuterium. In the short run we shall need energy that is readily usable and abundant; we shall uranium. Right now we need energy that is cheap and convenient; we have coal and oil. Nature has been kinder to us that we had a right to expect.” -Freeman John Dyson
 
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1/27/2024

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“Every day may not be good . . . but there’s something good in every day.” -Alice Morse Earle
 
Alice Morse Earle was born as Mary Alice Morse on 27 April 1851 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became a historian and a writer. Alice Morse Earle passed on at 59 years of age on 16 February 1911 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, United States of America.
 
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“You can’t let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.” -Dale Earnhardt (1951 - 2001)
 
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“People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.” -Max Eastman
 
Max Eastman was born in 1883. Max Eastman passed on in 1969.
 
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“You get more negative reactions than positive reactions as you go through life, and the big lesson is nobody counts you out but yourself . . . I never have; I never will.” -Buddy Ebsen
 
Christian Ludolf ‘Buddy’ Ebsen, Junior, also known as Frank ‘Buddy’ Ebsen, was born on 2 April 1908 in Belleville, Illinois, United States of America. He became an actor, a comedian, and a dancer. Christian Ludolf ‘Buddy’ Ebsen, Junior passed on at 95 years of age on 6 July 2003 in Torrance, California, United States of America.
 
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“I don’t think anybody yet has invented a pastime that’s as much fun or keeps you as young as a good job.” -Frederick Hudson Ecker
 
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“I believe there are 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555,468,044,717,
914,527,116,709 ,366,231,425,076,185,631,031,296 protons in the Universe and the same number of electrons.” -Arthur Stanley Eddington
 
Arthur Stanley Eddington was born on 28 December 1882 in Kendal, Westmorland, England (now Kendel, Cumbria, England). He became an astronomer, a physicist, and a mathematician. The Eddington Limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, and the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, are named in his honor. Arthur Stanley Eddington passed on at 61 years of age on 22 November 1944 in Cambridge, England.
 
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“The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible.” -Mary Baker Eddy
 
“The lives of great men and women are miracles of patience and perseverance.” -Mary Baker Eddy
 
Mary Baker Eddy was born in 1821. She became the founder of Christian Science, a religious movement in the United States of America. She wrote the movement’s textbook, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” (1875), and in 1879 founded the Church of Christ, Scientists. In 1908, she founded the Christian Science Publishing Society, which continues to publish a number of periodicals, including “The Christian Science Monitor.” Mary Baker Eddy passed on in 1910.
 
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“Don’t feel entitled to anything you didn’t sweat and struggle for.” -Marian Wright Edelman
 
“Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.” -Marian Wright Edelman
 
“If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.” -Marian Wright Edelman
 
“Service is what life is all about.” -Marian Wright Edelman
 
“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make, which over time add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.” -Marian Wright Edelman
 
“You really can change the world if you care enough.” -Marian Wright Edelman
 
Marian Wright Edelman was born in 1937. She is a President of the Children’s Defense Fund.
 
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I will follow the upward road today;
I will keep my face to the light.
I will think high thoughts as I go my way;
I will do what I know is right.
I will look for the flowers by the side of the road;
I will laugh and love and be strong.
I will try to lighten another’s load this day as I fare along.
-Mary S. Edgar
 
Mary Susannah Edgar was born on 23 May 1889 in Sundridge, Ontario, Canada. She became a writer, a hymnist, and a summer camp operator. Mary Susannah Edgar passed on at 84 years of age on 17 September 1973 in Ontario, Canada.
 
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“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.” -Maria Edgeworth
 
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“If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.” -Bob Edwards
 
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“The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.” -LaVell Edwards
 
“Those who have succeeded have also had the ability to overcome adversity, disappointment, and even tragedy in their lives.” -LaVell Edwards
 
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“Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.” -Ilya Ehrenburg
 
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“Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.” -Robert L. Ehrlich
 
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“It is surely one of the curious paradoxes of history that science, which professionally has little to do with faith, owes its origins to an act of faith that the Universe can be rationally interpreted, and that science today is sustained by that assumption.” -Loren C. Eiseley: “Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It” (1958)
 
Loren Corey Eiseley was born on 3 September 1907 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America. He became an anthropologist, a teacher, a philosopher, and a writer. Loren Corey Eiseley passed on at 69 years of age on 9 July 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
 
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“If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!” -T. Harv Eker
 
“The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want.” -T. Harv Eker
 
T. Harv Eker was born on 10 June 1954 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a writer and a professional speaker. Website https://www.harveker.com/.
 
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“If I’d known I was going to live so long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” -Leon Eldred
 
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“The manager with the in basket problem does not yet understand that he must discipline himself to take care of activities that fail to excite him.” -Pricilla Elfrey
 
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“All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.” -Charles W. Eliot
 
Charles W. Eliot was born in 1834. He was an American educator. Charles W. Eliot passed on in 1926.
 
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Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
-T. S. Eliot: “The Four Quartets”
 
“If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, you must accept the terms it offers you.” -T. S. Eliot
 
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” -T. S. Eliot
 
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot: “Four Quartets” (1943), ‘Little Gidding,’ part V
 
Thomas Stearns Eliot (tŏm’ǝs stûrnz ěl’ē-ǝt), also known as T. S. Eliot, was born on 26 September 1888 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America. He took up permanent residence in England in 1914, and became a British subject in 1927. He was an editor, a literary critic, a playwright, and a poet. He is known as the author of, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915), “The Wasteland” (1922), and “The Four Quartets” (1936 - 1942). Thomas Stearns Eliot passed on at 76 years of age on 4 January 1965 in London, England.
 
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“There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone.” -Jules Ellinger
 
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“The difficulties of life are intended to make us better not bitter.” -Mandie Ellingson
 
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“It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.” -Elisabeth Elliot
 
Elisabeth Elliot is a writer.
 
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“The more I talk to athletes, the more convinced I become that the method of training is relatively unimportant. There are many ways to the top, and the training method you choose is just the one that suits you best. No, the important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.” -Herb Elliott
 
Herb Elliott is an Australian Olympic athlete.
 
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“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” -Walter Elliott: as quoted in “The Spiritual Life: Doctrine and Practice of Christian Perfection” (1918)
 
Walter Elliott was born in 1842. He was a Roman Catholic priest. Walter Elliot passed on in 1928.
 
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“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” -Albert Ellis
 
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“There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, and children love hamsters.” -Alice Thomas Ellis
 
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“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” -Havelock Ellis
 
Henry Havelock Ellis was born on 2 February 1859 in Croydon, Surrey, England. He became an essayist and a psychologist. Henry Havelock Ellis passed on at 80 years of age on 8 July 1939 in Hintlesham, Suffolk, England.
 
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“Chance favors the prepared mind.” -Harlan Ellison (similar quotation attributed to Louis Pasteur)
 
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“It is not half as important to burn the midnight oil as it is to be awake in the daytime.” -E. W. Elmore
 
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“The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.” -Ted Engstrom
 
Theodore Wilhelm ‘Ted’ Engstrom was born in 1916. As an evangelical leader and author, he was known in part for instructing churches, parachurch ministries, and other non-profit organizations how to apply business concepts and achieve financial viability. Mr. Engstrom was one of the founding architects of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, and head of Youth for Christ and World Vision International. Theodore Wilhelm ‘Ted’ Engstrom passed on in 2006.
 
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“Before supper take a little walk, after supper do the same.” -Desiderius Erasmus
 
“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.” -Desiderius Erasmus
 
“If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen.” -Desiderius Erasmus
 
“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.” -Desiderius Erasmus
 
“Out of sight, out of mind.” -Desiderius Erasmus: “Adagia” (1500)
 
“Prevention is better than cure.” -Desiderius Erasmus
 
“War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.” -Desiderius Erasmus
 
“When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.” -Desiderius Erasmus: “Opus Epistolarum” (1529)
 
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was born on 28 October 1466. He was a Dutch Catholic priest, a theologian, and a social reformer. Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus passed on at 69 years of age on 12 July 1536.
 
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“I found that I could find the energy - that I could find the determination to keep on going. I learned that your mind can amaze your body, if you just keep telling yourself, ‘I can do it . . . I can do it . . . I can do it!’” -Jon Erickson
 
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“Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.” -Milton Erickson
 
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“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.” -Sven Goran Eriksson
 
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“There’s a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.” -John Erskine
 
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“My work is a game, a very serious game.” -M. C. Escher
 
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“The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.” -attributed to Euclid
 
Euclid was born in 325 B.C.E. in ancient Greece. He became a mathematician. Euclid passed on in 265 B.C.E.
 
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“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.” -Euripides
 
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“Words are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control we have over words the more successful our adjustment is likely to be.” -Bergen Evans
 
Bergen Baldwin Evans was born on 19 September 1904 in Franklin, Ohio, United States of America. He became a lexicographer, a teacher of English, and a television show host. Bergen Baldwin Evans passed on at 73 years of age on 4 February 1978 in Highland Park, Illinois, United States of America.
 
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“Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.” -Greg Evans
 
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“Be able to disagree without being disagreeable.” -Richard L. Evans
 
“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” -Richard L. Evans
 
“Happiness mainly depends on man’s ability to work and the way in which he does it.” -Richard L. Evans
 
“If we don’t change direction we will arrive at where we are going.” -Richard L. Evans
 
“Perhaps any of us could get along with perfect people. But our task is to get along with imperfect people.” -Richard L. Evans
 
“The past is to learn from and not to live in.” -Richard L. Evans
 
“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.” -Richard L. Evans
 
“Things I don’t understand don’t destroy my faith in the things I do understand.” -Richard L. Evans
 
“Too much pessimism has led too many men into making serious mistakes.” -Richard L. Evans
 
“We must not let the things we can’t do keep us from doing the things we can do.” -Richard L. Evans
 
Richard Louis Evans was born in 1906. He became a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the president of Rotary International. Mr. Evans was the writer, producer, and announcer of “Music and the Spoken Word” for forty-one years. Richard Louis Evans passed on in 1971.
 
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“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.” -Douglas Everett
 
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“Indeed, education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.” -Edward Everet
 
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“It is the doing, not just the knowing that counts.” -Henry B. Eyring
 
Henry Bennion Eyring was born on 31 May 1933 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America. He is an educator, a writer, and a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
 
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1/26/2024

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“There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.” -Frederick William Faber
 
Frederick William Faber was born in 1814. He was an English hymn writer and theologian. He converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, and became a member of its priesthood. His is known for the hymn “Faith of Our Fathers” (1849). Frederick William Faber passed on in 1863.
 
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“Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not seek their own kind.” -Jean Henri Fabre
 
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“Creativity is a state of mind, and it is most widely expressed by very young children, because their confrontation with their environment is constantly made up of original discoveries and inventions. In time, through social pressures to conform and the repetition of experience, most of them lose their sense of wonder and become less and less creative, trapped in a complete mold not of their own making.” -Don Fabun
 
“Out of the dreaming past, with its legends of steaming seas and gleaming glaciers, mountains that moved and suns that glared, emerges this creature, Man - the latest phase in a continuing process that stretches back to the beginning of time. His is the heritage of all that has lived; he still carries the vestiges of snout and fangs and claws of species long since vanished; he is the ancestor of all that is yet to come. Do not regard him lightly - he is you.” -Don Fabun
 
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“Do not talk about disgrace from a thing being known when disgrace is that the thing should exist.” -William Falconer
 
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“Don’t tell me about your effort. Show me your results.” -Tim Fargo
 
“Enjoy life by limiting your emotional baggage to a small carry-on.” -Tim Fargo
 
“Forget your weaknesses, increase your strengths, and be the most awesome you that you can be.” -Tim Fargo
 
“If you think you’ll laugh about it someday, go ahead and start today.” -Tim Fargo
 
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“Most people are just selfish and egocentric, wanting what they want, when they want it, without regard to the rest of society. The vast majority of people are cave-men in designer clothes, without morals or ethics.” -Frederick A. Farris: as quoted in the “Las Vegas Sun” (Thursday 25 April 2002)
 
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“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” -William Faulkner
 
“I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” -William Faulkner: speech at the Nobel Prize Banquet after receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature (10 December 1950)
 
William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner was born in 1897. He was an American short story writer, essayist, novelist, playwright, and poet. William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner passed on at 64 years of age on 6 July 1962 in Byhalia, Mississippi.
 
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“One of the advantages of having lived a long time is that you can often remember when you had it worse. I am grateful to have lived long enough to have known some of the blessings of adversity.” -James E. Faust
 
“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences . . . Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives.” -James E. Faust: ‘Will I Be Happy,’ published in “Ensign” (May 1987) magazine, page 80
 
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“I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived (oh, not deprived but rather underprivileged). Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don’t have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.” -Jules Feiffer
 
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“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” -Bruce Feirstein
 
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“I claim the right to contradict myself. I don’t want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.” -Federico Fellini
 
“It is only when doing my work that I feel truly alive.” -Federico Fellini
 
Federico Fellini was born in 1920. He was an Italian screenwriter, film director, and film maker. He is known for his film “8½” (1963). Federico Fellini passed on in 1993.
 
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“The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.” -Owen Feltham
 
Owen Feltham was born in 1602. He was an English essayist. Owen Feltham passed on in 1668.
 
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“We can do more for other men by correcting our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.” -Francois Fenelon
 
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Your body cannot heal without play.
Your mind cannot heal without laughter.
Your soul cannot heal without joy.
-Catherine Rippenger Fenwick
 
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“Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.” -Tim Ferriss
 
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“Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterwards.” -Tina Fey
 
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“I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things.” -Richard Feynman
 
“The ‘paradox’ is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ‘ought to be.’” -Richard Feynman
 
“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.” -Richard Feynman
 
“What I am going to tell you about is what we teach our physics students in the third or fourth year of graduate school . . . It is my task to convince you not to turn away because you don’t understand it. You see my physics students don’t understand it . . . That is because I don’t understand it. Nobody does.” -Richard Feynman
 
Richard Phillips Feynman was born in 1918 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics. He developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. Richard Phillips Feynman passed on at 69 years of age on 15 February 1988 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“Never bow to authority, but always tip your hat.” -Jim Fiebig
 
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“Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.” -Joanna Field
 
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“When I fill my mind with positive thoughts my life changes for the better.” -Lynda Field
 
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“Good enough never is.” -Debbi Fields
 
“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.” -Debbie Fields
 
Debbie Fields was born in 1956. She is the founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies.
 
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“The man who tells me an indelicate story does me an injury.” -J. T. Fields
 
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“The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.” -Guy Finley
 
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“We are making stupendous effort to extend the physical and economic life of the many. But of what high consequence is that extension unless the activity of the mind is also extended unless we strive ever to live better rather than simply to make a better living?” -John H. Finley
 
John H. Finley is a doctor.
 
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“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” -Doug Firebaugh
 
“Goals are simply an image in your mind that need to be crystallized on paper by your hand . . . and embraced with your heart . . .” -Doug Firebaugh
 
Doug Firebaugh was born on 9 June 1968 in Birmingham, Michigan, United States of America.
 
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“Capital isn’t so important in business. Experience isn’t so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas. If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn’t any limit to what you can do with your business and your life.” -Harvey S. Firestone
 
“It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.” -Harvey S. Firestone
 
“Our company is built on people - those who work for us, and those we do business with.” -Harvey S. Firestone
 
“Success is the sum of details.” -Harvey S. Firestone
 
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” -Harvey S. Firestone
 
“You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.” -Harvey S. Firestone
 
Harvey Samuel Firestone was born in 1868. He was an American industrialist, and is known as the founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. Harvey Samuel Firestone passed on in 1938.
 
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“The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different - to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind, and spirit he or she possesses.” -John Fischer
 
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“It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts.” -Ella Fitzgerald
 
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” -Ella Fitzgerald
 
“The only thing better than singing is more singing.” -Ella Fitzgerald
 
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on 25 April 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, United States of America. She became an American jazz singer. Ella Jane Fitzgerald passed on at 79 years of age on 15 June 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, United States of America.
 
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“Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
“My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
“Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, also known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was born on 24 September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He was married to Zelda Sayre in 1920. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a screenwriter. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald passed on at 44 years of age on 21 December 1940 in Hollywood, California, United States of America.
 
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“We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising.” -Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
 
Zelda Fitzgerald was born as Zelda Sayre in 1900. Zelda Fitzgerald passed on in 1948.
 
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“Being a little weird is just a natural side effect of being awesome.” -Sue Fitzmaurice
 
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“Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.” -Alberta Flanders
 
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“The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days, when out of dejection and despair, you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.” -Gustave Flaubert
 
Gustave Flaubert was born on 12 December 1821 in Rouen, France. He was a French novelist. Gustave Flaubert passed on at 58 years of age on 8 May 1880 in Croisset, France.
 
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“It takes courage to live, courage and strength and hope and humor. And courage and strength and hope and humor have to be bought and paid for with pain and work and prayers and tears.” -Jerome P. Fleishman
 
“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.” -Jerome P. Fleishman
 
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“The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.” -Peggy Fleming
 
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“Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the foundations of the house that travels on my back.” -Colin Fletcher: “The Complete Walker III”
 
“Frankly, I fail to see how going for a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains can be judged less real than spending six months working eight hours a day, five days a week, in order to earn enough money to be able to come back to a comfortable home in the evening and sit in front of a TV screen and watch the two-dimensional image of some guy talking about a book he has written on a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains.” -Colin Fletcher: “The Complete Walker III”
 
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“A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.” -Tom Flores

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“A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.” -Ferdinand Foch
 
Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch was born on 2 October 1851 in Tarbes, France. He became a military general and a military theorist. He is known for being the Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War. Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch passed on at 77 years of age on 20 March 1929 in Paris, France.
 
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“It’s never too late, never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.” -Jane Fonda
 
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“By the time we’ve made it, we’ve had it.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
 
“It’s always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
 
“People who matter are most aware that everyone else does, too.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
 
“The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
 
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
 
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was born on 19 August 1919. He became the publisher of “Forbes” magazine, which was founded by his father, Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ ‘B. C.’ Forbes (1880 - 1954). Later, the magazine was run by Malcolm’s son, Steve Forbes. Malcolm Stevenson Forbes passed on at 70 years of age on 24 February 1990.
 
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“All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You’ve got to find it on your own terms.” -Harrison Ford
 
Harrison Ford was born in 1942. He became an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles as fictional characters Han Solo in the original Star Wars epic space opera trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film series.
 
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“I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.” -George Foreman
 
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“Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.” -E. M. Forster: “Howards End” (1910)
 
Edward Morgan Forster, also known as E. M. Forster, was born on 1 January 1879 in London, England. He was an English novelist, short story writer, essayists, and librettist. His novel “A Room with a View” (1908) is his most optimistic work, while “A Passage to India” brought him his greatest success. Edward Morgan Forster passed on at 91 years of age on 7 June 1970 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.
 
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“Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
 
“No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
 
“No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick: “Living Under Tension”
 
Harry Emerson Fosdick was born on 24 May 1878 in Buffalo, New York, United States of America. He became a minister in the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches and a writer. Harry Emerson Fosdick passed on at 91 years of age on 5 October 1969 in Bronxville, New York, United States of America.
 
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“If you could only love enough, you would be the most powerful person in the world.” -Emmet Fox
 
Emmett Fox was born in 1886. He became a scientist, a philosopher, and a writer. Emmett Fox passed on in 1951.
 
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“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.” -Michael J. Fox
 
Michael J. Fox is a pseudonym of Michael Andrew Fox, who was born on 9 June 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an American actor, writer, and producer.
 
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“Determination that just won’t quit - that’s what it takes.” -A. J. Foyt
 
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“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.” -Anatole France: as quoted in Haakon Chevalier, author: “The Ironic Temper: Anatole France and His Time” (1932)
 
Anatole France is a pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault, who was born on 16 April 1844 in Paris, France. He became a journalist, a novelist, a poet, and a critic. Jacques Anatole François Thibault passed on at 80 years of age on 12 October 1924 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France.
 
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” -Francis de Sales
 
Francis de Sales was born in 1567. He was a French Catholic bishop of Geneva. Francis de Sales passed on in 1622.
 
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“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” -Francis of Assisi
 
Francis of Assisi was born as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone on 26 September 1181 in Assisi, Umbria. He was an Italian Catholic monk, friar, and preacher. He founded the Franciscan Order of Priests, the men’s Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis. Francis of Assisi passed on at 45 years of age on 3 October 1226 in Assisi, Italy. He was made a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
 
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“It simply is not true that war never settles anything.” -Felix Frankfurter
 
“There can be no security where there is fear.” -Felix Frankfurter
 
Felix Frankfurter was born in 1882. Felix Frankfurter passed on in 1965.
 
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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” -Viktor Frankl
 
“What is to give light must endure burning.” -Viktor Frankl
 
Viktor Emil Frankl was born in 1905. He was a Holocaust survivor, a writer, a neurologist, and a psychiatrist. Viktor Emil Frankl passed on in 1997.
 
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“Life is not meant to be easy.” -Malcolm Fraser
 
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“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” -Grant Frazier
 
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“My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.” -Frederick II
 
Frederick II, also known as Frederick the Great, was born in 1712. He was a king of Prussia (1740 - 1786). Frederick II passed on in 1786.
 
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“Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.” -Arthur Freed
 
I’m singing in the rain, just singing in the rain;
What a wonderful feeling, I’m happy again.
-Arthur Freed
 
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“Only those who dare, truly live.” -Ruth Freedman
 
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A society that puts equality - in the sense of equality of outcome - ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.
On the other hand, a society that puts freedom first will, as a happy by-product, end up with both greater freedom and greater equality. Though a by-product of freedom, greater equality is not an accident. A free society releases the energies and abilities of people to pursue their own objectives. It prevents some people from arbitrarily suppressing others. It does not prevent some people from achieving positions of privilege, but so long as freedom is maintained, it prevents those positions of privilege from becoming institutionalized; they are subject to continued attack by other able, ambitious people. Freedom means diversity but also mobility. It preserves the opportunity for today’s disadvantaged to become tomorrow’s privileged and, in the process, enables almost everyone, from top to bottom, to enjoy a fuller and richer life.
-Milton Friedman
 
“Our society is what we make it. We can shape our institutions. Physical and human characteristics limit the alternatives available to us. But none prevents us, if we will, from building a society that relies primarily on voluntary cooperation to organize both economic and other activity, a society that preserves and expands human freedom, that keeps government in its place, keeping it our servant and not letting it become our master.” -Milton Friedman
 
“The long-range solution to high unemployment is to increase the incentive for ordinary people to save, invest, work, and employ others. We make it costly for employers to employ people; we subsidize people not to go to work. We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.” -Milton Friedman: as quoted in “US News & World Report” (March 1977)
 
Milton Friedman was born on 31 July 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. He became an economist. Milton Friedman passed on in 2006.
 
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“If you roll out the red carpet for a billionaire, they won’t even notice it. If you roll out the red carpet for a millionaire, they expect it. If you roll out the red carpet for a thousandaire, they appreciate it. If you roll out the red carpet for a hundredaire, they tell everybody they know.” -Patricia Fripp
 
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 “Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” -Erich Fromm
 
“There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.” -Erich Fromm
 
“Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.” -Erich Fromm
 
Erich Seligmann Fromm was born on 23 March 1900 in Frankfurt, Germany. He became a philosopher, a social psychologist, and a psychoanalyst. Erich Seligmann Fromm passed on at 79 years of age on 18 March 1980 in Muralto, Switzerland.
 
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“Don’t aim for success. If you want it, just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” -David Frost
 
David Paradine Frost was born on 7 April 1939 in Tenterden, Kent, England. He became a television host, a media personality, a journalist, a comedian, and a writer. He is known as the host of the satirical television program, “That Was the Week That Was” starting in 1962. David Paradine Frost passed on at 74 years of age on 31 August 2013 aboard the cruise ship MS Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean Sea.
 
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“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself.” -James Froude
 
James Anthony Froude was born in 1818. James Anthony Froude passed on in 1894.
 
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A man convinced against his will,
     stands opposed ever still.
A man convinced he is right,
     gives the effort twice the fight.
-Jeffrey Fry
 
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“An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.” -Stephen Fry
 
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“Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” -Robert Fulghum
 
Robert Lee Fulghum was born in 1937. He is an American writer. He grew up in Waco, Texas. Mr. Fulghum worked as a Unitarian Universalist minister at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship in Bellingham, Washington from 1960 to 1964, and the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmonds, Washington, as well as other communities, into the 1980’s.
 
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“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.” -Margaret Fuller
 
“Might the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, be laid to heart! Might a sense of the true aims of life elevate the tone of politics and trade, till public and private honor become identical!” -Margaret Fuller: “Summer on the Lakes, in 1843” (1844)
 
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” -Margaret Fuller
 
Sarah Margaret ‘Margaret’ Fuller Ossoli, also known simply as Margaret Fuller, was born on 23 May 1810 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became a writer, an editor, and a critic. Sarah Margaret ‘Margaret’ Fuller Ossoli passed on at 40 years of age on 19 July 1850 in the sinking of the oceangoing ship ‘Elizabeth’ off the coast of Fire Island, New York, United States of America.
 
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“I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly.” -R. Buckminster Fuller
 
“Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this Earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes in the world come about. So be that person.” -R. Buckminster Fuller
 
“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” -R. Buckminster Fuller
 
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” -R. Buckminster Fuller
 
Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller was born in 1895. He was an American architect, a designer, an inventor, a philosopher, a futurist, a writer of more than 30 books, and a poet. He popularized the geodesic dome. The carbon molecules known as ‘fullerenes’ were named by scientists in his honor for their resemblance to geodesic spheres. Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller passed on in 1983.
 
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“Enquire not what boils in another’s pot.” -Thomas Fuller
 
“For a wife take the daughter of a good mother.” -Thomas Fuller
 
“My dame feeds her hens with mere thanks and they laid no eggs.” -Thomas Fuller
 
Thomas Fuller was baptized on 19 June 1608 in Northamptonshire, England. He became a preacher, a historian, and a writer. Thomas Fuller passed on at about 53 years of age on 16 August 1661 in Covent Garden, England.
 
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“He that payeth beforehand, shall have his Work ill done.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 2245
 
He that would please all, and himself too,
Undertakes what none could ever do.
-Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 6384
 
“Out of Sight; out of Mind.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 3834
 
“Whosoever engages in many Pursuits, rarely succeeds in one.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 5733
 
To the Wise
A Word may suffice.
-Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 6164
 
Without Pains,
No Gains.
-Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 6360
 
Thomas Fuller was born on 24 June 1654 in Rosehill, Sussex, England. He became a physician, a preacher, a writer, and an adage collector. Thomas Fuller passed on at 80 years of age on 17 September 1734.
 
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1/25/2024

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“It’s an extra dividend when you like the girl you’re in love with.” -Clark Gable
 
William Clark Gable was born on 1 February 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, United States of America. He became an actor. William Clark Gable passed on at 59 years of age on 16 November 1960 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it.” -Neil Gaiman
 
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman was born as Neil Richard Gaiman on 10 November 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire, England. He is a writer and a voice actor.
 
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“Most of my major disappointments have turned out to be blessings in disguise. So whenever anything bad does happen to me, I kind of sit back and feel - well, if I gave this enough time, it’ll turn out that this was good, so I shouldn’t worry about it too much.” -William Gaines
 
William Gaines was born in 1922. He is known as the publisher of “Mad” magazine. William Gaines passed on in 1992.
 
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“We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.” -Gloria Gaither
 
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“People are the common denominator of progress. So . . . no improvement is possible with unimproved people and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated. It would be wrong to dismiss the importance of roads, railroads, power plants, mills, and the other familiar furniture of economic development . . . But we are coming to realize . . . that there is a certain sterility in economic monuments that stand alone in a sea of illiteracy. Conquest of illiteracy comes first.” -John Kenneth Galbraith
 
John Kenneth Galbraith was born in 1908. He was an American economist and a diplomat. John Kenneth Galbraith passed on in 2006.
 
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“The only things you can take with you when you leave this world are things you’ve packed inside your heart.” -Susan Gale
 
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“Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine.” -Robert C. Gallagher
 
“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” -Robert C. Gallagher
 
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“One is always seeking the touchstone that will dissolve one’s deficiencies as a person and as a craftsman. And one is always bumping up against the fact that there is none except hard work, concentration, and continued application.” -Paul Gallico
 
Paul Gallico was born in 1897. He was an American sportswriter and novelist. Paul Gallico passed on in 1976.
 
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“There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened and a wounded heart.” -Marguerite Gardiner
 
Marguerite Gardiner was born as Margaret Power in 1789 in County Tipperary, Ireland. She became a novelist, a journalist, and a literary hostess. Marguerite Gardiner passed on in 1849.
 
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“Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.” -Ava Gardner: as quoted in Roland Flamini: “Ava” (1983), chapter 8
 
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“For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.” -John W. Gardner
 
“It may seem paradoxical, but if you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them become better than they are.” -John W. Gardner
 
“True happiness involves the full use of one’s power and talents.” -John W. Gardner
 
John William Gardner was born on 8 October 1912 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He became a government administrator. He is known as the founder of Independent Sector and the watchdog group Common Cause. John William Gardner passed on at 89 years of age on 16 February 2002 in Palo Alto, California, United States of America.
 
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“The way you treat your employees equals the way your employees treat your customers.” -Charles Garfield
 
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“Love is the greatest gift that one generation can leave to another.” -Richard Garnett
 
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“People may not always tell you how they feel about you, but they will always show you. Pay attention.” -Kim Garst
 
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“If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries.” -Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
 
“You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.” -Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
 
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was born on 30 April 1777 in Brunswick, Germany. He became a mathematician and a physicist. Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss passed on at 77 years of age on 23 February 1855 in Göttingen, Germany.
 
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“We avoid the things that we’re afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them. But the truly dire consequences in our lives come from avoiding things that we need to learn about or discover.” -Shakti Gawain
 
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“I see mysteries and complications wherever I look and I have never met a steadily logical person.” -Martha Gellhorn
 
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“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
 
“The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.” -David Lloyd George
 
David Lloyd George was born in 1863 in Wales. He was a British Prime Minister (1916 - 1922). David Lloyd George passed on in 1945.
 
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“True music . . . must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans. My time is today.” -George Gershwin
 
George Gershwin was born as Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz on 26 September 1898 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. He became a music composer, a pianist, and a painter. George Gershwin passed on at 38 years of age on 11 July 1937 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“People don’t do what you expect but what you inspect.” -Louis V. Gerstner, Junior
 
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“Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That’s not just a catchy slogan. It’s the very essence of successful investing.” -J. Paul Getty
 
“Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.” -J. Paul Getty
 
“My father said: ‘You must never try to make all the money that’s in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won’t have many deals.’” -J. Paul Getty
 
“No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or ‘get rich’ in business by being a conformist.” -J. Paul Getty
 
“The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.” -J. Paul Getty
 
“To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.” -J. Paul Getty
 
Jean Paul Getty, also known as J. Paul Getty, was born on 15 December 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America. He became an industrialist, the founder of the Getty Oil Company, and an art collector. Jean Paul Getty passed on at 83 years of age on 6 June 1976 in Surrey, England.
 
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“Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.” -Edward Gibbon
 
“In this inquiry I shall unfold the events that rescued our ancestors of Britain, and our neighbors of Gaul, from the civil and religious yoke of the Koran; that protected the majesty of Rome, and delayed the servitude of Constantinople; that invigorated the defense of the Christians, and scattered among their enemies the seeds of division and decay.” -Edward Gibbon: “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1776 - 1789), Chapter 52
 
“It was at Rome on the 15th of October 1764 as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol while the barefoot friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.” -Edward Gibbon
 
Edward Gibbon was born on 8 May 1737 in Putney, Surrey, England. He became a historian, a writer, and a Member of Parliament. He is known as the author of the six-volume work, “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1776 - 1789). Edward Gibbon passed on at 56 years of age on 16 January 1794 in London, England.
 
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“There must be no tampering with the delicate machinery by which religious liberty and equality are secured, and no fostering of any spirit which would tend to destroy that machinery.” -James Gibbons
 
James Gibbons was born on 23 July 1834 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. He was Roman Catholic by faith. He served as the Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877 and as the ninth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his passing. He became a cardinal in 1886. James Gibbons passed on at 86 years of age on 24 March 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
 
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“It’s better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.” -Philip Gibbs
 
Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs, known at an early age as Philip Amande Thomas, was born on 1 May 1877 in London, England. He was Roman Catholic by faith. He became a war correspondent during World War 1, a novelist, and a journalist. He was a brother of A. Hamilton Gibbs and Cosmo Hamilton. He was married to Agnes Rowland in 1898. Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs passed on at 84 years of age on 10 March 1962 in Godalming, Surrey, England.
 
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“Do not be delighted because of praise, and do not be distressed because of blame.” -Kahlil Gibran: “Secrets of the Heart” (1965)
 
“The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reach us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.” -Kahlil Gibran
 
“There are those who give little of the much they have - and they give it for recognition, and their hidden desire makes their gift unwholesome. And there are those who have little and give it all. These are the believers in life and the bounty of life and their coffers are never empty. There are those who give in joy and their joy is their reward.” -Kahlil Gibran
 
Gibran Khalil Gibran, also known simply as Khalil Gibran, sometimes spelled as Kahlil Gibran, was born as Gibran Khalil Gibran bin Mikha’il bin Sa’ad on 6 January 1883 in Bsharri, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Lebanon). He emigrated to the United States of America with his family in 1895. He never married. He became an artist, a poet, and a novelist. He is known for the book, “The Prophet” (1923), a series of philosophical essays written in English prose. Kahlil Gibran passed on at 48 years of age on 10 April 1931 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“We can often better help another by fanning a glimmer of goodness than by censuring his faults.” -Edmund Gibson
 
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“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.” -André Gide
 
André Paul Guillaume Gide was born on 22 November 1869 in Paris, France. He became a novelist, an essayist, a dramatist, and a critic. André Paul Guillaume Gide passed on at 81 years of age on 19 February 1951 in Paris, France.
 
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“In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega - a fellow you hired to walk in front of you at night with a lit lantern, showing you the way, scaring off thieves and demons, bringing you confidence and protection through the dark streets.” -Elizabeth Gilbert: “Eat, Pray, Love” (16 February 2006)
 
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“Things are seldom what they seem.” -W. S. Gilbert
 
William Schwenck Gilbert, also known as W. S. Gilbert, was born in 1836. He became an English dramatist, a librettist, a writer of comic and satirical poetry, and an illustrator. He is known for the fourteen comic operas he produced in collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan. The most famous of these include “H. M. S. Pinafore” (25 May 1878) and “The Pirates of Penzance” (31 December 1879), and The Mikado (14 March 1885). William Schwenck Gilbert passed on in 1911.
 
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“The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things that education must try to produce.” -Virginia Gildersleeve
 
Virginia Gildersleeve was born in 1877. Virginia Gildersleeve passed on in 1965.
 
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“There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you do not do them.” -Charles D. Gill
 
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“Confront your fears, listen them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.” -Jerry Gillies
 
“The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.” -Jerry Gillies
 
“You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.” -Jerry Gillies
 
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“People need dreams, there’s as much nourishment in them as food.” -Dorothy Gilman
 
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“If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.” -Carolyn Gilmore
 
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“It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.” -George Gissing
 
George Robert Gissing was born in 1857. He was an English novelist who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. Mr. Gissing also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. He published his first novel, “Workers in the Dawn,” in 1880. His best known novels, which are published in modern editions, include, “The Nether World,” “New Grub Street,” and “The Odd Women.” George Robert Gissing passed on in 1903 in France.
 
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“Ignore people who tell you ‘you can’t’ or try to discourage you.” -Jeffrey Gitomer
 
“People aren’t afraid of failure, they just don’t know how to succeed.” -Jeffrey Gitomer
 
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“Compassion doesn’t weaken leadership, it makes it stronger.” -Rudolph Giuliani
 
“Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.” -Rudy Giuliani
 
Rudy Giuliani is an American lawyer, businessman, politician, and former Mayor of New York City.
 
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“We are where we are, as we are, because of what we are.” -Earle J. Glade
 
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“Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to hunt for happiness.” -William E. Gladstone
 
“Justice delayed is justice denied.” -William E. Gladstone
 
 “Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures, and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.” -William E. Gladstone
 
William Ewart Gladstone was born on 29 December 1809 in Rodney Street, Liverpool, England. He became a politician. In a career lasting more than sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four times (1868 - 1874; 1880 - 1885; 1886; and 1892 - 1894). Mr. Gladstone was also Britain’s oldest Prime Minister, at 84 years of age when he left office for the last time. He had served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times. William Ewart Gladstone passed on at 88 years of age on 19 May 1898 in Hawarden Castle, Wales.
 
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“No life is so hard that you cannot make it easier by the way you take it.” -Ellen Glasgow
 
“There is no support so strong as the strength that enables one to stand alone.” -Ellen Glasgow: “The Shadowy Third” (1923)
 
“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.” -Ellen Glasgow
 
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was born on 22 April 1873 in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America. She never married and never had children. She became a novelist. Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow passed on at 72 years of age on 21 November 1945 in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America.
 
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“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” -Arnold H. Glasow
 
“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.” -Arnold H. Glasow
 
“The truth will ouch.” -Arnold H. Glasow
 
Arnold Henry Glasow was born on 2 July 1905 in Fond-du-lac, Wisconsin, United States of America. He was married to Vera Glasow (maiden name Eade (1903 - 2012)). He became a writer and a businessman. He created a humor magazine that he marketed to businesses, and which they could then customize to become their own in-house publications. He was a regular contributor to the various humor sections of the “Reader’s Digest” magazine. He is known for his book, “Glasow’s Gloombusters” (28 June 1995). Arnold Henry Glasow passed on at 94 years of age on 4 November 1999 in Freeport, Illinois, United States of America.
 
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“All anyone really wants is to feel appreciated. So if you want to create real, long-lasting relationships, do that.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
 
“Don’t take for granted the effort of a person who tries to keep in touch. It’s not always that someone cares so much.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
 
“If you truly want to change, then decide today that you will not view yourself as a victim, you not allow yourself to be treated as a victim and you will not surround yourself with people who view themselves as victims.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
 
“Making the best of what we do have, instead of begrudging what we don’t, has a way of creating all that we’ll ever need.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
 
“Many of us want things to change in our lives. Yet, we spend so much time worrying about circumstances well beyond our control or incessantly thinking about events that have happened well in our past. One very popular activity these days is watching the news, 24/7, almost as entertainment. The reality is though, that most news stories we hear, we have little if any control over. I suggest redirecting out focus. Because, as I see it, the first step to change is spending time on those things you can actually change.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
 
“Regrets for what could, would, or should have happened yesterday can be a primary source of depression. Fear of what might happen tomorrow can be a primary source of anxiety. I think the challenges we deal with today might be more manageable without these added burdens.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
 
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“I don’t know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.” -John Glenn
 
John Herschel Glenn, Junior was born on 18 July 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America. He became an astronaut and United States Senator (1974 - 1999). John Herschel Glenn, Junior passed on at 95 years of age on 8 December 2016 in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America.
 
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“The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don’t talk much.” -Germain G. Glidden
 
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“If you would find happiness and joy, lose your life in some noble cause. A worthy purpose must be at the center of every worthy life.” -Jack H. Goaslind, Junior
 
“Striving for happiness is a long, hard journey with many challenges. It requires eternal vigilance to win the victory. You cannot succeed with sporadic little flashes of effort. Constant and valiant living is necessary.” -Jack H. Goaslind, Junior
 
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“Romance is about the little things.” -Gregory J. Godeck
 
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“One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.” -Gail Godwin
 
“The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can’t congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning.” -Gail Godwin
 
Gail Kathleen Godwin was born on 18 June 1937 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America. She is avid swimmer and an Episcopalian by faith. She became a novelist and a short story writer.
 
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“The love of independence and dislike of unjust treatment is the source of a thousand virtues.” -William Godwin
 
“The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavor to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.” -William Godwin
 
William Godwin was born on 3 March 1756 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. He was married to Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797. He became a social philosopher, a political journalist, a novelist, a biographer, and a publisher of children’s books. William Godwin passed on at 80 years of age on 7 April 1836 in London, England.
 
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“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid that you will succeed.” -Ray Goforth
 
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“A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.” -Arthur Golden
 
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“Marx, Darwin, and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western World. Simplistic popularization of their ideas has thrust our world into a mental straitjacket from which we can only escape by the most anarchic violence.” -William Golding (1911 - 1993): “Belief and Creativity” (11 April 1980) lecture
 
William Golding was born in 1911. He was an English novelist. William Golding passed on in 1993.
 
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“Every absurdity has now a champion to defend it: and as he is generally much in the wrong, so he has always much to say; for error is ever talkative.” -Oliver Goldsmith: “The Traveler: Or, A Prospect of Society” (1764)
 
“I always get the better when I argue alone.” -Oliver Goldsmith
 
“I was tired of being always wise.” -Oliver Goldsmith
 
“Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” -Oliver Goldsmith (about 1760)
 
“The greatest object in the Universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity: yet there is still a greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it.” -Oliver Goldsmith: “The Vicar of Wakefield” (1766)
 
Oliver Goldsmith was born on 10 November 1728 in the Kingdom of Ireland. He was disfigured by smallpox at 8 years of age. He was an Anglican by faith. He became a physician, a poet, a novelist, and a playwright. He is known for his novel, “The Vicar of Wakefield” (1766), his pastoral poem, “The Deserted Village” (1770), and his plays, including, “The Good-Natur’d Man” (1768). Oliver Goldsmith passed on at 45 years of age on 4 April 1774 in London, England.
 
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“Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn’t go see it.” -Samuel Goldwyn
 
“I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.” -Samuel Goldwyn
 
Samuel ‘Sam’ Goldwyn was born as Schmuel Gelbfisz in 1882. He was an American film producer. Samuel ‘Sam’ Goldwyn passed on in 1974.
 
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“Directing attention where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership.” -Daniel Goleman
 
“Once someone gets promoted, technical skills become less necessary and interpersonal ones become more critical in their place.” -Daniel Goleman
 
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“Enjoyment is not a goal. It is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.” -Paul Goodman
 
“Few great men could pass personnel.” -Paul Goodman: “Growing Up Absurd” (1956), page 153
 
Paul Goodman was born on 9 September 1911. He was an American writer and poet. Paul Goodman passed on at 60 years of age on 2 August 1972.
 
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“A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.” -Nadine Gordimer
 
Nadine Gordimer was born on 20 November 1923 in Springs, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. She was Jewish by faith. She became a novelist and a writer. Nadine Gordimer passed on at 90 years of age on 13 July 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
 
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“Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life.” -Elizabeth Goudge
 
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“He helps others most, who shows them how to help themselves.” -A. P. Gouthey
 
Aldolph Philip Gouthey (some sources may show Adolph Philip Gouthey) was born on 23 January 1892. Aldolph Philip Gouthey passed on at 71 years of age on 9 February 1963.
 
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“The greatest service you can render someone else is helping them help themselves.” -Baltasar Gracian
 
“The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.” -Baltasar Gracian: “The Art of Worldly Wisdom” (1647)
 
Baltasar Gracián y Morales was born in 1601. He was a Spanish Jesuit and a writer. Baltasar Gracián passed on in 1658.
 
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“We hurt people by being too busy. Too busy to notice their needs. Too busy to drop that note of comfort or encouragement or assurance of love. Too busy to listen when someone needs to talk. Too busy to care.” -Billy Graham
 
William Franklin ‘Billy’ Graham, Junior was born in 1918. He was an American Christian evangelist. William Franklin ‘Billy’ Graham, Junior passed on in 2018.
 
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“To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?” -Katharine Graham
 
Katharine Graham was born in 1917. She was an American newspaper executive. Katharine Graham passed on in 2001.
 
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“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.” -Martha Graham
 
Martha Graham was born in 1894. She was an American dancer and choreographer. Martha Graham passed on in 1991.
 
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“I’ve found that often, just when you think you’ve hit a wall, you experience a breakthrough that takes you to new heights in accomplishment.” -Stedman Graham
 
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“The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cozy parlor firesides on winter evenings, when one’s ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries.” -Kenneth Grahame (1859 - 1932): “The Wind in the Willows” (1908)
 
Kenneth Grahame was born on 8 March 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was married to Elspeth Thomson in 1899. He became a banker and a writer of children’s fiction books. He is known as the author of, “The Wind in the Willows” (1908). Kenneth Grahame pass on at 73 years of age on 6 July 1932 in Pangbourne, Birkshire, England.
 
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“When you are making a success of something, it’s not work. It’s a way of life. You enjoy yourself because you are making your contribution to the world. “ -Andy Granatelli
 
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“More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.” -Amy Grant
 
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“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. Let me expand a bit. I sense that you may feel that I am free of problems. Let me assure you that I have the same anxieties and insecurities as anyone in this auditorium - maybe more.” -Cary Grant
 
“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until I became that person. Or he became me.” -Cary Grant
 
“It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.” -Cary Grant
 
“My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.” -Cary Grant
 
“One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one’s own style.” -Cary Grant
 
Cary Grant is a pseudonym of Archibald Alexander Leach, who was born in 1904. He was an English stage actor and a Hollywood film actor. He became an American citizen in 1942. Archibald Alexander Leach passed on in 1986.
 
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“He can who thinks he can.” -Heber J. Grant
 
“If a man has the assurance within his own heart that he is worthy and that he is laboring to the best of his ability to do good, he can stand up under the condemnation the criticism and the censure of those by whom he is surrounded.” -Heber J. Grant
 
“If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying to the best of our ability to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.” -Heber J. Grant
 
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“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” -Farrah Gray
 
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“This I know well: that the chief part of every life consists of small things . . . Blessed is the man who can enjoy the small things, the common beauties, the little day-to-day events, sunshine on the field, birds on the bough, breakfast, dinner, supper, the daily paper on the porch, a friend passing by. So many people who go afield for enjoyment leave it behind them at home.” -David Grayson
 
“Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work.” -David Grayson
 
David Grayson is a pseudonym of Ray Stannard Baker, was born on 17 April 1870 in Lansing, Michigan, United States of America. He became a historian and a biographer. David Grayson passed on at 76 years of age on 12 July 1946 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.” -Horace Greeley
 
“I do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless.” -Horace Greeley
 
“No amount of preaching, exhortation, sympathy, benevolence, will render the condition of our working women what it should be so long as the kitchen and the needle are substantially their only resources.” -Horace Greeley
 
“The darkest hour in any man’s life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.” -Horace Greeley
 
Horace Greeley was born in 1811. He was an editor of the “New-York Tribune” newspaper and a United States Congress member representing New York State. Horace Greeley passed on in 1872.
 
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“The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.” -Dennis Green
 
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“You’ve got to love what you do to really make things happen.” -Philip Green
 
Philip Green is a British businessman and retailer.
 
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“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.” -Sidney Greenberg
 
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“Make the commitment to gradually improve both your exercise performance and your eating habits. Take your time, what’s the hurry? View it as a journey to improve yourself. Although this is difficult, focus on the journey, not the end result.” -Bob Greene
 
Robert Bernard ‘Bob’ Greene, Junior was born in 1947.
 
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“Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.” -Graham Greene
 
Henry Graham ‘Graham’ Greene was born in 1904. He was an English writer of more than 25 novels. Henry Graham ‘Graham’ Greene passed on in 1991.
 
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“Be not anxious about what you have, but about what you are.” -Gregory I
 
Gregory I, also known as Pope Gregory I and Gregory the Great, was born in C.E. 540. Gregory I passed on in C.E. 604.
 
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“Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.” -Wilfred T. Grenfell
 
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell was born on 28 February 1865 in Parkgate, Cheshire, England. He became a medical missionary to Newfoundland, Canada. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell passed on at 75 years of age on 9 October 1940 in Charlotte, Vermont, United States of America.
 
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“Life is not a dress rehearsal. Quit practicing what you’re going to do, and just do it. In one bold stroke you can transform today.” -Marilyn Grey
 
Marilyn Grey is a motivational speaker
 
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“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.” -W. Griswold
 
Alfred Whitney ‘Whitney’ Griswold was born on 27 October 1906 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States of America. He became a historian and was a president of Yale University (1951 - 1963.) Alfred Whitney ‘Whitney’ Griswold passed on at 56 years of age on 19 April 1963 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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“Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you’re still trying, keep it up! You’re right on track.” -Matthew Keith Groves
 
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“Individuals we consider happy commonly seem complete in the present and we see them constantly in their wholeness: attentive, cheerful, open rather than closed to events, integral in the moment rather than distended across time by regret or anxiety.” -Robert Grudin
 
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“If you make your business about helping others, you’ll always have plenty of work.” -Chris Guillebeau
 
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“Truth is not determined by majority vote.” -Doug Gwyn
 
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Quotations By Authors Ha Through Hz

1/24/2024

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“Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor.” -John Haggai
 
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“There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less.” -Kurt Hahn
 
Kurt Hahn was born in 1886. Kurt Hahn passed on in 1974.
 
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“Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.” -Ken Hakuta
 
“People will try to tell you that all the great opportunities have been snapped up. In reality, the world changes every second, blowing new opportunities in all directions, including yours.” -Ken Hakuta
 
Ken Hakuta is an inventor.
 
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“By work you get money, by talk you get knowledge.” -Thomas C. Haliburton
 
“Cheerfulness is health; the opposite, melancholy, is disease.” -Thomas C. Haliburton: “Sam Slick’s Wise Saws and Modern Instances” (1853)
 
“The great secret of life is never to be in the way of others.” -Thomas C. Haliburton
 
Thomas C. Haliburton was born in 1796. He was a Canadian public servant, judge, and writer. He is known as the creator of the literary character Sam Slick. Thomas C. Haliburton passed on in 1865.
 
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“Try to be of some use to others.” -Joseph Hall: as attributed in Maturin M. Ballou: “Edge-Tools of Speech” (1886), page 41
 
Joseph Hall was born on 1 July 1574 in Leicestershire, Kingdom of England. He was married to Elizabeth Winiffe in 1603. He became a Christian bishop, a moral philosopher, a poet, and a satirist. Joseph Hall passed on at 82 years of age on 8 September 1656 in Heigham, Norfolk, England.
 
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“Even when life appears to be going in circles the view is always changing if you are paying attention.” -Kevin Hall
 
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“I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.” -Fitz-Greene Halleck
 
Fitz-Greene Halleck was born in 1790. Fitz-Greene Halleck passed on in 1867.
 
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“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off goals.” -William F. Halsey
 
“There aren’t any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.” -William F. Halsey
 
William Frederick ‘Bull’ Halsey, Junior was born in 1882. He became an American naval commander and led campaigns in the Pacific during World War 2. William Frederick ‘Bull’ Halsey, Junior passed on in 1959.
 
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“Don’t believe the man who tells you there are two sides to every question. There is only one side to the truth.” -William Peter Hamilton: as quoted in Michael Wolff: “The Man Who Owns the News” (2008)
 
William Peter Hamilton was born in 1867. He was an editor of “The Wall Street Journal” newspaper. William Peter Hamilton passed on in 1929.
 
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A bell’s not a bell until you ring it
     A song’s not a song until you sing it
Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay
     Love isn’t love until you give it away!
-Oscar Hammerstein
 
“If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?” -Oscar Hammerstein
 
Oscar Hammerstein II was born in 1895. He was an American songwriter. Oscar Hammerstein II passed on in 1960.
 
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“The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.” -Lionel Hampton
 
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“We will find a way or make one.” -Hannibal
 
Hannibal was born in 247 B.C.E. Hannibal passed on in 182 B.C.E.
 
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“Eventually it comes to you: the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.” -Lorraine Hansberry
 
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“Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.” -Helen Hanson
 
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“To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.” -Michael Hanson
 
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“It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.” -G. H. Hardy
 
Godfrey Harold Hardy was born on 7 November 1877. He was a British mathematician. Godfrey Harold Hardy passed on at 70 years of age on 1 December 1947.
 
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“Your possessions should set you free like a boat or a pair of hiking boots. If you work for your possessions and they don’t set you free, what are you working for?” -Billy Harris
 
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“A winner paces himself; a loser has only two speeds: hysterical and lethargic.” -Sydney J. Harris
 
“It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.” -Sydney J. Harris
 
“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
 
“The aristocrat is right in that only a few people in any society make a real difference, but the democrat is more deeply right when he insists that we cannot predict where such valuable people are coming from and therefore have an obligation to keep all lines open.” -Sydney J. Harris
 
“The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.” -Sydney J. Harris
 
Sydney Justin Harris was born on 14 September 1917 in London, England. He immigrated to the United States of America with his family at 5 years of age. He became a syndicated columnist under the heading “Strictly Personal” and a drama critic. Sydney Justin Harris passed away at 69 years of age on 7 December 1986 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
 
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“I’m like a child, trying to do everything, say everything, and be everything all at once.” -John Hartford
 
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“Some talk in quarto volumes and act in pamphlets.” -Henry S. Haskins: as published in Albert Jay Nock, editor: “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), page 77
 
Henry Stanley Haskins was born in 1875 in New Jersey, United States of America. He became a stockbroker and man of letters. His aphorisms were edited and published anonymously as “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), with an introduction by Albert Jay Nock. Henry Stanley Haskins passed on in 1957 in Vermont, United States of America.
 
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“What this country needs is more parents who do not expect the school and the church to assume the major responsibility for the rearing of their children.” -Mrs. Norman Hastings
 
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“3 Billion B.C.: The Earth is a swirling ball of flaming gases. Fishing is extremely poor, especially in August.” -Cliff Hauptman: “The Complete History of Fishing”
 
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“Positive thinking is reacting positively to a negative situation.” -Bill Havens
 
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“Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, or even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.” -Paul Hawken
 
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“Friends are the sunshine of life.” -John Hay
 
“Don’t waste your time in longing for bright, impossible things . . . but brighten some bit of darkness by shining just where you are.” -John Hay: “Shine Just Where You Are”
 
John Milton Hay was born in 1838. He was an American statesman, diplomat, and writer. John Milton Hay passed on in 1905.
 
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“As I say yes to life, life says yes to me!” -Louise Hay
 
“Every thought we think is creating our future.” -Louise Hay
 
“My day begins with gratitude and joy. I look forward with enthusiasm to the adventures of the day, knowing that in my life, all is good.” -Louise Hay
 
“Somewhere someone is looking for exactly what you have to offer.” -Louise Hay
 
“The point of power is always in the present moment.” -Louise Hay
 
Louise Lynn Hay was born on 8 October 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. She was a self-help and motivational writer, and the founder of the Hay House publishing company. She is known for her several New Thought self-help books, including “You Can Heal Your Life” (1984). Louise Lynn Hay passed on at 90 years of age on 30 August 2017. Author website is www.louisehay.com.
 
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“I’m going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.” -S. I. Hayakawa
 
“In a real sense people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.” -S. I. Hayakawa
 
Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa, also known as S. I. Hayakawa, was born on 18 July 1906 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He became an American professor of English, a president of San Francisco State University, and a United States Senator (1977 - 1983) representing the state of California. Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa passed on at 85 years of age on 27 February 1992 in Greenbrae, California, United States of America.
 
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“If you worry about what people think of you, it means that you have more confidence in their opinions than you have in your own.” -Harold Hayden
 
“Nothing is more certain than this: the person who cannot be happy without money will never be happy with money. One has only to read the daily papers to see that the wealthiest are not necessarily the happiest. If money does not make people happy, neither does it keep them from being happy. Happiness is independent of money, but dependent upon the spirit within.” -Harold Hayden
 
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“If you want to receive a great deal, you first have to give a great deal.” -R. A. Hayward
 
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“To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.” -William Hazlitt
 
William Hazlitt was born on 10 April 1778 in Maidstone, England. He was married to Sarah Stoddart in 1808. He became a painter, an essayist, a literary critic, a drama critic, an art critic, and a social commentator. William Hazlitt passed on at 52 years of age on 18 September 1830 in England.
 
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“All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.” -Lafcadio Hearn
 
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“Seeing is believing.” -Manfred Von Heimendahl
 
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“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.” -Robert A. Heinlein
 
“There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who love Nature while deploring the artificialities with which Man has spoiled ‘Nature.’ The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of Nature - but beavers and their dams are.” -Robert A. Heinlein: “Time Enough for Love”
 
Robert Anson Heinlein was born in 1907. He was an American science fiction writer. Robert Anson Heinlein passed on in 1988.
 
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“We spend billions of dollars trying to understand the origins of the Universe, while we still don’t understand the conditions for a stable society, a functioning economy, or peace.” -D. Helbing
 
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“We should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts which will be a living treasure of knowledge always with us and from which at various times and amidst all the shiftings of circumstances we might be sure of drawing some comfort guidance and sympathy.” -Arthur Helps
 
Arthur Helps was born in 1813 in Streatham, South London, England. He became a writer and a Dean for the Privy Council. Arthur Helps passed on in 1875.
 
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“If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.” -Mrs. Ernest Hemingway
 
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“After a storm comes a calm.” -Matthew Henry
 
“Saying and doing are two things.” -Matthew Henry
 
“That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it, which will waste it; and the same corrupt dispositions which incline men to the sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.” -Matthew Henry
 
Matthew Henry was born in 1662. He became a writer. Matthew Henry passed on in 1714.
 
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“Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.” -Patrick Henry
 
Patrick Henry was born in May 1736 in Studley, Virginia, United States of America. He was a leader in the American Revolution. Patrick Henry passed on at ? years of age on 6 June 1799 in Red Hill near Brookneal, Virginia, United States of America.
 
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“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.” -Audrey Hepburn
 
Audrey Hepburn-Ruston was born on 4 May 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. She became a British actress, dancer, and model. Audrey Hepburn-Ruston passed on at 63 years of age on 20 January 1993 in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland.
 
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“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.” -Frank Herbert
 
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“A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees farther of the two.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)
 
“Although the Sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 322
 
“An idle youth, a needy age.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)
 
“Be useful where thou livest.” -George Herbert: “The Temple” (1633), ‘The Church Porch,’ line 325
 
“Good words are worth much, and cost little.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 155
 
“Half the world knows not how the other half lives.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 901
 
“He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 305
 
“He thinkes not well that thinkes not againe.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 830
 
“Help thyselfe, and God will helpe thee.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 533
 
“Light burthens long borne growe heavie.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), number 15
 
“None knows the weight of another’s burden.” -George Herbert
 
“Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.” -George Herbert
 
“The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)
 
“The shortest answer is doing.” -George Herbert
 
George Herbert was born on 3 April 1593 at Montgomery Castle in Wales. He became an Anglican priest, a theologian, a religious poet, and an orator. George Herbert passed on at 39 years of age on 1 March 1633 in Bemerton, Wiltshire, England.
 
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“The term used to describe them (Ulster Scots) was rednecks, a Scots border term meaning Presbyterians.” -Arthur L. Herman: “How the Scots Invented the Modern World” (November 2001)
 
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“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.” -Herodotus
 
Herodotus was born in about 484 B.C.E. in Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor, Persian Empire. He was a writer, historian, and traveler of ancient Greece. Herodotus passed on at about 60 years of age in about 425 B.C.E. possibly in Thurii, Calabria or in Pella, Macedon.
 
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“A lot of men think that if they smile for a second somebody will take advantage of them, and they are right.” -Don Herold
 
“Very few people look the part and are it too.” -Don Herold
 
Don Herold was born in 1889. He became a writer, a cartoonist, and a humorist. Don Herold passed on in 1966.
 
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I do love I know not what;
Sometimes this and sometimes that.
-Robert Herrick
 
Robert Herrick was baptized on 24 August 1591 in Cheapside, London, England. He became a poet. Robert Herrick passed on at about 83 years of age on or a few days before 15 October 1674 in Dean Prior, England.
 
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“Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.” -Alice Herz-Sommer
 
Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Herz, was born on 26 November 1903 in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. She became a pianist and a music teacher. Alice Herz-Sommer passed on at 110 years of age on 23 February 2014 in London, England.
 
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“Social groups are generally in disarray. To protect themselves from other groups, especially the groups just below them, groups will attempt to convey an appearance of interior order and purpose they do not possess.” -Arthur Herzog
 
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“Just to be is a blessing.” -Abraham Heschel
 
“There are inalienable obligations as well as inalienable rights.” -Abraham Heschel
 
Abraham Joshua Heschel was born in 1907. He was a Jewish rabbi, theologian, and philosopher. Abraham Joshua Heschel passed on in 1972.
 
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“In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.” -Thor Heyerdahl
 
Thor Heyerdahl was born in 6 October 1914 in Larvik, Norway. He became an archeologist, an ethnologist, and an adventurer. He is known for organizing and leading the Kon-Tiki (1947) and Ra (1969 - 1970) transoceanic scientific expeditions. Thor Heyerdahl passed on at 87 years of age on 18 April 2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy.
 
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“A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
 
“A penny for your thoughts.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
 
“Beggars shouldn’t be choosers.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
 
“Better late than never.” -John Heywood “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
 
“Haste makes waste.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
 
“Look before you leap.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
 
“Many small make a great.” -John Heywood
 
“No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
 
“One good turn deserves another.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
 
“One swallow maketh not Summer.” -John Heywood
 
“When the iron is hot strike.” -John Heywood
 
“When the Sun shineth, make hay.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
 
John Heywood was born in about 1497. He was an English dramatist and poet. John Heywood passed on in 1580.
 
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“Hearts mend with love, not with scorn.” -Theodore W. Higgingsworth
 
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“Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.” -Thomas W. Higginson
 
Thomas Wentworth Higginson was born in 1823. He was an American Unitarian minister, writer, and soldier. Thomas Wentworth Higginson passed on in 1911.
 
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“We are 90 percent alike, all we peoples, and 10 percent different. The trouble is that we forget the 90 percent and remember the 10 percent when we criticize others.” -Charles Higham
 
Charles Frederick Higham was born on 17 January 1876 in Walthamstow, London, England. He became a publicist, an advertising consultant, and a public servant. Charles Frederick Higham passed on at 62 years of age on 24 December 1938 in Godstone, Surrey, England.
 
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“A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.” -Cullen Hightower
 
“People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they’ve done.” -Cullen Hightower
 
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“If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds it to deal with the large ones as well.” -Etty Hillesum
 
Esther ‘Etty’ Hillesum was born in 1914. Her letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943, describe her life as a Jewish woman in Amsterdam during the German occupation. Esther ‘Etty’ Hillesum passed on in 1943. Her letters were published in 1981.
 
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“The course of our lives is not determined by great, awesome decisions. Our direction is set by the little day-to-day choices which chart the track on which we run.” -Gordon B. Hinckley: General Conference Report (October 1973), page 106
 
Gordon Bitner Hinckley was born on 23 June 1910. He became a writer and the longest presiding President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church, from 12 March 1995 until his passing. Gordon Bitner Hinckley passed on at 97 years of age on 27 January 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
 
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“A day will never be any more than what you make of it. Practice being a doer!” -Josh Hinds
 
Josh Stephen Hinds was born in 1973. Author website www.JoshHinds.com.
 
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“Happiness doesn’t depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel towards what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much.” -W. D. Hoard
 
William D. Hoard.
 
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“I gave my life to learning how to live. Now that I have organized it all it’s just about over.” -Sandra Hochman
 
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“To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.” -T. F. Hodge
 
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“Some things have to be believed to be seen.” -Ralph Hodgson
 
Ralph Hodgson was born in 1871. He was an American poet. Ralph Hodgson passed on in 1962.
 
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“The limit is not the sky. The limit is the mind.” -Wim Hof
 
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“The true measure of success in life is how many other lives you made better.” -Jeff Hoffman

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“I realize that there are other people who have days stranger than mine. I don’t know them. I don’t know anyone who knows them. But I’m sure they’re out there. Somewhere.” -Sarah Hoffman
 
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“If you can’t outplay them, outwork them!” -Ben Hogan
 
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“Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.” -L. Thomas Holdcroft
 
Leslie Thomas ‘Les’ Holdcroft, also known as L. Thomas Holdcroft, was born on 28 September 1922 in Strathclair, Manitoba, Canada. He became a college administrator. Leslie Thomas ‘Les’ Holdcroft passed on at 95 years of age on 6 February 2018 in Abbotsford, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
 
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“The obstacle is the way.” -Ryan Holiday
 
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“It is not a question of how much a man knows, but what use he makes of what he knows; not a question of what he has acquired, and how he has been trained, but of what he is, and what he can do.” -J. G. Holland
 
“Joys divided are increased.” -J. G. Holland
 
Josiah Gilbert Holland, also known by the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb, was born on 24 July 1819 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a doctor, but left the medical field to become a school superintendent, a novelist, an essayist, and a poet. He was a co-founder in 1870 with Roswell Smith, and editor, of “Scribner’s Monthly” magazine. He wrote the lyrics to the Methodist hymn “There’s a Song in the Air.” Josiah Gilbert Holland passed on at 62 years of age on 12 October 1881 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“One thing everybody in the world wants and needs is friendliness.” -William E. Holler
 
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“Never limit your view of life by any past experience.” -Ernest Holmes
 
You are more than you appear to be -
Life is greater than you have ever known it -
The best is yet to come.
-Ernest Holmes
 
Ernest Shurtleff Holmes was born in 1887. He became an American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader. He was the founder of the Religious Science movement and a part of the New Thought movement. He is the author of “The Science of Mind” and numerous other metaphysical books, and the founder of “Science of Mind” magazine, in continuous publication since 1927. His books remain in print, and the principles he taught as “Science of Mind” have inspired and influenced many generations. Mr. Holmes had previously studied another New Thought teaching, Divine Science, and was an ordained Divine Science Minister. Ernest Shurtleff Holmes passed on in 1960.
 
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“We learn something by doing it. There is no other way.” -John Holt
 
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“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))
 
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“The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.” -Henry Home
 
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“The small stones which fill up the crevices have almost as much to do with making the fair and firm wall as the great rocks; so wise use of spare moments contributes not a little to the building up in good proportions a man’s mind.” -Edwin Paxton Hood
 
Edwin Paxton Hood was born in 1820. He was an English Congregational minister and writer. Edwin Paxton Hood passed on in 1885.
 
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“When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are.” -Richard Hooker
 
Richard Hooker was born in about 1554. He became a priest and theologian in the Church of England. Richard Hooker passed on in 1600.
 
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“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” -Lena Horne
 
Lena Horne was born in 1917. She was an American singer and actress. Lena Horne passed on in 2010.
 
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“Just as you would not neglect seeds that you planted with the hope that they will bear vegetables and fruits and flowers, so you must attend to and nourish the garden of your becoming.” -Jean Houston
 
“Never underestimate the creativity of the underprivileged. We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released.” -Jean Houston
 
Jean Houston was born on 10 May 1937 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a writer and a lecturer. She and her husband Robert Masters co-founded The Foundation for Mind Research.
 
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“Life is like a blanket, too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder, but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.” -Marion Howard
 
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“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” -Vernon Howard
 
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“What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.” -John Howe
 
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“I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.” -Julia Ward Howe
 
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“The way to be nothing is to do nothing.” -Nathaniel Howe
 
Nathaniel Howe was born in 1764. He was an American minister. Nathaniel Howe passed on in 1837.
 
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“Respect a man, and he will do the more.” -James Howell
 
James Howell was born in about 1594. He was a British writer, diplomat and scholar. James Howell passed on in 1666.
 
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“The secret of a man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.” -William Dean Howells
 
William Dean Howells was born in 1837. He was an American novelist and critic. William Dean Howells passed on in 1920.
 
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“He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.” -Mary Howitt
 
Mary Howitt was born in 1799. Mary Howitt passed on in 1888.
 
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“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.” -Charles Evans Hughes
 
Charles Evans Hughes was born in 1862. He was an American professor of law, a public servant, and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1930 - 1941). Charles Evans Hughes passed on in 1948.
 
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“Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.” -Victor Hugo
 
“Inspiration and genius - one and the same.” -Victor Hugo
 
“The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase the number of the former. That is why we demand education and knowledge.” -Victor Hugo
 
“To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.” -Victor Hugo
 
Victor Marie Hugo was born on 26 February 1802 in Besançon, France. He became a visual artist, a romantic poet, an essayist, a novelist, a playwright, and a statesman. He is known for his novels “Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1831; originally published as “Notre-Dame de Paris”) and “Les Misérables” (1862). His volumes of poetry include “Les Contemplations” and “La Légende des siècles.” Victor Marie Hugo passed on at 83 years of age on 22 May 1885 in Paris, France.
 
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“May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie
 
“The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie
 
Jonathan Lockwood Huie was born on 28 June 1945.
 
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“Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.” -Cordell Hull
 
Cordell Hull was born on 2 October 1871. He was an American public servant. Cordell Hull passed on at ? years of age on 23 July 1955.
 
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“Look after the molehills and the mountains will look after themselves.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in Laurence J. Peter & Raymond Hull: “The Peter Principle” (1969)
 
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“Success consists of a series of little daily victories.” -Laddie Hutar
 
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” -Aldous Huxley
 
“The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.” -Aldous Huxley
 
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” -Aldous Huxley
 
“What we perceive and understand depends upon what we are.” -Aldous Huxley: “Ends and Means” (1937), ‘Beliefs’
 
Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on 26 July 1894. He was a son of Leonard Huxley and a brother of Julian Huxley. He became a novelist, an essayist, a magazine editor, a short story writer, a movie script writer, a critic, and a poet. His novels include, “Crome Yellow” (1921), “Point Counter Point” (1928), and “After Many a Summer” (1939). He moved to the United States of America in 1937. Aldous Leonard Huxley passed on at 69 years of age on 22 November 1963 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others feel worse. Making others feel better generally makes us feel better.” -Laura Huxley
 
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“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?” -Thomas Henry Huxley
 
“The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. What men need is as much knowledge as they can organize for action; give them more and it may become injurious. Some men are heavy and stupid from undigested learning.” -Thomas Henry Huxley
 
“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” -Thomas Henry Huxley
 
Thomas Henry Huxley, also known as T. H. Huxley, was born on 4 May 1825 in Ealing, Greater London, England. He became a surgeon, a biologist, and a writer. He was the grandfather of Aldous Leonard Huxley. Thomas Henry Huxley passed on at 70 years of age on 29 June 1895 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England.
 
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1/23/2024

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“Don’t just stand there, make it happen.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you’re trying to accomplish and what you’re willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“I’ve always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words; people, product and profits.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“Management is nothing more than motivating other people.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“People want economy and they’ll pay any price to get it.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they’re expected to do - they always reach.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” -Lee Iacocca
 
“Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.” -Lee Iacocca
 
Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca was born on 15 October 1924 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was an executive at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960’s and at the Chrysler Corporation in the 1980’s. Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca passed on at 94 years of age on 2 July 2019 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence, the second listening, the third remembering, the fourth practicing, the fifth - teaching others.” -Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
“Told that a certain man had acquired great wealth, a sage asked: ‘Has he also acquired the days in which to spend it?’” -Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
Solomon ibn Gabirol, also known as Solomon ben Judah, was born in about C.E. 1022. He was a Spanish poet and a philosopher. Solomon ibn Gabirol passed on in about C.E. 1058.
 
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“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” -Henrik Ibsen
 
“A man should never put on his good trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom or truth.” -Henrik Ibsen
 
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” -Henrik Ibsen
 
“Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.” -Henrik Ibsen
 
“The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.” -Henrik Ibsen
 
“To live is to war with trolls.” -Henrik Ibsen
 
Henrik Johan Ibsen was born in 1828. He was a Norwegian playwright, theater director, and poet. His dramas are the most frequently performed plays in the world after William Shakespeare. Henrik Johan Ibsen passed on in 1906.
 
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“Life’s struggles are necessary for growth.” -Auliq Ice
 
Oscar Auliq Ice St. Wirth.
 
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“You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is in the end more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the Universe.” -Daisaku Ikeda
 
Daisaku Ikeda was born in 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. He became a philosopher.
 
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“My monk friend has a weird endearing habit - he weaves sandals and leaves them secretly by the roadside” -Ikkyu
 
“Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright Moon.” -Ikkyu
 
Ikkyu was a fifteenth century Zen master.
 
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“Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting.” -Ivan Illich
 
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“Let others confide in you. It may not help you, but it surely will help them.” -Roger G. Imhoff
 
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“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.” -William R. Inge (William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954)): “Patriotism“ (August 1919) in Outspoken Essays (1919), pages 42 and 43
 
“Nature takes away any faculty that is not used.” -William R. Inge
 
William Ralph Inge, also known as Dean Inge, was born on 6 June 1860 in Crayke, Yorkshire, England. He became an Anglican, or Church of England, priest; a professor of divinity at Cambridge University; a Dean of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London (1911 - 1934) where he became known as Dean Inge; and a writer of more than 35 books. William Ralph Inge passed on at 93 years of age on 26 February 1954 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England.
 
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“Courage without conscience is a wild beast.” -Robert G. Ingersoll: Decoration Day address (1822)
 
“It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
 
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
 
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
 
“The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
 
Robert Green ‘Bob’ Ingersoll was born on 11 August 1833. He was a Union General during the American Civil War, a lawyer, an orator (professional speaker), and a politician. Robert Green Ingersoll passed on at 65 years of age on 21 July 1899.
 
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“An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of Heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.” -Washington Irving
 
“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.” -Washington Irving
 
“I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.” -Washington Irving
 
“Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No, no, ’tis your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.” -Washington Irving: “A Knickerbocker’s History of New York” (1809), book II, chapter 3
 
“With every exertion, the best of men can do but a moderate amount of good; but it seems in the power of the most contemptible individual to do incalculable mischief.” -Washington Irving
 
Washington Irving was born on 3 April 1783 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He was an American historian, biographer, essayist, writer of travel books, and ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846. He is best known for his short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” which appear in his book “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” (July 1820). Washington Irving passed on at 76 years of age on 28 November 1859 in Tarrytown, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Do not be afraid to be amazing.” -Andy Offutt Irwin
 
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“He who will not apply himself to business eventually discovers that he means to get his bread by cheating, stealing, or begging - or else is wholly void of reason.” -Ischomachus
 
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In the cherry blossom’s shade
there’s no such thing
as a stranger.
-Issa 
 
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1/22/2024

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“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” -Henry James
 
“The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.” -Henry James
 
“True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one’s self, but the point is not only to get out, you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.” -Henry James
 
Henry James, Junior was born on 15 April 1843 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He was a son of Henry James, Senior, and a brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. Henry James never married. He became a novelist and a critic. He spent much of his career in Great Britain, where he became naturalized in 1915. Henry James, Junior passed on at 72 years of age on 28 February 1916 in London, England.
 
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“It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.” -P. D. James
 
Phyllis Dorothy James, also known as P. D. James, was born on 3 August 1920 in Oxford, England. She became a novelist. Phyllis Dorothy James passed on at 94 years of age on 27 November 2014 in Oxford, England.
 
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“A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.” -Anna Brownell Jameson
 
“Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.” -Anna Brownell Jameson
 
“Genius and sunshine have this in common, that they are the two most precious gifts of Heaven to Earth, and are dispensed equally to the just and the unjust.” -Anna Brownell Jameson
 
Anna Brownell Jameson was born 17 May 1794. She became a British writer known for her books “Characteristics of Women” and “Sacred and Legendary Art” and for her travel memoirs including “Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada.” Anna Brownell Jameson passed on at 65 years of age on 17 March 1860
 
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“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.” -Storm Jameson
 
Storm Jameson is a pseudonym of Margaret Storm Jameson Chapman, who was born as Margaret Ethel James on 8 January 1891 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England. Margaret Storm Jameson Chapman passed on at 95 years of age on 30 September 1986 in Cambridge, England.
 
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“When the going gets tough look for an easier way.” -Frank Jaster
 
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“Remove those, ‘I want you to like me,’ stickers from your forehead and, instead, place them where they truly will do the most good - on your mirror.” -Susan Jeffers
 
Susan Jane Jeffers was born as Susan Gildenberg on 3 March 1938 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She became a psychologist, a motivational speaker, and a writer. She is known for her book, “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” (1987). Susan Jane Jeffers passed on at 74 years of age on 27 October 2012 in Santa Monica, California, United States of America.
 
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“For the industrious-thinking right-living young man the future holds as many rewards as any period in our nation’s history.” -William M. Jeffers
 
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“Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one.” -Francis Jeffrey
 
Francis Jeffrey was born in 1773 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He became a lawyer, a judge, and a literary critic. Francis Jeffrey passed on in 1850.
 
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“There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.” -Gertrude Jekyll
 
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“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” -Mae Jemison
 
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“The law is a crude machine at best, and only spits out something approaching justice if its attendants are committed to justice. As lawyering has become less about doing right and more about doing what you can get away with, our standards of acceptable shenanigans-as-usual seem to be in a free-fall.” -Holman W. Jenkins, Junior
 
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“Us country women make good wives. No matter what happens, we’ve seen worse.” -Keith Jennison
 
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“The scars of others should teach us caution.” -Jerome: letter 54
 
Jerome was born as Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus in about C.E. 347 on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in Stridon, Dalmatia. In C.E. 365, he was baptized and converted to Catholicism. At this time, he began his study of theology and the Hebrew language. Jerome then lived for many years as a hermit in the desert of Syria, where he continued his studies. He is known for his translation of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin, known as the “Latin Vulgate.” Eventually, Jerome returned to the east, where he passed on at about 73 years of age on C.E. 30 September 420, and rests under the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Church, and the Church of England (Anglican Communion). Saint Jerome’s Day is on 30 September of each year.
 
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“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.” -Jerome K. Jerome: “Three Men in a Boat” (1889), chapter 15
 
“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.” -Jerome K. Jerome
 
“One of the advantages of being poor is that it necessitates the cultivation of the virtues.” -Jerome K. Jerome
 
Jerome Klapka Jerome was born on 2 May 1859 in Caldmore, Walsall, Staffordshire, England. He became a laborer, a humorist, and a novelist. His works include “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow” (1886) and “Three Men in a Boat” (1887). Jerome Klapka Jerome passed on at 68 years of age on 14 June 1927 in Northampton, England.
 
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“I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.” -Derek Jeter
 
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“A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.” -Sarah Orne Jewett: “River Driftwood” (1881), ‘Country By-Ways’
 
“It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one’s uses.” -Sarah Orne Jewett
 
“It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better.” -Sarah Orne Jewett: “A Country Doctor” (1919)
 
“The old poets little knew what comfort they could be to a man.” -Sarah Orne Jewett: “The Country of Pointed Firs and Other Fiction” (1896)
 
“This is a very small world; we are all within hail of each other. I dare say when we get to Heaven there will not be a stranger to make friends with.” -Sarah Orne Jewett: “A Country Doctor” (1919)
 
Sarah Orne Jewett was born in 1849. Her writing was first published in ”The Atlantic” magazine when she was 19 years of age. Sarah Orne Jewett passed on in 1909.
 
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“Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.” -Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal: speaking in the Republican Presidential debate (6 August 2015)
 
Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal was born on 10 June 1971 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America. He became a United States Congressman (2005 - 2008) and a governor of the state of Louisiana (2008 - 2016).
 
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“More often than not in life the height of our success is determined by the depth of our commitment.” -Martin C. Jischke
 
Martin C. Jischke was a president of Purdue University.
 
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“The best things that can come out of the garden are gifts for other people.” -Jamie Jobb
 
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“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” -Steve Jobs
 
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes . . . the ones who see things differently . . . they’re not fond of rules . . . You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things . . . they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do.” -Steve Jobs
 
“Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end, because once you get there, you can move mountains.” -Steve Jobs
 
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” -Steve Jobs
 
Steve Jobs was born in 1955. He was a co-founder of the computer company Apple. Steve Jobs passed on in 2011.
 
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“Listen to everything, forget much, correct little.” -John XXIII
 
“See everything. Overlook a great deal. Improve a little.” -John XXIII
 
John XXIII was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli on 25 November 1881 in Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, Provincia di Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy. He was the fourth of fourteen children born to a family of sharecroppers that lived in a village in Lombardy. He was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church on 10 August 1904 and served in various posts, including appointments as a papal nuncio in France, and a delegate to Bulgaria and Greece. Pope Pius XII made Mr. Roncalli a cardinal in a consistory on 12 January 1953, in addition to naming him the Patriarch of Venice and the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca. John XXIII was a pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 28 October 1958 until his passing. John XXIII passed on at 81 years of age on 3 June 1963 in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City.
 
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“The truth is not always the same as the majority decision.” -John Paul II
 
John Paul II was born as Karol Wojtyla in 1920. He was a leader of the Roman Catholic Church. John Paul II passed on in 2005.
 
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“We tend to live up to the words we hear in our own head.” -Chalene Johnson
 
Chalene Johnson was born on 2 February 1969. She is a physical fitness trainer and the founder of Powder Blue Productions.
 
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“It is how one responds to the imperfections of others that will determine one’s growth.” -Lucille Johnson
 
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“You are not likely to get anywhere in particular if you don’t know where you want to go.” -Percy H. Johnson
 
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“Life is a grindstone. But whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends upon what you are made of.” -Robert E. Johnson
 
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“Beaten paths are for beaten men.” -Eric Johnston
 
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“With knowledge comes opportunity. With perseverance comes success.” -J. C. Johnstone
 
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“What I say whispers, but what I do thunders.” -David Fletcher Jones
 
David Fletcher Jones was born in 1895. He founded the Australian clothing manufacturing and retailing company, Fletcher Jones and Staff. David Fletcher Jones passed on in 1977.
 
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“I see that I am inwardly fashioned for faith and not for fear. Fear is not my native land; faith is. I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is oil. I live better by faith and confidence than by fear and doubt and anxiety. In anxiety and worry my being is gasping for breath these are not my native air. But in faith and confidence I breath freely these are my native air.” -Eli Stanley Jones
 
Eli Stanley Jones was born in 1884. He was a Methodist Christian theologian and a missionary to India. Eli Stanley Jones passed on 1973.
 
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“Let me challenge you to know that we live in an inexhaustible abundance in this Universe. There is no limit to what you can be or have, except your ability to dream and believe in your dream.” -James Breckenridge Jones: “If You Can Count to Four: Here’s How to Get Everything You Want Out of Life!” (5 February 2015)
 
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“I have not yet begun to fight!” -John Paul Jones
 
John Paul Jones was born in 1747. He became an American navy admiral. John Paul Jones passed on in 1792.
 
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“Tell me, and I’ll forget. Show me, and I’ll remember. Involve me, and I’ll learn.” -Marla Jones
 
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“I hate sitting in traffic, because I always get run over.” -Milton Jones
 
“My grandfather invented the cold air balloon. It never really took off.” -Milton Jones
 
“My wife - it’s difficult to say what she does. She sells seashells on the seashore.” -Milton Jones
 
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“I guess I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged.” -Roger Jones
 
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“Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” -Michael Jordan
 
“Earn your leadership every day.” -Michael Jordan
 
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” -Michael Jordan
 
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in 1963. He is an American professional basketball player and businessman.
 
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“Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.” -William George Jordan: “The Majesty of Calmness” (1900), page 54
 
“Happiness is the soul’s joy in the possession of the intangible.” -William George Jordan
 
“There are times when a man should be content with what he has, but never with what he is.” -William George Jordan
 
“Unhappiness is the hunger to get; happiness is the hunger to give . . . If the individual should set out for a single day to give happiness, to make life happier, brighter, and sweeter, not for himself but for others, he would find a wondrous revelation of what happiness really is.” -William George Jordan
 
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“Are you listening to the ones who keep quiet?” -Joseph Joubert: as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
 
“Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.” -Joseph Joubert
 
“The hordes of words that fill our books proclaim our ignorance, reveal the obscurities that flood our knowledge. If we were perfectly enlightened, our moral books would contain only maxims and our books on physics and spirituality would contain only axioms and facts. Everything else is clutter and shows no more than our gropings, our efforts, and our difficulties.” -Joseph Joubert, as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
 
Joseph Joubert was born on 7 May 1754 in Montignac, Périgord, France. He became a moralist, a philosopher, and an essayist. He is known for his posthumously published “Pensées” (English: “Thoughts”). Joseph Joubert passed on at 69 years of age on 4 May 1824 in Paris, France.
 
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“The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.” -Benjamin Jowett
 
Benjamin Jowett was born in 1817. He was an English educator and classical Greek scholar. Benjamin Jowett passed on in 1893.
 
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“Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.” -Julian of Norwich
 
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“Many individuals have like uncut diamonds shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.” -Juvenal
 
“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.” -Juvenal
 
“Two things only the people anxiously desire - bread and circuses.” -Juvenal
 
“We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learned to bear its ills without being overcome by them.” -Juvenal
 
“Who will guard the guardians themselves?” [translation to English]
“Qui custodiet ipsos custodes.” [original Latin]
-Juvenal
 
“Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body.” [translation to English]
“Mens sana in corpore sano.” [original Latin]
-Juvenal
 
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, also known as Decimus Junius Juvenalis or simply Juvenal, was born in about C.E. 47 in Aquinum, Roman Empire (now Aquino, Italy). He became a poet and a satirist in ancient Rome. He is known for his “Satires.” Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis passed on in C.E. 138.
 
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1/21/2024

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“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world, but then I thought, there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me, too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true, I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.” -Frida Kahlo
 
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“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.” -Henry J. Kaiser
 
Henry John Kaiser was born in 1882. He was an American shipbuilder. Henry John Kaiser passed on in 1967.
 
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“It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honorably.” -Immanuel Kant
 
Immanuel Kant was born on 22 April 1724 in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He became a philosopher. Immanuel Kant passed on at 79 years of age on 12 February 1804 in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia).
 
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“To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.” -Rosabeth Moss Kanter
 
Rosabeth Moss Kanter was born on 15 March 1943. She is a writer and a public speaker.
 
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“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in the muscles.” -Alex Karras
 
Alex Karras is a pro football player.
 
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“One does not succeed by sticking to convention.” -Garry Kasparov
 
Garry Kasparov is a professional chess player.
 
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“Instead of doubting yourself, look at all the impossible tasks that men and women have achieved over the years, and use this as motivation to push yourself even further, in order to achieve your dreams and reach your goals.” -Suzy Kassem
 
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“A timeocracy is the opposite of a meritocracy: people get promoted not based on their talent or performance (merit), but on the time they’ve been at the company.” -Vitaliy N. Katsenelson
 
Vitaliy N. Katsenelson is chief investment officer at Investment Management Associates in Denver, Colorado, United States of America. He is known as the author of, “The Little Book of Sideways Markets” (2010).
 
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“Every organization is self-perpetuating. Don’t ever ask an outfit to justify itself, or you’ll be covered with facts, figures and fancy. The criterion should rather be, “What will happen if the outfit stops doing what it’s doing?” The value of an organization is easier determined this way.” -Amrom Katz
 
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“Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.” -Ellie Katz
 
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“I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons.” -Anna Kavan
 
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“It is far better to be exhausted from success then to be rested from failure.” -Mary Kay
 
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“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” -Danny Kaye
 
Danny Kaye was born in 1913. He was an American singer, dancer, comedian, and actor. Danny Kaye passed on in 1987.
 
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“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” -John Keats: “Endymion” (1818), book 1, line 1
 
Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all
Ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know.
-John Keats: “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (1820)
 
John Keats (jŏn kēts) was born on 31 October 1795 in London, England. He became one of England’s outstanding Romantic poets. Between the ages of 18 and 24, he wrote poems that rank with the greatest in the English language. His first volume of poetry appeared in 1817 and included his poem “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer.” His poems of 1820, “Ode to a Nightingale,” “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” and “To Autumn,” are unequaled for dignity, beauty, and imagery. Also well-known is his melodic poem “The Eve of Saint Agnes” (1820). John Keats passed on at 26 years of age on 23 February 1821 in Rome, Italy.
 
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“I suspect that we are all recipients of cosmic love notes. Messages, omens, voices, cries, revelations, and appeals are homogenized into each day’s events. If only we knew how to listen, to read the signs.” -Sam Keen
 
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“If you’re positive and enthusiastic, people will want to spend time with you.” -Jeff Keller
 
“There is no such thing as failure, only results, with some more successful than others.” -Jeff Keller
 
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“Remember the difference between a boss and a leader: A boss says, ‘Go.’ A leader says, ‘Let’s go.’” -E. M. Kelly
 
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“Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practiced in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.” -Mary Ann Kelty
 
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“Love the moment and the energy of the moment will spread beyond all boundaries.” -Corita Kent
 
Mary Corita Kent was born as Frances Elizabeth Kent on 20 November 1918 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States of America. She was an American Catholic religious sister and a graphic artist. Mary Corita Kent passed on at 67 years of age on 18 September 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.” -Carolyn Kenmore
 
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“Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get too confident.” -Nancy Kerrigan
 
Nancy Kerrigan is an American figure skater.
 
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“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.” -Charles F. Kettering
 
Charles Franklin Kettering was born on 29 August 1876 in Loudonville, Ohio, United States of America. He became an engineer, an inventor, an industrialist, and a business executive. Charles Franklin Kettering passed on at 82 years of age on 25 November 1958 in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America.
 
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“To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.” -Ken Keyes, Junior
 
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“A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.” -John Maynard Keynes: “The End of Laissez-Faire” (1926) chapter 1
 
John Maynard Keynes was born on 5 June 1883 in Cambridge, England. He became an economist. John Maynard Keynes passed on at 62 years of age on 21 April 1946 in Cambridge, England.
 
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“Most people are awaiting Virtual Reality; I’m awaiting virtuous reality.” -Eli Khamarov: “Lives of the Cognoscenti”
 
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“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” -Victor Kiam
 
“What’s really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking a television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we’re alive for only a limited period of time, and we’ll spend most of our lives working. That being the case, I believe one of the most important priorities is to do whatever we do as well as we can. We should take pride in that.” -Victor Kiam
 
Victor Kiam was born in 1926. He became a business leader. Victor Kiam passed on in 2001.
 
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“Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.” -Søren Kierkegaard
 
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” -Søren Kierkegaard
 
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was born on 5 May 1813 in Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark. He became a philosopher, a theologian, a poet, and a social critic. Søren Aabye Kierkegaard passed on at 42 years of age on 11 November 1855 in Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark.
 
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“A dozen times a day we come to a fork in the road and must decide which way we will go. It is important to get our ultimate objectives clearly in mind so that we do not become distracted at each fork in the road by the irrelevant questions: Which is the easier or more pleasant way? Or, which way are others going?” -Spencer W. Kimball: as quoted in Edward L. Kimball, editor: “Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball” (1982), page 164
 
“With the arrival of Spring, we hope all of you will put in your gardens and prepare to enjoy their produce this Summer. We hope you are making this a family affair, with everyone, even the little ones, assigned to something. There is so much to learn and harvest from your garden, far more than just a crop itself.” -Spencer W. Kimball: speech at the General Conference (April 1978)
 
Spencer Woolley Kimball was born on 28 March 1895 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. He became a leader in the Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints. Spencer Woolley Kimball passed on at 90 years of age on 5 November 1985 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
 
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“Life is ten percent what happens to us and ninety percent how we react to it.” -Dennis P. Kimbro
 
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“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” -B. B. King
 
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“Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors: Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him.” -Florence King
 
“When people stop reading the Bible and Shakespeare, they cut themselves off from an enormous number of figures of speech used in the English language. Growing up without these models, they never develop the habit of using simile and metaphor themselves. Eventually they develop a fear and loathing of all such literary conventions and a conviction that anyone who uses them is being somehow ‘insincere.’ No wonder ringing political oratory is dead. No candidate would dare.” -Florence King, as quoted in “National Review” (23 July 2001)
 
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“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” -Stephen King
 
“If you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” -Stephen King
 
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” -Stephen King 
 
“The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.” -Stephen King
 
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” -Stephen King
 
Stephen King was born in 1947. He is an American writer of horror novels and fiction.
 
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“What you know got you where you are. To get where you want to go, you’ve got to make some changes, and more than likely learn new things.” -Ian Kinnery
 
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“The words ‘I am’ . . . are potent words; be careful what you hitch to them. The thing you’re claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.” -A. L. Kitselman
 
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“Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.” -Robert T. Kiyosaki
 
“It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.” -Robert T. Kiyosaki
 
“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.” -Robert Kiyosaki
 
“Whenever you feel ‘short’ or in ‘need’ of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me. I just trust that the principle of reciprocity is true, and I give what I want.” -Robert T. Kiyosaki
 
“You choose the life you live. If you don’t like it, it’s on you to change it because no one else is going to do it for you.” -Kim Kiyosaki
 
“Your future is created by what you do today - not tomorrow . . .” -Robert T. Kiyosaki
 
Robert Toru Kiyosaki was born in 1947. He is an American investor, businessman, self-help author, motivational speaker, financial literacy activist, and financial commentator. Mr. Kiyosaki is known for his “Rich Dad. Poor Dad” series of motivational books and has written more than 15 books.
 
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“There are no language barriers when you are smiling.” -Allen Klein
 
“Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.” -Allen Klein
 
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“In every activity do your best and let the world make its own appraisal. You are what you are. Explanations seldom explain. Cultivate a fine sense of independence, based upon the assurance that you are loyal to a high standard of conduct.” -Grenville Kleiser
 
“Keep a definite goal of achievement constantly in view. Realize that work well and worthily done makes life truly worth living.” -Grenville Kleiser
 
“There are many fine things which you mean to do some day under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is surely yours is the present, hence this is the time to speak the word of appreciation and sympathy, to do the generous deed, to forgive the fault of a thoughtless friend, to sacrifice self a little more for others.” -Grenville Kleiser
 
“Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities. Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile.” -Grenville Kleiser
 
Grenville Kleiser was born on 25 July 1868 in Toronto, Canada. He was married to Elizabeth Margaret Thompson on 5 July 1894. He became an American instructor in public speaking at the Yale Divinity School of Yale University, and a writer of humor and inspiration. Grenville Kleiser passed on at 85 years of age on 27 August 1953 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Everyone has the will to win; what is important is the will to prepare.” -Bobby Knight
 
“Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.” -Bobby Knight
 
“The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win.” -Bobby Knight
 
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Driving down the wrong road and knowing it,
The fork years behind, how many have thought
To pull up on the shoulder and leave the car
Empty, strike out across the fields; and how many
Are still mazed among dock and thistle,
Seeking the road they should have taken?
-Damon Knight: “The Man in the Tree” (1984)
 
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“Market competition is the only form of organization which can afford a large measure of freedom to the individual.” -Frank Hyneman Knight
 
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“Treat others as you would like them to treat you, but, you can not do for others what they are unwilling to do for themselves.” -Lisa Knutson
 
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“Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart.” -Kay Knudsen
 
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“A big corporation is more or less blamed for being big; it is only big because it gives service. If it doesn’t give service it gets small faster than it grew big.” -William S. Knudsen
 
“The young man who has the combination of the learning of books with the learning which comes of doing things with the hands need not worry about getting along in the world today or at any time.” -William S. Knudsen
 
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“My purposes are the geography that marks out my line of travel toward the person I want to be.” -Alice Koeller
 
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“No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.” -Kathe Kollwitz
 
Kathe Kollwitz was born in 1867. Kathe Kollwitz passed on in 1945.
 
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“For an interest to be rewarding, one must pay in discipline and dedication, especially though the difficult or boring stages which are inevitably encountered.” -Mira Komarovsky (born 1906)
 
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“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce.” -Vivian Komori
 
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“All of the significant battles are waged within the self.” -Sheldon Kopp
 
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“Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.” -Michael Korda
 
“The freedom to fail is vital if you’re going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.” -Michael Korda
 
Michael Korda was born in 1919. He was an American publisher. Michael Korda passed on in 1973.
 
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“The most needed, wanted, and powerful activity in which you can engage on or off the job is to authentically recognize, acknowledge, and appreciate others.” -Brian Koslow
 
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“If you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.” -Shane Koyczan
 
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“Most people are so worried about their security that they are afraid to take the risks that let them really enjoy living.” -Paul Krapf
 
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“Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen carefully.” -Stu Krieger
 
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“All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.” -Ray Kroc
 
“If you have time to lean, you have time to clean.” -Ray Kroc
 
“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.” -Ray Kroc
 
“There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.” -Ray Kroc
 
“While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.” -Ray Kroc
 
“You’re only as good as the people you hire.” -Ray Kroc
 
Raymond Albert ‘Ray’ Kroc was born in 1902. He was an American businessman and philanthropist. He joined McDonald’s in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. Like KFC founder Harland Sanders, Ray Kroc’s success came later in life, when he was past his fiftieth birthday. Raymond Albert ‘Ray’ Kroc passed on in 1984.
 
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“The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.” -Louis Kronenberger
 
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“Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.” -Harold Kushner
 
“If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.” -Harold Kushner
 
“No one ever promised us a life free from pain and disappointment. The most anyone promised us was that we would not be alone in our pain, and that we would be able to draw upon a source outside ourselves for the strength and courage we would need to survive life’s tragedies and life’s unfairness.” -Harold Kushner: “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” (1981)
 
Harold Samuel Kushner was born on 3 April 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. He is a Jewish rabbi, a University instructor, and a writer. He is known for his book, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” (1981).
 
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1/20/2024

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“The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.” -Charles Lamb
 
“’Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.” -Charles Lamb
 
“We see the world not as it is but as we are.” -Charles Lamb
 
Charles Lamb, also known by the pseudonym Elia, was born on 10 February 1775 in Inner Temple, London, England. He was a clerk in the East India offices and later became an essayist and a poet. His works include “Tales from Shakespeare,” written in collaboration with his sister, and “Essays of Elia.” Charles Lamb passed on at 59 years of age on 27 December 1834 in Edmonton, London, England.
 
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“A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.” -Louis L’Amour
 
“If you wait for inspiration, you’re not a writer, but a waiter.” -Louis L’Amour
 
“One who returns to a place sees it with new eyes. Although the place may not have changed, the viewer inevitably has.” -Louis L’Amour
 
“There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.” -Louis L’Amour
 
“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” -Louis L’Amour
 
Louis L’Amour was born as Louis Dearborn LaMoore on 22 March 1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota, United States of America. He became a writer of Western novels. Louis L’Amour passed on at 80 years of age on 10 June 1988 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” -Edwin Herbert Land: as quoted in “A Genius and His Magic Camera” in “LIFE” magazine (27 October 1972); also in “The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience (1978)” by Mark Olshaker, page 65
 
“Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.” -Edwin Herbert Land
 
“My whole life has been spent trying to teach people that intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out in people resources they didn’t know they had.” -Edwin Herbert Land: as quoted in ‘A Talk with Polaroid’s Dr. Edwin Land’ published in “Forbes” (1 April 1975), Volume 115, Number, page 49
 
Edwin Herbert Land was born in 1909. Edwin Herbert Land passed on in 1991.
 
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“As the firefly only shines when on the wing, so it is with the human mind - when at rest, it darkens.” -Letitia Elizabeth Landon
 
“Few, save the poor, feel for the poor.” -Letitia Elizabeth Landon
 
“No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.” -Letitia Elizabeth Landon
 
“Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable.” -Letitia Elizabeth Landon
 
Letitia Elizabeth Landon, also known by initials L. E. L., was born on 14 August 1802 in Chelsea, London, England. She became a poet and a novelist. Letitia Elizabeth Landon passed on at 36 years of age on 15 October 1838 in Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast (now Ghana), Africa.
 
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“Levity is the soul of wit.” -Melville D. Landon
 
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“Something constructive comes from every defeat.” -Tom Landry
 
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“There will be times in life when impossibility is felt, but then there are dreams - and dreams allow us possibility.” -Jeffrey David Lang
 
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“Love is a gift. You can’t buy it, you can’t find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn to be receptive of that gift.” -Kurt Langner
 
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“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” -Lucy Larcom
 
“If the world’s a veil of tears, smile till rainbows span it.” -Lucy Larcom
 
“Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.” -Lucy Larcom
 
Lucy Larcom was born on about 5 March 1824 in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became a teacher, a writer, and a poet. Lucy Larcom passed on at 69 years of age on 17 April 1893 in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadn’t ordered.” -Ring Lardner
 
“They gave each other a smile with a future in it.” -Ring Lardner
 
Ringgold Wilmer ‘Ring’ Lardner was born in 1885. He was an American writer and satirist. Ringgold Wilmer ‘Ring’ Lardner passed on in 1933.
 
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“Promise Yourself . . . To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.” -Christy Larson: “Promise Yourself”
 
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“A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.” -Doug Larson
 
“Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties.” -Doug Larson
 
“Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.” -Doug Larson
 
“The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there’s only one other choice.” -Doug Larson
 
“The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.” -Doug Larson
 
“The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.” -Doug Larson
 
“To err is human; to admit it superhuman.” -Doug Larson
 
Doug Larson was born in 1902. He was an American journalist. Doug Larson passed on in 1981.
 
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“Your joy comes from what you give, not from what you accumulate.” -Frank Laubach
 
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“I never dreamt of success. I worked for it.” -Estée Lauder
 
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“It’s not what we have in our life, but who we have in our life that counts.” -J. M. Laurence
 
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“Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.” -Johann Kaspar Lavater
 
“Trust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least who is indifferent about all.” -Johann Kaspar Lavater: as quoted in “The Pocket Magazine of Classics and Polite Literature” (1818), volume 2
 
“Who gives a trifle meanly, is meaner than the trifle.” -Lavater
 
Johann Kaspar Lavater was born in 1741. He was a Swiss writer, Protestant Christian pastor, and the founder of physiognomics. Johann Kaspar Lavater passed on in 1801.
 
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“I am very fond of Sussex - it is so full of sky and wind and weather.” -D. H. Lawrence
 
“I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.” -D. H. Lawrence
 
“Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.” -D. H. Lawrence
 
David Herbert Lawrence, also known as D. H. Lawrence, was born on 11 September 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. He was a novelist, a poet, a playwright, an essayist, a literary critic, and a painter. David Herbert Lawrence passed on at 44 years of age on 2 March 1930 in Vence, France.
 
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“If we must all agree, all work together, we’re no better than a machine. If an individual can’t work in solidarity with his fellows, it’s his duty to work alone. His duty and his right. We have been denying people that right. We’ve been saying, more and more often, you must work with the others, you must accept the rule of the majority. But any rule is tyranny. The duty of the individual is to accept no rule, to be the initiator of his own acts, to be responsible. Only if he does so will the society live, and change, and adapt, and survive.” -Ursula K. Le Guin: “The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia” (May 1974)
 
“It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” -Ursula K. Le Guin: “The Left Hand of Darkness” (1969)
 
“To oppose something is to maintain it.” -Ursula K. Le Guin
 
“What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?” -Ursula K. Le Guin
 
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was born on 21 October 1929 in Berkeley, California, United States of America. She is a novelist, a short story writer, a poet, and an essayist. Author website http://www.ursulakleguin.com/.
 
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“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” -Barry Le Patner
 
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“It is the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive.” -C. W. Leadbeater
 
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“What you need is an idea.” -William P. Lear
 
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“The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive is in this world is largely a reflection of your own attitudes and beliefs. Life will give you what you attract with your thoughts. Think, act, and talk negatively, and your world will be negative. Think and act and talk with enthusiasm, and you will attract positive results.” -Michael LeBoeuf
 
“Think, act, and talk with enthusiasm and you’ll attract positive results.” -Michael LeBoeuf: “Attitude is Everything”
 
Michael LeBoeuf was born on 27 February 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. He is a writer and a former professor of management at the University of New Orleans.
 
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“He who limps is still walking.” -Stanislaw J. Lec 
 
“I prefer the sign ‘No Entry’ to the one that says ‘No Exit’.” -Stanislaw J. Lec
 
“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.” -Stanislaw J. Lec
 
“Youth is the gift of nature but age is a work of art.” -Stanislaw J. Lec
 
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec was born on 6 March 1909 in Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine). He became a writer, a poet, and an aphorist. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec passed on at 57 years of age on 7 May 1966 in Warsaw, Poland.
 
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“A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.” -Bruce Lee
 
“Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I’m still learning, for learning is boundless.” -Bruce Lee: as quoted in John Little: “Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee’s Commentaries on the Martial Way” (1997), Part 6: ‘Beyond System - The Ultimate Source of Jeet Kune Do’
 
“Let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.” -Bruce Lee: “The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee” (1996), page 126
 
“Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.” -Bruce Lee: as quoted in John Little, editor: “Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living” (2000), Part I: ‘On First Principles,’ page 2
 
“Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.” -Bruce Lee
 
“Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.” -Bruce Lee
 
“To be discouraged is to be defeated - it is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man. No man is defeated unless he is discouraged.” -Bruce Lee
 
“Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.” -Bruce Lee: as quoted in Bruce Thomas, author: “Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit” (1994), page 44
 
Bruce Lee is a pseudonym of Lee Jun-fan, who was born on 27 November 1940 in San Francisco, California, United States of America. He became a martial artist, a martial artist instructor, and an actor. Lee Jun-fan passed on at 32 years of age on 20 July 1973 in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
 
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“Don’t be down on that you’re not up on.” -Harold B. Lee
 
“Don’t try to live too many days at a time.” -Harold B. Lee
 
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“A man who wishes to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” -Jack Lee
 
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“Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.” -Robert E. Lee
 
“You must be careful how you walk, and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set.” -Robert E. Lee
 
Robert E. Lee was born in 1807. He was a military general in the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee passed on in 1870.
 
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“Be mindful of your self-talk. It’s a conversation with the Universe.” -David James Lees
 
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“Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.” -John Lehman
 
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“Good words do more than hard speeches as the sunbeams without any noise will make the traveler cast off his cloak which all the blustering winds could not do but only make him bind it closer to him.” -Robert Leighton
 
“Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate is no more than earthenware.” -Robert Leighton
 
“Nobody, I believe, will deny, that we are to form our judgement of the true nature of the human mind, not from sloth and stupidity of the most degenerate and vilest of men, but from the sentiments and fervent desire of the best and wisest of the species.” -Robert Leighton: “Theological Lectures,” No. 5, ‘Of the Immortality of the Soul,’ published in “Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations” (1922), page 514
 
Robert Leighton was born in 1611 in London, England. He became a minister and later bishop of Dunblane, archbishop of Glasgow, and principal of the University of Edinburgh (1653 - 1662). Robert Leighton passed on at about 73 years of age on 25 June 1684 in London, England.
 
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“If I’m not free to fail, I’m not free to take risks, and everything in life that’s worth doing involves a willingness to take a risk.” -Madeleine L’Engle
 
Madeleine L’Engle Camp was born on 29 November 1918 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a novelist. She is known for books including “A Wrinkle in Time” (1962), “A Wind in the Door” (1973), and “Many Waters” (1986). Madeleine L’Engle Camp passed on at 88 years of age on 6 September 2007 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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“I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg. I thought: ‘This could be interesting.” -Paddy Lennox (2009)
 
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“You can’t run a society or cope with its problems if people are not held accountable for what they do.” -John Leo
 
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“The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely round. I believe I never knew what the word round meant until I saw Earth from space.” -Aleksei Leonov
 
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“Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.” -Doris Lessing
 
“Laughter is by definition healthy.” -Doris Lessing
 
“I’m always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common.” -Doris Lessing
 
“It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.” -Doris Lessing
 
Doris May Lessing, also known by the pseudonym Jane Somers, was born as Doris May Tayler on 22 October 1919 in Kermanshah, Iran. She lived on a farm in Rhodesia from 1924 to 1949, and then settled in England. She became novelist, a poet, a playwright, a librettist, a biographer, and a short story writer. Doris May Lessing passed on at 94 years of age on 17 November 2013 in London, England.
 
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“A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.” -Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
 
“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.” -Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: as attributed in “Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association” (1907), volumes 46 and 47
 
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was born on 22 January 1729 in Kamenz, Germany. He became a writer, a dramatist, a philosopher, a publicist, and an art critic. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing passed on at 52 years of age on 15 February 1781 in Brunswick, Germany.
 
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“You can fool all the people all of the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.” -Joseph E. Levine
 
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“Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.” -George Henry Lewes
 
George Henry Lewes was born in 1817. He was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. George Henry Lewes passed on in 1878.
 
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“Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important, only know what is best for you.” -Ken Lewis
 
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“I ascended to the top of a cut bluff this morning, from whence I had a most delightful view of the country, the whole of which, except the valley formed by the Missouri, is void of timber or underbrush, exposing to the first glance of the spectator immense herds of Buffalo, Elk, Deer, and Antelopes feeding in one common and boundless pasture.” -Meriwether Lewis: in eastern Montana (22 April 1805)
 
Meriwether Lewis was born in 1774. He was an American explorer. Meriwether Lewis passed on in 1809.
 
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“‘The trouble with this country is,’ observed Herndon, ‘that there are too many people going about saying, ‘The trouble with this country is.’’” -Sinclair Lewis
 
Sinclair Lewis was born in 1885. He was an American novelist and playwright. Sinclair Lewis passed on in 1951.
 
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“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.” -W. M. Lewis
 
William Mather Lewis was born on 24 March 1878 in Howell, Michigan, United States of America. He became a teacher, a university president, a politician, and a federal government official. William Mather Lewis passed on at 67 years of age on 11 November 1945 in Colebrook, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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“Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they’re worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.” -Georg C. Lichtenberg
 
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was born in 1742. He was a German physicist and drama critic. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg passed on in 1799.
 
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“For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.” -Anne Morrow Lindbergh
 
“Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish.” -Anne Morrow Lindbergh
 
“The world has different owners at sunrise . . . Even your own garden does not belong to you. Rabbits and blackbirds have the lawns; a tortoise-shell cat who never appears in daytime patrols the brick walls and a golden-tailed pheasant glints his way through the iris spears.” -Anne Morrow Lindbergh
 
Anne Morrow Lindbergh was born in 1906. She was an American aviator and writer; author of “Gift from the Sea” (1955). She was married to aviator Charles Lindbergh. Anne Morrow Lindbergh passed on in 2001.
 
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“Don’t tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.” -James Ling
 
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“He who hesitates because he feels inferior is being surpassed by he who is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.” -Henry Link
 
Henry Charles Link was born in 1889. He became a psychologist. His written works include, “The Return to Religion” (1936). Henry Charles Link passed on in 1952.
 
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“He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become as wise at sixty as he thought himself at twenty.” -Mary Wilson Little
 
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“It is not where you begin, it is where you end that counts.” -Faith Littlefield
 
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“I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.” -David Livingstone
 
David Livingstone was born in 1813. He was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. He was married to Mary Moffat. David Livingstone passed on in 1873.
 
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“Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.” -Livy
 
“In great straits and when hope is small the boldest counsels are the safest.” -Livy

“Woe to the vanquished.” -Livy
 
Titus Livius, also known as Livy, was born in 59 B.C.E. in Padua, Italy. He became a historian in ancient Rome. Titus Livius passed on in C.E. 17. In Padua, Italy.
 
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“A little of what you fancy does you good.” -Marie Lloyd
 
Marie Lloyd, also known as Bella Delmer, is a pseudonym of Matilda Alice Victoria Wood
 
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“The amount of litter in the street is proportional to the local rate of unemployment.” -David Lloyd-Jones
 
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“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” -John Locke
 
“I have always thought the actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.” -John Locke
 
John Locke was born on 29 August 1632 in Sommersetshire, England. He became a physician and a political and educational philosopher. John Locke passed on at 72 years of age on 28 October 1704 in High Laver, England.
 
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“The discussion of philosophy is over; it’s time for work to begin.” -Peter Loewer
 
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“To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” -William Londen
 
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“What really matters is what you do with what you have.” -Shirley Lord
 
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“Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.” -Sophia Loren
 
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” -Sophia Loren
 
“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.” -Sophia Loren
 
Sophia Loren is a pseudonym of Sophia Sciccoloni, who was born in 1934. She is an Italian actress.
 
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“Every great story happened when someone decided not to give up.” -Spryte Loriano
 
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“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” -Ronnie Lott
 
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“There is no right path. Only the one that allows you to sleep soundly and wake up excited.” -Jennifer Louden
 
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“To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” -William Louden
 
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“I choose not be what the world is. Rather, I choose to be what the world says I cannot be.” -Craig D. Lounsbrough
 
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“Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heartwarming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world.” -Lawrence G. Lovasik
 
“Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.” -Lawrence G. Lovasik
 
Lawrence George Lovasik was born on 22 June 1913 in Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He became a Catholic priest. Lawrence George Lovasik passed on at 72 years of age on 9 June 1986 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
 
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“A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.” -James Russell Lowell
 
“Aim high, you normally hit what you aim for. Not failure, but low aim, is a crime.” -James Russell Lowell
 
“Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim, is crime.” -James Russell Lowell
 
“Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.” -James Russell Lowell
 
“The cause is strong which has not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.” -James Russell Lowell
 
James Russell Lowell was born on 22 February 1819 in Elmwood, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became an essayist, a poet, an editor, and a diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers. They often had conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside. He was the first editor of the “Atlantic Monthly” (1857 - 1861). James Russell Lowell passed on at 72 years of age on 12 August 1891 in Elmwood, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials, but the ones with the concern.” -Max Lucado: as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (March 1998)
 
Max Lucado was born on 11 January 1955 in San Angelo, Texas, United States of America. He is a Christian writer and a preacher at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. Author website www.MaxLucado.com.
 
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“You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles, and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you.” -George Lucas
 
George Lucas is a movie director and producer.
 
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“Trouble is like a pebble. Hold it too close to your eye, and it puts everything out of focus. Hold it at proper viewing distance, and it can be examined and classified. Throw it at your feet, and it can be seen in its true setting, just one more tiny bump on the pathway to eternity.” -Celia Luce 
 
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“Show me a man who claims he is objective and I’ll show you a man with illusions.” -Henry R. Luce
 
Henry R. Luce was born in 1898. Henry R. Luce passed on in 1967.
 
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“A good criterion for measuring success in life is the number of people you have made happy.” -Robert J. Lumsden
 
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“The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.” -Hamilton Wright Mabie
 
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“Those who compare the age in which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in imagination, may talk of degeneracy and decay; but no man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.” -Thomas Babington Macaulay: “History of England” (1849 - 1861), volume I, chapter 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay was born on 25 October 1800 in Leicestershire, England. He became a historian, a politician, a statesman, an essayist, and a poet. Thomas Babington Macaulay passed on at 59 years of age on 28 December 1859 in London, England.
 
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The smallest effort is not lost,
Each wavelet on the ocean tost
Aids in the ebb-tide or the flow;
Each rain-drop makes some floweret blow;
Each struggle lessens human woe.
-Charles Mackay: “Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics” (1857): ‘The Old and the New’
 
Charles Mackay was born on 27 March 1814 in Perth, Scotland. He became a newspaper editor, a poet, a writer, an anthologist, a novelist, and a songwriter. He is known for his book “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” (1841). Charles Mackay passed on at 75 years of age on 24 December 1889 in London, England.
 
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“Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.” -Harvey B. Mackay
 
“If you have no destination, you’ll never get there.” -Harvey B. Mackay
 
“Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.” -Harvey B. Mackay
 
“You don’t have to know everything, as long as you know people who know the things you don’t.” -Harvey B. Mackay
 
Harvey B. Mackay was born in 1932 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He is a syndicated columnist, writer, speaker, and businessman.
 
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“It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.” -James Mackintosh
 
James Mackintosh was born on 24 October 1765 in Aldourie, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He became a historian and a statesman. James Mackintosh passed on at 66 years of age on 30 May 1832 in London, England.
 
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“There’s only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.” -Archibald MacLeish
 
Archibald MacLeish was born on 7 May 1892 in Glencoe, Illinois, United States of America. He was married to Ada Hitchcock in 1916. He became a poet, a playwright, an essayist, and a lawyer. He lived in Europe (1923 - 1928), was an editor of “Fortune Magazine” (1929 - 1938) in New York, and a professor at Harvard University (1949 - 1962). Archibald MacLeish passed on at 89 years of age on 20 April 1982 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“When the answer to all questions is yes, you enter a new world, a world of action, possibility, and adventure.” -Patricia Ryan Madson
 
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Better guide the young than reclaim them when old
For the voice of true wisdom is calling
To rescue the fallen is good but ’tis best
To prevent other people from falling
Better close up the source of temptation and crime
Than deliver from dungeon or gallery
Better put a strong fence round the top of the cliff
Than an ambulance down in the valley.
-Joseph Malins
 
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“Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.” -Maxwell Maltz
 
“We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.” -Maxwell Maltz
 
Maxwell Maltz was born on 10 March 1899 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a cosmetic surgeon and a writer. He is known as the author of “Psycho-Cybernetics” (1960). Maxwell Maltz passed on at 76 years of age on 7 April 1975.
 
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“Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.” -Benoit Mandelbrot
 
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“You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time.” -Horace Mann
 
Horace Mann was born on 4 May 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a lawyer and an educator. Horace Mann passed on at 63 years of age on 2 August 1859 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States of America.
 
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“No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.” -Thomas Mann
 
“Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.” -Thomas Mann
 
Paul Thomas ‘Thomas’ Mann was born in 1875. He was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, and essayist. When World War II broke out in 1939, he immigrated to the United States of America, and then located to Switzerland in 1952. Paul Thomas ‘Thomas’ Mann passed on in 1955.
 
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“How would your life be different if . . . You stopped focusing on what you didn’t want and started focusing on what you do want? Let today be the day . . . You establish a clear intent, make a plan, and take actions towards your intent.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 31
 
“I’ve learned that if someone threatens my peace of mind, self-respect, or self-worth . . . I must walk away. I owe it to myself . . . I owe it to my future.” -Steve Maraboli
“It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.” -Steve Maraboli
 
“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.” -Steve Maraboli
 
“Never confuse someone else’s inability to do something with its inability to be done.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 16
 
“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” -Steve Maraboli: “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (1999)
 
Steve Maraboli was born on 18 April 1975. He is a professional speaker and a writer. Website https://stevemaraboli.net/.
 
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“Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?” -Marcel Marceau
 
Marcel Marceau was born in 1923.
 
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“Consumers are statistics. Customers are people.” -Stanley Marcus
 
Stanley Marcus was born in 1905. He became a chief executive officer of Neiman Marcus. Stanley Marcus passed on in 2002.
 
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“It is not what you were, it’s what you are today.” -David Marion
 
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There is a destiny that makes us brothers,
     None goes his way alone;
All that we send into the lives of others,
     Comes back into our own.
-Edwin Markham: “A Creed” (1900)
 
Edwin Markham was born on 23 April 1852 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States of America. He became a poet and a lecturer. Edwin Markham passed on at 87 years of age on 7 March 1940 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.” -Peter Marshall
 
“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.” -Peter Marshall
 
Peter Marshall was born in 1902. He was a Scottish-born American preacher, a writer, and a chaplain of the United States Senate. Peter Marshall passed on in 1949.
 
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“There is no limit to what you can imagine. And with commitment, with effort, what you can imagine you can become. Put your mind to work for you. Believe that you can do it. The world will tell you that you can’t. Yet in your belief you’ll find the strength, you’ll find the ability to do it anyway.” -Ralph Marston
 
“You don’t need anyone else’s permission to be happy. Your life is magnificent not because someone says it is, but because you choose to see it as such.” -Ralph Marston
 
“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” -Ralph Marston
 
Ralph Seymour Marston, Junior was born on 18 January 1955. He is an American writer. Author website https://greatday.com/.
 
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Defer not joys thou mayst not win from fate:
     Judge only what is past to be thine own.
Cares with a linked chain of sorrows wait.
     Mirth tarries not; but soon on wings is flown -
With both hands hold it - clasped in full embrace,
     Still from thy heart it oft will glide away!
To say, “I mean to live” is folly’s place:
     Tomorrow’s life comes late; live, then, today.
-Martial
 
“Each day provides its own gifts.” -Martial
 
“Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.” -Martial
 
Marcus Valerius Martialis, also known simply as Martial, was born in March in a year between C.E. 38 and C.E. 41 in Augusta Bilbilis (now Calatayud, Spain). He became a Roman poet, epigrammatist, and a satirist. He is known for his twelve books of epigrams, or short witty poems, published in Rome between C.E. 86 and C.E. 103. He wrote 1,561 epigrams, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. Marcus Valerius Martialis passed on sometime between C.E. 102 and C.E. 104 in Rome.
 
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“Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.” -Miss Manners: “Miss Manner’s Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior” (1982)
 
“Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you’re a hermit on a mountain, you don’t have to worry about etiquette; if somebody comes up the mountain, then you’ve got a problem. It matters because we want to live in reasonably harmonious communities.” -Miss Manners
 
Judith Martin, also known by the pseudonym Miss Manners, was born as Judith Perlman on 13 September 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. She became a newspaper columnist and an etiquette proponent.
 
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“Excellence in any art or profession is attained only by hard and persistent work. Never believe that you are perfect. When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins.” -Theodore Martin
 
Theodore Martin was born in 1816. He was a Scottish poet, biographer, and translator. Theodore Martin passed on in 1909.
 
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“There is no human life so poor and small as not to hold many a divine possibility.” -James Martineau
 
James Martineau was born on 21 April 1805 in Norwich, England. James Martineau passed on at 94 years of age on 11 January 1900 in London, England.
 
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“The great lesson . . . is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s back yard.” -Abraham Maslow
 
“There are no perfect human beings. Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers . . . even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.” -Abraham Maslow
 
Abraham Harold Maslow was born on 1 April 1908 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a psychologist and a professor of psychology, and is best known for creating ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,’ a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority. He stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in people, as opposed to treating them as a ‘bag of symptoms.’ Abraham Harold Maslow passed on at 62 years of age on 8 June 1970 in Menlo Park, California, United States of America.
 
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“As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time.” -John Mason
 
John Mason was born in 1706. John Mason passed on in 1773.
 
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“The difficulties, hardships, and trials of life, the obstacles one encounters on the road to fortune, are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance. Peril is the element in which power is developed.” -William Mathews
 
William Mathews was born in 1818. William Mathews passed on in 1909.
 
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“Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.” -W. Somerset Maugham
 
“There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.” -W. Somerset Maugham
 
“Whatever anguish she suffered she concealed. She saw shrewdly that the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.” -W. Somerset Maugham: “The Moon and Sixpence” (1919), Chapter 16
 
William Somerset Maugham, also known as W. Somerset Maugham, was born on 25 January 1874 at the United Kingdom’s embassy in Paris, France. He was married to Syrie Wellcome in 1917. He studied to be a physician, but after the great success of his first novel, “Liza of Lambeth” (1897), he decided to become a novelist, a short-story writer, and a playwright. He spent the next 65 years as a novelist, a dramatist (playwright), and a short story writer. William Somerset Maugham passed on at 91 years of age on 16 December 1965 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
 
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“He who wants to do everything will never do anything.” -André Maurois
 
“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.” -André Maurois
 
André Maurois was born as Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, who was born on 26 July 1885 in Elbeuf, France. He became a French writer. André Maurois passed on at 82 years of age on 9 October 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
 
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“Look upon the sunny side of each word and thought, and you shall be satisfied, you shall lack for naught.” -Julia Harris May: “The Sunny Side”
 
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“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” -Foster C. McClellan
 
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The cricket’s gone; we only hear machines
In erg and atom they exact their pay.
And life is largely lived on silver screens.
-David McCord
 
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“People don’t ever seem to relate that doing what’s right is no guarantee against misfortune.” -William McFee: “Casuals of the Sea” (1916)
 
William McFee was born in 1881. He was an English writer of tales of the sea. William McFee passed on in 1966.
 
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“If you want good things to happen in your life, you first have to believe good things are possible for yourself. Quit allowing negative and cynical thinking to get in the way of the good life you deserve.” -Bryant McGill
 
“The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars, and the selfish hide in high places.” -Bryant McGill
 
Bryant H. McGill was born in 1969.
 
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“Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.” -Alan Loy McGinnis
 
“Nearly every one of us is starving to be appreciated, and, when someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way.” -Alan Loy McGinnis: “Bringing Out the Best in People”
 
“People never get to laugh as much as they’d like, or have as much fun as they want. If you can construct your class, your team, or your committee so that laughter brakes out frequently, you’ll have people clamoring to join your group.” -Alan Loy McGinnis: “Bringing Out the Best in People”
 
“There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone succeed.” -Alan Loy McGinnis
 
Alan Loy McGinnis was born on 10 November 1933 in Friendswood, Texas, United States of America. He was a writer, a speaker, a Christian family therapist, and the found of the Valley Counseling Center in Glendale, California. Alan Loy McGinnis passed on at 71 years of age on 9 January 2005 in Glendale, California, United States of America.
 
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“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” -Tim McGraw
 
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“Joy is increased by spreading it to others.” -Robert Murray M’Cheyne: letter (27 June 1839)
 
Robert Murray M’Cheyne, sometimes spelled McCheyne, was born on 21 May 1813 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He became a poet and a minister (1835 - 1843) in the Church of Scotland. Robert Murray M’Cheyne passed on at 29 years of age on 25 March 1843 in Dundee, Scotland.
 
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“The Lord’s Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, and there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence. Yet government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26,911 words.” -David McIntosh
 
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“Accept the pain, cherish the joys, resolve the regrets; then can come the best of benedictions - ‘If I had my life to live over, I’d do it all the same.’” -Joan McIntosh
 
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“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.” -David O. McKay
 
David Oman McKay was born on 8 September 1873 in Huntsville, Utah, United States of America. He became a religious leader and an educator who served as the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1951 - 1970). David Oman McKay passed on at 96 years of age on 18 January 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
 
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“No one really listens to anyone else and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.” -Mignon McLaughlin
 
“‘Pull yourself together’ is seldom said to anyone who can.” -Mignon McLaughlin: “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
 
Mignon McLaughlin was born on 6 June 1913 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. She became a journalist, a short story writer, and an aphorist. Mignon McLaughlin passed on at 70 years of age on 20 December 1983 in Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America.
 
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“You can be a rooster one day and a feather duster the next.” -Frank McManus: as quoted in the “Sydney Morning Herald” (28 December 1974), commenting on politics
 
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“After you’ve heard two eyewitnesses of a motor accident, you begin to worry about history.” -John McNab
 
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“It’s your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious.” -Peter McWilliams
 
“Learn to ask for what you want . . . The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for - which is precisely where you were before you asked.” -Peter McWilliams
 
Peter Alexander McWilliams was born on 5 August 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. He became a writer of self-help books, a poet, and a photographer. Peter Alexander McWilliams passed on at 50 years of age on 14 June 2000 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Website: http://www.PeterMcWilliams.org.
 
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“I learned the value of hard work by working hard.” -Margaret Mead
 
“I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to his or her fellow human beings.” -Margaret Mead
 
Margaret Mead was born on 16 December 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She became an anthropologist. Margaret Mead passed on at 76 years of age on 15 November 1978 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.” -Jayne Meadows
 
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If you don’t like life, it’s the way you’re livin’
A little less takin’, a bit more givin’;
A little less hatin’, a little more lovin’;
A little more helpin’, not so much shovin’;
A little more smilin’, not so much strife,
And soon you will be in love with life.
-J. W. T. Meehan
 
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“He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.” -Menander of Athens
 
“The man who runs may fight again.” -Menander of Athens: “Monostikoi”
 
Menander of Athens was born in 342 B.C.E. in Kifissia, Athens, Greece. He was a dramatist of ancient Greece. Menander of Athens passed on at about 51 years of age in 291 B.C.E. in Piraeus, Athens, Greece.
 
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“Don’t do what should not be done, and don’t desire what should not be desired. Abide by this one precept, and everything else will follow.” -Mencius
 
“The great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.” -Mencius
 
Mencius, born Mèng kē or Mengzi and also known as Meng-tse, was born in about 372 B.C.E. He was a Chinese philosopher. Mencius passed on in about 289 B.C.E.
 
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“It is infinitely more exciting to live a life of catastrophic failures than a life of could-haves, should-haves and would-haves.” -M. H. Meng
 
Moh Hon Meng.
 
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“What’s done to children, they will do to society.” -Karl Menninger
 
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“A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.” -Robert G. Menzies
 
Robert G. Menzies was born in 1894. Robert G. Menzies passed on in 1978.
 
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“You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.” -Angela Merici
 
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“Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally.” -Thomas Merton
 
“The biggest human temptation is . . . to settle for too little.” -Thomas Merton
 
Thomas Merton, also known as Father Louis, was born on 31 January 1915 in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. He became a writer, a poet, a priest, and a Catholic Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, United States of America. He is known for the book, “Seven Storey Mountain” (1948). In 1949, he became an ordained priest and was given the name Father Louis. Thomas Merton passed on at 53 years of age on 10 December 1968 in Samut Prakan, Thailand.
 
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“The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have.” -Reinhold Messner
 
Reinhold Messner was born on 17 September 1944 in Brixen, Italy. He is an alpinest, or a mountaineer who does difficult climbs.
 
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“All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.” -John Stuart Mill
 
“His eminence was due to the flatness of the surrounding landscape.” -John Stuart Mill
 
John Stuart Mill was born on 20 May 1806 in Pentonville, London, England. He became a philosopher, a political economist, and a civil servant. John Stuart Mill passed on at 66 years of age on 8 May 1873 in Avignon, France.
 
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“If you analyze anything, you destroy it.” -Arthur Miller
 
Arthur Asher Miller was born on 17 October 1915 in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a playwright, a novelist, a short story writer, and an essayist. Among his plays are “All My Sons,” “The Crucible,” and “A View from the Bridge.” He also wrote the screenplay for the film, “The Misfits.” Arthur Asher Miller passed on at 89 years of age on 10 February 2005 in Roxbury, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.” -Henry Miller
 
“One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.” -Henry Miller
 
Henry Valentine Miller was born on 26 December 1891 in Yorkville, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became an essayist, a travel memoirist, a literary critic, a watercolor painter, and a novelist. His works include the books, “Tropic of Cancer” and “Tropic of Capricorn.” He lived in Europe from 1930 to 1940. Henry Valentine Miller passed on at 88 years of age on 7 June 1980 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” -John Homer Miller
 
John Homer Miller was born in 1839. John Homer Miller passed on in 1913.
 
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“If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don’t; then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.” -Matt D. Miller
 
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“Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it.” -Merle Miller
 
Merle Miller was born on 17 May 1919 in Montour, Iowa, United States of America. He became a writer. Merle Miller passed on at 67 years of age on 10 June 1986 in Danbury, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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“They also serve who only stand and wait.” -John Milton
 
John Milton was born on 9 December 1608 in Bread Street, London, England. He became a poet, a pamphleteer, and a civil servant. He went blind in 1652, and wrote his epic blank verse poem, “Paradise Lost” in 1667. John Milton passed on at 65 years of age on 8 November 1674 in Bunhill Row, London, England.
 
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“Specialists get paid well, while those who know a little about many things make good conversation at parties.” -Mark Minervini
 
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“Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the ‘best’ in your chosen field, whatever it is.” -Donald Grant Mitchell
 
Donald Grant Mitchell was born in 1822. He was an American writer. Donald Grant Mitchell passed on in 1908.
 
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Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
     The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
     I’ve looked at love that way.
-Joni Mitchell “Both Sides Now” (1969) song
 
I’ve looked at life from both sides now,
     From up and down, and still somehow,
It’s life’s illusions I recall . . .
     I really don’t know life at all.
-Joni Mitchell: “Both Sides Now” (1969) song
 
Roberta Joan Anderson ‘Joni’ Mitchell.
 
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“It’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do about it that makes the difference.” -W. Mitchell
 
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“Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.” -Lakshmi Mittal
 
Lakshmi Mittal is an Indian-born steel magnate.
 
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“It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.” -Moliere: “Le Misanthrope” (1666), Act V, Scene iv
 
“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” -Molière
 
“Things are only worth what you make them worth.” -Molière
 
Molière is a pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, who was born on 15 January 1622 in Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, France. He became a playwright, an actor, a director, and a poet. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin passed on at 51 years of age on 17 February 1673 in Rue de Richelieu, Paris, France.
 
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“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” -Claude Monet
 
Oscar-Claude ‘Claude’ Monet was born in 1840. The term “Impressionism” is derived from the title of his painting, “Impression, soleil levant,” which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon de Paris. Oscar-Claude ‘Claude’ Monet passed on in 1926.
 
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“Fight the good fight with all thy might.” -J. S. B. Monsell
 
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“The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.” -Thomas S. Monson
 
Thomas Spencer Monson was born on 21 August 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He became a bishop and the sixteenth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thomas Spencer Monson passed on at 90 years of age on 2 January 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
 
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“I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there be no redress.” -Elizabeth Montagu
 
Elizabeth Montagu was born as Elizabeth Robinson on 2 October 1718 in Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth Montagu passed on at 77 years of age on 25 August 1800 in London, England.
 
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“A good example is far better than a good precept.” -Dwight L. Moody
 
“The only way to keep a broken vessel full is to keep it always under the tap.” -Dwight L. Moody
 
“True will-power and courage are not on the battlefield, but in everyday conquests over our inertia, laziness, and boredom.” -Dwight L. Moody
 
Dwight Lyman Moody, also known as D. L. Moody, was born on 5 February 1837 in Northfield, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a Christian evangelist and a publisher, connected with the Holiness Movement. He is known as the founder of the Moody Church, Northfield School, and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, as well as the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. Dwight Lyman Moody passed on at 62 years of age on 22 December 1899 in Northfield, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“A great artist is always before his time or behind it.” -George Moore
 
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” -George Moore
 
George Augustus Moore was born in on 24 February 1852. He was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist, and dramatist. George Augustus Moore passed on at 80 years of age on 21 January 1933.
 
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“I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s.” -Henry Moore
 
“The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.” -Henry Moore
 
Henry Moor was born in 1898. He was an English sculptor. Henry Moore passed on in 1986.
 
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“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.” -Marianne Craig Moore
 
“The heart that gives, gathers.” -Marianne Moore
 
Marianne Craig Moore was born on 15 November 1887 in Kirkwood, Missouri, United States of America. Marianne Craig Moore passed on at 84 years of age on 5 February 1972 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore
 
Mary Tyler Moore was born on 29 December 1937. She was an American actress. Mary Tylor Moore passed on at 79 years of age on 25 January 2017.
 
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“How goodness heightens beauty!” -Hannah More
 
“We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.” -Hannah More
 
Hannah More was born on 2 February 1745. She was an English religious writer and social reformer. Hannah More passed on at 88 years of age on 7 September 1833.
 
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“The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.” -Morell
 
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“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” -J. P. Morgan
 
John Pierpont Morgan, Senior, also known as J. P. Morgan, was born on 17 April 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. He became a banker, a financier, an art collector, and a philanthropist. In 1892, he arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company, to form General Electric. After financing the creation of the Federal Steel Company, he merged it in 1901 with the Carnegie Steel Company and several other steel and iron businesses, including Consolidated Steel and Wire Company, to form the United States Steel Corporation. John Pierpont Morgan, Senior passed on at 75 years of age on 31 March 1913 in Rome, Italy.
 
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“In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.” -Christopher Morley
 
“Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you’re not really interested in order to get where you’re going.” -Christopher Morley
 
“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.” -Christopher Morley
 
“There is only one rule for being a good talker: learn to listen.” -Christopher Morley
 
Christopher Darlington Morley was born on 5 May 1890 in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He became a journalist, a novelist, an essayist, a poet, a lecturer, and a playwright. He was a founder and long-time contributing editor of the “Saturday Review of Literature.” Christopher Darlington Morley passed on at 66 years of age on 28 March 1957 in Roslyn, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Life’s a balancing act. You have multiple roles and goals, and you can do it all - just not all at once.” -Denise Morrison
 
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“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” -Dwight Morrow: as quoted in the “San Francisco News” (1 June 1949) (similar quotation attributed to Milton Friedman)
 
Dwight Whitney Morrow was born on 11 January 1873 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America. He became a lawyer, a banker, and a diplomat. Dwight Whitney Morrow passed on at 58 years of age on 5 October 1931 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States of America.
 
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“You are destined to fly, but that cocoon has to go.” -Nelle Morton
 
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“You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.” -Kate Morton
 
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“We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.” -Lucretia Mott
 
Lucretia Mott was born in 1793. Lucretia Mott passed on in 1880.
 
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“You only get paid for done.” -Dax Moy: “The Magic Hundred” (14 September 2008) as published at http://magichundred.blogspot.com/2008/09/you-only-get-rewards-for-done.html
 
Dax Moy was born on 20 September 1970. He is a British physical fitness trainer.
 
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“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence, nor imagination, nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, full name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfangus Theophilus Mozart, was born on 27 January 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He became a musician and a music composer. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart passed on at 35 years of age on 5 December 1791 in Vienna, Austria.
 
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“You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big, bold, righteous, and eternal.” -Barry Munro
 
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“Men will spend their health getting wealth; then, gladly pay all they have earned to get health back.” -Mike Murdock
 
Michael Dean ‘Mike’ Murdock was born on 18 April 1946 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America. He is a proponent of prosperity theology, pastor of the Wisdom Center ministry in Fort Worth, Texas, and host of the “Wisdom Keys with Mike Murdock” television program.
 
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“No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.” -Francois Muriac
 
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“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” -Elon Musk
 
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“Every life has a purpose. We need to let go of the past. Live in the present. Do not waste today worrying about what will happen tomorrow. Embrace your true spirit, embrace and listen to grace, and you will be transformed in the moment. Do not fixate on what you want but give thanks for what you have.” -Caroline Myss
 
Caroline Myss was born in 1952.
 
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1/18/2024

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“To be a person of truth, be swayed neither by approval nor disapproval. Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.” -Nachman of Breslov
 
“You are never given an obstacle you cannot overcome.” -Nachman of Breslov
 
Nachman of Breslov was born in 1772 in Medzeboz, Ukraine. He was a great-grandson of Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. He became a “Torah” sage, teacher of Hasidic Judaism, and the founder of the Breslov Hasidic sect. Believers of the Breslov Hasidic sect endeavor to develop a blissful relationship with God and believe in prayer as the principle expression of religious life. Nachman of Breslov is known as the author of the work, “Likutey Moharan,” composed partially by himself and partially by his chief disciple, Rabbi Nossan Sternhartz. Nachman of Breslov passed on at 38 years of age in 1810 in Uman, Ukraine.
 
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“All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.” -Rose Namajunas
 
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“It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.” -George Jean Nathan

George Jean Nathan was born in 1882. He was an American drama critic, social critic, and editor. He worked closely with H. L. Mencken, bringing the literary magazine, “The Smart Set,” to prominence as an editor, and co-founding and editing “The American Mercury” and “The American Spectator.” George Jean Nathan passed on in 1958.
 
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“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against not with the wind. No man ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm.” -John Neal
 
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“I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren’t more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them in line. Most people have gotten it wrong because our culture says being hard on yourself is the way to be.” -Kristen Neff
 
“Unlike self-criticism, which asks if you’re good enough, self-compassion asks, ‘What’s good for you?’” -Kristin Neff
 
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“Most things, except agriculture, can wait.” -Jawaharlal Nehru
 
Jawaharlal Nehru was born in 1889. He was an Indian statesman. Jawaharlal Nehru passed on in 1964.
 
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“Of those who say nothing few are silent.” -Thomas Neil
 
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“There is no conflict between science and religion. Conflict only arises from an incomplete knowledge of either science or religion, or both.” -Russell M. Nelson
 
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“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” -Willie Nelson
 
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” -Willie Nelson
 
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“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.” -Mabel Newcomber
 
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“Fear not that life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.” -John Henry Newman
 
“Growth is the only evidence of life.” -John Henry Newman
 
“In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” -John Henry Newman
 
“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” -John Henry Newman: “The Development of Christian Doctrine” (1834)
 
John Henry Newman, also known as Cardinal Newman, was born on 21 February 1801 in London, England. He became a minister in the Church of England in 1824. In 1845, he converted to Roman Catholicism, become an ordained priest in 1848, and then become a cardinal in 1879. He wrote two novels, “Loss and Gain,” and “Callista.” John Henry Newman passed on at 89 years of age on 11 August 1890 in Birmingham, England.
 
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“If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years, where the necessities of life come without severe strain, where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered.” -A. Edward Newton
 
A. Edward Newton is Alfred Edward Newton.
 
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“People forget how fast you did a job but they remember how well you did it.” -Howard W. Newton
 
“The thoughtless are rarely wordless.” -Howard W. Newton
 
“When a man blames others for his failures, it’s a good idea to credit others with his successes.” -Howard W. Newton
 
Howard W. Newton was born in 1903. He was an American advertising executive and magazine columnist. Howard W. Newton passed on in 1951.
 
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Thro’ many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
-John Newton
 
“We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.” -John Newton
 
John Newton was born in 1725. John Newton passed on in 1807.
 
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“The discovery of the Square was a great event to the primitive mystics of the Nile. Very early it became an emblem of truth, justice, and righteousness, and it remains to this day through unaccountable ages have passed.” -J. F. Newton
 
“People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” -J. F. Newton
 
“We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us, how we can take it, what we do with it, and that is what really counts in the end. How to take the raw stuff of life and make it a thing of worth and beauty that is the test of living.” -J. F. Newton
 
Joseph Fort Newton, also known as J. F. Newton, was born in 1878. Joseph Fort Newton passed on in 1949.
 
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“I think being happy keeps you looking young.” -Olivia Newton-John
 
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“If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” -Kevin Ngo
 
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“To dig in one’s own earth with one’s own spade, does life hold anything better?” -Beverly Nichols

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“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” -Ralph Nichols

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“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration . . . and expectation.” -Jack Nicklaus
 
“Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them.” -Jack Nicklaus
 
Jack Nicklaus was born in 1940. He is an American professional golfer.
 
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“A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. They surround the worlds ignorance and press for admission.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
 
“If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.” -Reinhold Niebuhr

“It is better to create than to be learned; creating is the true essence of life.” -Reinhold Niebuhr

“Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
 
“Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do however virtuous can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
 
“The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.” -Reinhold Niebuhr

Karl Paul Reinhold ‘Reinhold’ Niebuhr was born in 1892. He was an American theologian, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary. Among his most influential books are “Moral Man and Immoral Society” and “The Nature and Destiny of Man.” Karl Paul Reinhold ‘Reinhold’ Niebuhr passed on in 1971.
 
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“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard and then succeed on purpose.” -G. K. Nielson
 
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“A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.” -Chester W. Nimitz
 
Chester William Nimitz was born in 1885. He was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. Chester William Nimitz passed on in 1966.
 
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“Dreams are necessary to life.” -Anaïs Nin
 
“The function of art is to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” -Anaïs Nin

“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.” -Anaïs Nin

“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin
 
“When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.” -Anaïs Nin
 
“When you possess light within, you see it externally.” -Anaïs Nin
 
Anaïs Nin was born on 21 February 1903 as Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell. She was a French-born American writer and diarist. She became famous for her published journals, which span several decades. Anaïs Nin passed on at 73 years of age on 14 January 1977.
 
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“If my heart can become pure and simple like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.” [translation to English]
“Jika hati saya dapat menjadi murni dan sederhana, seperti hati seorang anak, saya pikir mungkin tidak ada kebahagiaan yang lebih besar dari ini.” [original Japanese]
-Kitaro Nishida
 
Kitarō Nishada was born on 19 May 1870 in Unokema, Ishikawa, Japan. He became a moral philosopher and a religious scholar. He is known as the founder of the Kyoto School of philosophy. Kitarō Nishada passed on at 75 years of age on 7 June 1945 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.
 
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“Every winner has scars.” -Robert N. C. Nix
 
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“A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar.” -Louis Nizer
 
“True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.” -Louis Nizer
 
“Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.” -Louis Nizer
 
Louis Nizer was born in 1902. He was an English-born American lawyer. Louis Nizer passed on in 1994.

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“Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.” -Alex Noble
 
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“And I was afraid because I knew I had outgrown my past before I could see a path to my future.” -Han Nolan
 
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“Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, and troubadours, for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.” -Jacob Nordby
 
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“Anything, everything, little or big, becomes an adventure then the right person shares it.” -Kathleen Norris
 
“In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.” -Kathleen Norris
 
“Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.” -Kathleen Norris
 
“Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.” -Kathleen Norris: “Hands Full of Living”
 
“Life is easier to take than you’d think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable.” -Kathleen Norris
 
Kathleen Thompson ‘Kathy’ Norris was born on 16 July 1880 in San Francisco, California, United States of America. She became a novelist and a newspaper columnist. Kathleen Thompson ‘Kathy’ Norris passed on at 85 years of age on 18 January 1966 in San Francisco, California, United States of America.
 
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“Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features.” -James Northcote: as quoted originally in “New Monthly Magazine” (1826 - 1827) and later in James Northcote and William Hazlitt: “Conversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A.” (1830)
 
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“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” -Christiane Northrup
 
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“The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.” -Eleanor Holmes Norton
 
Eleanor Holmes Norton was born in 1937.
 
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“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” -Henri Nouwen
 
“This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.” -Henri Nouwen
 
Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen was born on 24 January 1932 in Nijkerk, Netherlands. He became a Dutch Catholic priest, a professor, a writer, and a theologian. Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen passed on at 64 years of age on 21 September 1996 in Hilversum, Netherlands.
 
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“Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.” -Michael Novak
 
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“I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.” -Novalis: “Heinrich von Ofterdingen” (1802), book 2
 
Novalis is a pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, who was born on 2 May 1772 in Wiederstedt, Electorate of Saxony. He became a poet, a writer, a civil engineer, and a mineralogist. Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg passed on at 28 years of age on 25 March 1801 in Weissenfels, Electorate of Saxony.
 
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“It is the job of the people to question the right to rule, not the job of those who rule to question the rights of the people.” -Justin Nutt
 
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“I am willing to put myself through anything - temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers - an often painful process.” -Diana Nyad
 
Diana Nyad is a long-distance swimmer.
 
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 “Be virtuous and you will be happy, but you will be lonesome sometimes.” -Edgar Wilson Nye
 
Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye was born in 1850. He was an American humorist. Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye passed on in 1896.
 
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1/17/2024

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“If we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination.” -Dallin H. Oaks: “Be Not Deceived” (October 2004)
 
Dallin Harris Oaks was born on 12 August 1932 in Provo, Utah, United States of America. He became a lawyer, a judge, and a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
 
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“Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn’t wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say.” -Sharon O’Brien
 
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“When people undermine your dreams, predict your doom, or criticize you, remember, they’re telling you their story, not yours.” -Cynthia Occelli
 
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“I don’t dwell on my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it’s just a number.” -Nola Ochs
 
Nola Ochs was born on 22 November 1911 in Jetmore, Kansas, United States of America. At 95 years of age, on 14 May 2007, she became the world’s oldest college graduate up to that time. Nola Oaks passed on at 105 years of age on 9 December 2016 in Dodge City, Kansas, United States of America.
 
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“Baby step by baby step, you have what you need right now to start moving in the direction of your happiest dreams.” -Marta Davidovich Ockuly
 
“Creative action leads to ‘joy attraction’.” -Marta Davidovich Ockuly
 
“Joy is your destiny. You were created for joy. Pay attention to what brings you joy and take joyful actions daily. Creative action equals joy attraction. Joy is the path to your true purpose.” -Marta Davidovich Ockuly
 
“The dream and the dreamer are always matched. You could not have a dream without the means, right now, to begin it.” -Marta Davidovich Ockuly
 
Marta Davidovich Ockuly was born in 1952. She is a humanistic psychologist. Author website www.JoyOfQuotes.com.
 
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“No life, if it is properly realized, is without cosmic importance.” -Hortense Odlum
 
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“Keeping in touch with childhood memories keeps us believing in life’s simplest pleasures, like a rainy afternoon, a swingset, and a giant puddle to play in.” -Chrissy Ogden
 
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“The ingredients of happiness are so simple that they can be counted on one hand. First of all, happiness must be shared. Selfishness is its enemy; to make another happy is to be happy one’s self. It is quiet, seldom found for long in crowds, most easily won in moments of solitude and reflection. It comes from within, and rests most securely on simple goodness and clear conscience.” -William Ogden
 
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“The secret of life is that all we have and are is a gift of grace to be shared.” -Lloyd John Ogilvie
 
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“Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.” -David Ogilvy
 
“I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.” -David Ogilvy
 
“If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.” -David Ogilvy
 
“Leaders grasp nettles.” -David Ogilvy
 
“Managing an advertising agency isn’t all beer and skittles. After fourteen years of it, I have come to the conclusion that the top man has one principle responsibility: to provide an atmosphere in which creative mavericks can do useful work.” -David Ogilvy
 
David Ogilvy was born in 1911.
 
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“Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others.” -Janette Oke
 
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“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way -things that I had no words for.” -Georgia O’Keefe
 
“Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous . . . Since I cannot sing, I paint.” -Georgia O’Keeffe
 
“The days you work are the best days.” -Georgia O’Keefe
 
“Where I was born and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.” -Georgia O’Keefe
 
Georgia Totto O’Keeffe was born on 15 November 1887 in Town of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States of America. She became an artist. Georgia Totto O’Keeffe passed on at 98 years of age on 6 March 1986 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America.
 
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” -Mary Oliver
 
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” -Mary Oliver
 
“You can have the other words - chance, luck, coincidence, serendipity. I’ll take grace. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’ll take it.” -Mary Oliver
 
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“Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold.” -Judith Olney
 
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“No matter how much we learn there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow:
I used to think I knew I knew.
But now I must confess.
The more I know I know
I know I know I know the less.”
-A. Ray Olpin
 
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“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do, and that often means living outside the limits of one’s comfort zone.” -Jeff Olson
 
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“A man’s work is in danger of deteriorating when he thinks he has found the one best formula for doing things. If he thinks that, he is likely to feel that all he needs is merely to go on repeating himself. So long as a person is searching for better ways of doing his work he is fairly safe.” -Eugene O’Neill
 
Eugene Gladstone O’Neill was born in 1888. He was an American playwright. Eugene Gladstone O’Neill passed on in 1953.
 
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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
The wise grows it under his feet.
-James Oppenheim: “The Wise”
 
James Oppenheim was born on 24 May 1882 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He became a short story writer, a novelist, and the founder and editor of “The Seven Arts” literary magazine. James Oppenheim passed on at 50 years of age on 4 August 1932 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
 
“Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
 
“In a free world, if it is to remain free, we must maintain, with our lives if need be, but surely by our lives, the opportunity for a man to learn anything.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer


“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
 
“The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
 
Julius Robert Oppenheimer, also known as J. Robert Oppenheimer, was born on 22 April 1904 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He became the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, and director of the Manhattan Project, which developed the first nuclear weapons, detonated on 16 July 1945, in the Trinity test in New Mexico. Julius Robert Oppenheimer passed on at 62 years of age on 18 February 1967 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.
 
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“Live your life so that if someone says ‘Be yourself,’ it’s good advice.” -Robert Orben
 
Robert Orben was born on 4 March 1927 in the United States of America. He is a magician and a comedy writer.
 
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“Be true to your word and your work and your friend.” -John Boyle O’Reilly: as quoted in James Jeffrey Roche: “The Life of John Boyle O’Reilly” (1891), ‘Rules of the Road’
 
John Boyle O’Reilly was born on 28 June 1844 in Dowth, County Meath, Republic of Ireland. He became an Irish-born American writer, poet, journalist, and advocate for Irish self-rule. His poems are found in his books, “Songs from the Southern Seas, and Other Poems” (1873), “Songs, Legends and Ballads” (1878), and in other works. John Boyle O’Reilly passed on at 46 years of age on 10 August 1890 in Hull, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“Whatever the thinker thinks, the prover proves.” -Leonard Orr
 
Leonard Orr was born on 15 November 1937 in Walton, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.” -Jose Ortega y Gasset
 
“The mass crushes beneath it everything that is different, everything that is excellent, individual, qualified, and select. Anybody who is not like everybody, who does not think like everybody, runs the risk of being eliminated.” -José Ortega y Gasset: “The Revolt of the Masses” (1929)
 
José Ortega y Gasset was born on 9 May 1883 in Madrid, Spain. He became a philosopher and an essayist. José Ortega y Gasset passed on at 72 years of age on 18 October 1955 in Madrid, Spain.
 
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“If you keep your mind sufficiently open, people will throw a lot of rubbish in it.” -W. A. Orton
 
William A. Orton.
 
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“Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” -Ronald E. Osborn
 
Ronald Edwin Osborn was born on 5 September 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. He became a Christian reverend. Ronald Edwin Osborn passed on at 81 years of age on 1 October 1998 in Lane County, Oregon, United States of America.
 
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“Being Politically Correct means always having to say you’re sorry.” -Charles Osgood
 
“I think the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is as great as it is because it’s become a labor of love. They love what they do.” -Charles Osgood
 
Charles Osgood Wood III, also known simply as Charles Osgood, was born on 8 January 1933 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He is a television and radio commentator and a writer. He is known for “The Osgood File” show, which first broadcast on the CBS Radio Network in 1971, and as the host of the “CBS News Sunday Morning” show (1994 - 2016).
 
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“We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.” -Arthur O’Shaughnessy
 
Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy was born on 14 March 1844 in London, England. He became a poet. Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy passed on at 36 years of age on 30 January 1881in London, England.
 
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“To be able to walk under the branches of a tree that you have planted is really to feel you have arrived with your garden. So far we are on the way: we can now stand beside ours.” -Mirabel Osler
 
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“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.” -William Osler
 
“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.” -William Osler: “Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings” (1961), page 105
 
“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.” -William Osler
 
“The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today’s work superbly well.” -William Osler
 
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”
 
“The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.” -William Osler
 
“To have striven, to have made an effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. We are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can from, life.” -William Osler
 
“To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.” -William Osler
 
“What is patience but an equanimity which enables you to rise superior to the trials of life.” -William Osler
 
“When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.” -William Osler
 
“Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher’s stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.” -William Osler
 
William Osler was born on 12 July 1849 in Bradford West Gwillimbury, Canada. He became a physician, a medical historian, and a scientist. William Osler passed on at 70 years of age on 29 December 1919 in Oxford, England.
 
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“If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it you might as well laugh about it now.” -Marie Osmond
 
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“Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” -Joel Osteen
 
“When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it’s not enough to just not dwell on it . . . You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.” -Joel Osteen
 
You have to take the good with the bad,
smile when you are sad,
love what you’ve got
and remember what you had.
Always forgive but not forget,
learn from your mistake but never regret,
people change, things go wrong,
just remember life goes on.
-Joel Osteen
 
“You cannot soar with the eagles as long as you hang out with the turkeys.” -Joel Osteen


Joel Osteen was born in 1963. He is a writer, a televangelist, and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Mister Osteen is known for sharing positive messages of hope and encouragement. His ministry reaches more than seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in more than one hundred countries.
 
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“Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.” -Herbert Otto
 
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“You must also give mental and physical fitness priority.” -Jim Otto
 
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“True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.” -Bill Owens
 
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“Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you’ll start believing in it.” -Jesse Owens
 
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” -Jesse Owens
 
“One chance is all you need.” -Jesse Owens
 
James Cleveland ‘Jesse’ Owens was born on 12 September 1913 in Oakville, Alabama, United States of America. He became a professional athlete. In 1935, he set six track and field world records in less than one hour. James Cleveland ‘Jesse’ Owens passed on at 66 years of age on 31 March 1980 in Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.
 
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“It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the Earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation.” -John Owen
 
John Owen was born in 1616. John Owen passed on in 1683.
 
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1/16/2024

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“My life is like one long obstacle course with me being the chief obstacle.” -Jack Paar
 
Jack Harold Paar was born on 1 May 1918 in Canton, Ohio, United States of America. He became a writer, a talk show host, and a comedian. He is known for being the host of the television talk show program, “The Tonight Show” (1957 - 1962). Jack Harold Paar passed on at 85 years of age on 27 January 2004 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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“We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown left behind.” -Clementine Paddleford
 
Clementine Paddleford was born on 27 September 1898 in Kansas, United States of America. She was a food writer. Clementine Paddleford passed on at 69 years of age on 13 November 1967.
 
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“Before I was a genius I was a drudge.” -Ignace Paderewski
 
Ignace Paderewski was born in 1860. Ignace Paderewski passed on in 1941.
 
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“Anything you can imagine probably is doable. You just have to imagine it and work on it.” -Larry Page (in 2012)
 
Larry Page is a co-founder of Google.
 
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“Don’t scrutinize people with a microscope; view them from a comfortable distance. And allow some room for compassion in the space the lies between you.” -Douglas Pagels
 
Douglas Pagels was born in 1950.
 
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“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.” -Satchel Paige
 
“Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one is watching.” -attributed to Satchel Paige
 
Leroy Robert ‘Satchel’ Paige was born in 1906. He became an American baseball player, and pitched in several leagues, including Major League Baseball. Leroy Robert ‘Satchel’ Paige passed on in 1982.
 
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“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are stacked against you.” -Arnold Palmer
 
“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.” -Arnold Palmer
 
“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting it is.” -Arnold Palmer
 
Arnold Daniel Palmer was born in 1929. Arnold Daniel Palmer passed on in 2016.
 
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“Praise is not only gratifying - it is the source of fresh energy, which can be measured in the laboratory. Dr. Henry H. Goddard, in his years at the Vineland Training school in New Jersey, used the ‘Ergograph,’ an instrument devised to measure fatigue. When an assistant said to a tired child at the instrument, ‘You are doing fine, John,’ the boy’s energy - curve soared. Discouragement and faultfinding were found to have a measurable opposite effect.” -Gretta Palmer
 
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“She felt . . . well, not beautiful, but something better: knowing she didn’t have to be.” -Mary C. Pangborn
 
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“For every beauty, there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth, there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love, there is a heart somewhere to receive it.” -Ivan Panin
 
Ivan Panin was born in 1855. Ivan Panin passed on in 1942.
 
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“The argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuable argument in modern politics.” -Emmeline Pankhurst
 
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“I don’t care what is written about me so long as it isn’t true.” -Dorothy Parker
 
“People are more fun than anybody.” -Dorothy Parker
 
“There is entirely too much charm around and something must be done to stop it.” -Dorothy Parker: ‘These Much Too Charming People’ in “The New Yorker” (1928) magazine
 
“They sicken of the calm that know the storm.” -Dorothy Parker
 
“To keep something, you must care for it - to care for it you must understand what kind of care it requires.” -Dorothy Parker
 
Dorothy Parker was born as Dorothy Rothschild on 22 August 1893 in Long Beach, New Jersey, United States of America. She became a short-story writer, a poet, a screenwriter, a humorist, a critic, and a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Dorothy Parker passed on at 73 years of age on 7 June 1967 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Reforms come from below. No man with four aces howls for a new deal.” -John F. Parker
 
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“No man is so great as mankind.” -Theodore Parker
 
Theodore Parker was born in 1810. Theodore Parker passed on in 1860.
 
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“The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.” -C. Northcote Parkinson: as quoted in “The Economist” (1987), volume 303
 
“Work expands so as to fill the time for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase: ‘It is the busiest man who has time to spare.’” -C. Northcote Parkinson
 
Cyril Northcote Parkinson, also known as C. Northcote Parkinson, was born in 1909. He was an English writer. Cyril Northcote Parkinson passed on in 1993.
 
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“A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.” -Ara Parseghian (born 1923)
 
Ara Parseghian was born in 1923. He was a head coach for the University of Notre Dame football team (1964 - 1974).
 
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“Man is born to live, not to prepare to live.” -Boris Pasternak
 
“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” -Boris Pasternak
 
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was born on 10 February 1890 in Moscow, Russia. He became a writer. Boris Leonidovich Pasternak passed on at 70 years of age on 30 May 1960 in Peredelkino, Russia.
 
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“In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.” -Louis Pasteur: lecture (1854)
 
Louis Pasteur was born on 27 December 1822 in Dole, Jura, France. He became a chemist and a microbiologist. He is known as the inventor of the pasteurization process. Louis Pasteur passed on at 72 years of age on 29 September 1895 in St. Cloud, France.
 
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“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” -Patanjali
 
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“As you express joy, you draw it out of those you meet, creating joyful people and joyful events. The greater the joy you express, the more joy you experience.” -Arnold Patent
 
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“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” -Joe Paterno
 
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“It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.” -Alan Paton
 
“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that they are not mended again.” -Alan Paton
 
“To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.” -Alan Paton
 
Alan Stewart Paton was born in 1903. He was a South African writer. Alan Stewart Paton passed on in 1988.
 
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“An executive is a man who decides; sometimes he decides right, but always he decides.” -John H. Patterson
 
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“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” -Linus Pauling
 
Linus Carl Pauling was born on 28 February 1901. He was an American chemist, biochemist, writer, and educator. He is known as one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology. Linus Carl Pauling passed on in 1994.
 
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“Concentration is everything. On the day I’m performing, I don’t hear anything anyone says to me.” -Luicano Pavarotti
 
Luicano Pavarotti was born in 1935.
 
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“The only joy in the world is to begin.” -Cesare Pavese
 
Cesare Pavese was born in 1908. He was an Italian novelist, poet, and translator. Cesare Pavese passed on in 1950.
 
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“If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work.” -Steve Pavlina
 
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“Ideas go booming through the world louder than cannon. Thoughts are mightier than armies. Principles have achieved more victories than horsemen or chariots.” -Paxton
 
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“Find a need and fill it.” -Ruth Stafford Peale
 
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“That’s what life is all about: remembering someone and smiling!” -Minnie Pearl
 
Minnie Pearl is a pseudonym of Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon, who was born on 25 October 1912. Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon passed on in 1996.
 
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“True joy results when we become aware of our connectedness to everything.” -Paul Pearsall
 
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“Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.” -Hesketh Pearson
 
Hasketh Pearson was born in 1887. Hasketh Pearson passed on in 1964.
 
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“By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening.” -M. Scott Peck
 
Morgan Scott Peck, also known as M. Scott Peck, was born on 22 May 1936 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a psychiatrist and a writer. He is known as the author of the books, “The Road Less Traveled” (1978) and “People of the Lie” (1983). Morgan Scott Peck passed on at 69 years of age on 25 September 2005 in Connecticut, United States of America. Website http://mscottpeck.com/.
 
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Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen;
Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.
-George Peele
 
George Peele was born in about 1558. George Peele passed on in about 1597.
 
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“One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you.” -Dennis A. Peer
 
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“I am a member of the rabble in good standing.” -Westbrook Pegler
 
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“There is a tendency among some Pagans to want to be back in, let us say, sixth-century Wales, instead of wanting a ‘transformed’ world. Going back to sixth-century Wales is a fantasy that is dear to me. It’s part of the archetypal dream. But that is all it is. Nobody really wants to go back into the past except a bunch of space cookies. It is not modern technology that is desensitizing. It is the misuse of it that is.” -Gwydion Pendderwen
 
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“The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.” -Alexander Penney
 
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“Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.” -J. C. Penney
 
“I will have no man work for me who has not the capacity to become a partner.” -J. C. Penney
 
“My definition of an executive’s job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.” -J. C. Penney
 
“No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power.” -J. C. Penney
 
“The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.” -J. C. Penney
 
“The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.” -J. C. Penney
 
James Cash Penney, Junior, also known as J. C. Penney, was born on 16 September 1875 in Hamilton, Missouri, United States of America. He was an American businessman and entrepreneur who, in 1902, founded J. C. Penney. In 1898, he began working for a small chain of stores in the western United States called the Golden Rule stores. In 1902, owners Guy Johnson and Thomas Callahan, impressed by his work ethic and salesmanship, offered him one-third partnership in a new store he would open. Penney invested $2,000 and moved to Kemmerer, Wyoming, to open a store there. He participated in opening two more stores, and when Callahan and Johnson dissolved their partnership in 1907, he purchased full interest in all three stores. James Cash Penney, Junior passed on at 95 years of age on 12 February 1971 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.” -Samuel Pepys
 
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“If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with total integrity, the rest will take care of itself.” -Frank Perdue
 
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“No man is free who depends on his government for his sustenance, job, home, or hope. No constitution, no court, no law can save liberty when it dies in the hearts and minds of men.” -John Perkins
 
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“My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird.” -Stephanie Perkins
 
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“Someday may never come. So live each day better than the last. That way you’ll wake up with so much excitement and anticipation you’ll jump out of bed and shout, ‘I can’t wait!’” -Bob Perks
 
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“Eagles don’t flock, you have to find them one at a time.” -Ross Perot
 
“Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.” -Ross Perot
 
“Most new jobs won’t come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We’ve got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.” -Ross Perot
 
“Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they’re going to make mistakes.” -Ross Perot
 
“Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You’d be amazed how many companies don’t listen to their customers.” -Ross Perot
 
“The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.” -Ross Perot
 
Henry Ross ‘Ross’ Perot was born on 27 June 1930 in Texarkana, Texas, United States of America. He was an American businessman, philanthropist, and independent candidate for the office of the President of the United States of America in 1992 and 1996. Henry Ross ‘Ross’ Perot passed on at 89 years of age on 9 July 2019 in Dallas, Texas, United States of America. Website https://www.rossperot.com/.
 
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“A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.” -John J. Pershing
 
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“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” -Tom Peters
 
“Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.” -Tom Peters
 
“Management by wandering around may be the most important thing managers can do to improve work quality and productivity.” -Tom Peters
 
“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.” -Tom Peters
 
“Treat the customer as an appreciating asset.” -Tom Peters (1987)
 
“We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails . . . excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.” -Tom Peters
 
Thomas J. ‘Tom’ Peters was born in 1942. He is a writer and a speaker.
 
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“Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern, live your own life, and follow your own star.” -Wilferd Peterson
 
“Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love.” -Wilferd Peterson
 
“The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.” -Wilferd Peterson
 
“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground.” -Wilferd Peterson
 
Wilferd Arlan Peterson was born in 1900 in Whitehall, Michigan, United States of America. He was a writer for “This Week,” a Sunday magazine supplement in newspapers, a monthly columnist for “Science of Mind” magazine, and author of nine books, starting with, “The Art of Getting Along: Inspiration for Triumphant Daily Living” (1949). Wilferd Arlan Peterson passed on in 1995.
 
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“The experience may have been costly, but it was also priceless.” -Peter G. Peterson
 
Peter G. Peterson was born in 1926.
 
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“A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.” -Francesco Petrarch: as quoted in Bergen Evans: “Dictionary of Quotations” (1968)
 
“Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.” -Francesco Petrarca
 
Francesco Petrarca, also known as Francesco Petrarch, was born on 20 July 1304. He was a scholar and poet of Renaissance Italy. He is known for developing the concept of the ‘Dark Ages.’ Francesco Petrarca passed on at 69 years of age on 19 July 1374.
 
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“He has gone over to the majority.” -Petronius
 
“We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.” -Petronius (about C.E. 60)
 
Petronius Arbiter, also known simply as Petronius, was a courtier during the reign of Nero in ancient Rome. He is generally believed to be the author of the “Satyricon,” a satirical novel possibly written during the Neronian era.
 
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“Wear the old coat and buy the new book.” -Austin Phelps
 
Austin Phelps was born on 7 January 1820 in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a Christian pastor and a college professor and president of Andover Theological Seminary. Austin Phelps passed on at 70 years of age on 13 October 1890 in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America.
 
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“If happiness truly consists in physical ease and freedom of care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow.” -William Lyon Phelps
 
“The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality.” -William Lyon Phelps
 
William Lyon ‘Billy’ Phelps was born on 2 January 1865 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America. He became a writer, a radio show host, a newspaper columnist, and a professor of English literature. William Lyon ‘Billy’ Phelps passed on at 78 years of age on 21 August 1943 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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“Great wealth and content seldom live together.” -Bob Phillips
 
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“Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.” -Bum Phillips
 
Oail Andrew ‘Bum’ Phillips, Junior was born on 29 September 1923 in Orange, Texas, United States of America. He became a football coach at the high school, college, and professional levels. Oail Andrew ‘Bum’ Phillips, Junior passed on at 90 years of age on 18 October 2013 in Goliad, Texas, United States of America.
 
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“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” -Wendell Phillips
 
“What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.” -Wendell Phillips
 
Wendell Phillips was born on 29 November 1811 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a lawyer and an orator (public speaker). He opened a law practice in 1834 in Boston. Wendell Phillips passed on in 1884.
 
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“Funny thing, but we always think every other man’s job is easier than our own. And the better he does it, the easier it looks.” -Eden Phillpotts
 
Eden Phillpotts was born in 1862. He was a novelist, a playwright, and a poet who published more than 250 books. Eden Phillpotts passed on in 1960.
 
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“Life is what we make it and the world is what we make it. The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.” -Albert Pike
 
“To hear patiently, to weigh deliberately and dispassionately, and to decide impartially; these are the chief duties of a Judge.” -Albert Pike
 
Albert Pike was born on 29 December 1809. He was an American lawyer, soldier, journalist, and writer. He is the only Confederate military officer to be honored with an outdoor statue in Washington, District of Columbia (in Judiciary Square). Albert Pike passed on at 81 years of age on 2 April 1891.
 
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“Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.” -Peace Pilgrim
 
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“Thinking positive thoughts will always empower you! Do it enough and it will change your life!” -Timothy Pina
 
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“It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, ‘Go away, I’m looking for the truth,’ and so it goes away. Puzzling.” -Robert M. Pirsig
 
“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands.” -Robert M. Pirsig
 
“We’re in such a hurry most of the time that we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it’s all gone.” -Robert M. Pirsig
 
Robert Maynard Pirsig was born on 6 September 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America. He is an American philosopher and writer.
 
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“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” -Camille Pissarro
 
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“He means well is useless unless he does well.” -Titus Maccius Plautus
 
“The day, water, Sun, Moon, night . . . I do not have to purchase these things with money.” -Titus Maccius Plautus
 
“Where there are friends, there is wealth.” -Titus Maccius Plautus
 
Titus Maccius Plautus was born in about 254 B.C.E. He was a Roman comic dramatist. He is known as the author of ‘Palliata Comoedia.’ Titus Maccius Plautus passed on in about 184 B.C.E.
 
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“. . . it’s not how other people treat you that makes you important and honorable. Rather, it’s how you treat others.” -Zelig Pliskin: “Building Your Self-image and the Self-image of Others,” Chapter 2
 
“A person with low self-esteem tends to overlook the positive things he has done, and instead focuses solely on his failures and mistakes. To help increase someone’s self-esteem and confidence, help him become aware of his strengths and resources. Even if someone has many faults and weaknesses, he certainly has shown some positive behavior from time to time. By pointing out how he has succeeded in a past endeavor, or how he was successful in learning at least one thing, or how he manifested strength and courage in a specific situation, you are giving him a powerful resource upon which he can build. You have the ability to raise someone’s entire self-image and encourage him to achieve important goals. This is a tremendous act of kindness.” -Zelig Pliskin: “Gateway to Happiness,” page 134
 
“Be aware of the positive attributes and behaviors of the people with whom you come into contact and help them build upon their strengths. Encouragement is a much more powerful tool for change and growth than blaming and condemning. You can bring about miracles in people’s lives if you believe in their potential.” -Rabbi Zelig Pliskin: “Gateway to Happiness,” page 388
 
“Be soft spoken: Always speak to others in a manner that makes it a pleasurable experience for them. Your tone of voice should be calm and pleasant. Do not speak in anger or raise your voice.” -Rabbi Zelig Pliskin: “Consulting the Wise”
 
“Encourage With Acknowledgment: If you try to teach someone and he understands a small amount, focus on the small amount he does understand and acknowledge this in order to motivate him further.” -Rabbi Zelig Pliskin
 
“Everyone in the world from the most successful to the least needs encouragement. Make it your career to give others encouragement.” -Rabbi Zelig Pliskin: “Gateway to Happiness,” page 388
 
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“Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too, as in certain combinations of words and in all kinds of music; for melodies and cadences are beautiful; and minds that lift themselves above the realm of sense to a higher order are aware of beauty in the conduct of life, in actions, in character, in the pursuits of the intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues.” -Plotinus
 
“Beauty is rather a light that plays over the symmetry of things than that symmetry itself.” -Plotinus
 
“Knowledge has three degrees - opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.” -Plotinus
 
Plotinus was born in about C.E. 205 in Lycopolis, Egypt. He was a philosopher of ancient Greece. He became a philosopher and was a co-founder along with Ammonius Saccas of Neoplatonism. He is known for his three principles: the One, the Intellect, and the Soul. Plotinus passed on at about 65 years of age in C.E. 270 near Minturnae, Campania, Italy.
 
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“To practice freedom is to tolerate mistakes, not in the sense of inviting or cultivating error, but as one of the prices to be paid in the endless search for improved ways and means toward meeting man’s rising expectations.” -Paul L. Poirot
 
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“We know more than we can tell.” -Michael Polanyi
 
Michael Polanyi was born in 1891. He was a Hungarian-born British scientist and philosopher. Michael Polanyi passed on in 1976.
 
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“Work is what you do so that some time you won’t have to do it anymore.” -Alfred Polgar
 
Alfred Polgar was born in 1873. He became an essayist. Alfred Polgar passed on in 1955.
 
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“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.” -John G. Pollard
 
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“Do not allow your dreams of a beautiful world to lure you away from the claims of men who suffer here and now. Our fellow men have a claim to our help; no generation must be sacrificed for the sake of future generations.” -Karl Popper
 
Karl Raimund Popper was born on 28 July 1902 in Vienna, Austria. He was an Austrian-born British philosopher of science. Karl Raimund Popper passed on in 1994.
 
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“A full heart has room for everything and an empty heart has room for nothing.” -Antonio Porchia: “Voces” (1943), as translated from Spanish by W. S. Merwin
 
“One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.” -Antonio Porchia
 
“They will say you are on the wrong road if it is your own.” -Antonio Porchia
 
Antonio Porchia was born on 13 November 1885 in Conflenti, Italy. He became a poet. He moved to Argentina in 1900. He is known as the author of a book of aphorisms titled, “Voces” (English: “Voices”) (1943). Antonio Porchia passed on at 82 years of age on 9 November 1968.
 
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“What men and women need is encouragement . . . Instead of always harping on a man’s faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits.” -Eleanor H. Porter: “Pollyanna” (1912)
 
Eleanor H. Porter was born in 1868. Eleanor H. Porter passed on in 1920.
 
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“The technique of infamy is to invent two lies, then get people arguing heatedly over which one of them is true.” -Ezra Pound
 
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was born on 30 October 1885. He married Dorothy Shakespear in 1914. He was an American expatriate writer, a poet, and a critic who lived in Asia. His best-known works include “Ripostes” (1912), “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley” (1920), and his unfinished 120-section epic “The Cantos” (1917 - 1969). Ezra Weston Loomis Pound passed on at 87 years of age on 1 November 1972.
 
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“We have to stop constantly criticizing, which is the way of the malcontent, and instead get back to the can-do attitude that made America.” -Colin Powell
 
Colin Powell was born in 1937.
 
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“I’d rather be a climbing ape than a falling angel.” -Terry Pratchett
 
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” -Terry Pratchett
 
Terrence David John ‘Terry’ Pratchett was born on 28 April 1948 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. He became a fantasy novelist. Terrence David John ‘Terry’ Pratchett passed on at 66 years of age on 12 March 2015 in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England.
 
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“If anyone wants to understand the course of man on Earth he must consider the fact of the long pause, three million years on the level of savagery, ten thousand years on the level of dependence on the fruits of hand labor, and a hundred or a hundred and fifty years of sudden sharp rise. One hundred or 150 years is the time included in what we call progress in man’s history.” -E. Parmalee Prentice
 
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“A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty saying are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.” -George D. Prentice: “Prenticeana” (1860)
 
“It is vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.” -George D. Prentice
 
George Dennison Prentice was born on 18 December 1802 in Preston, Connecticut, United States of America. He was the editor of the “Louisville Journal” newspaper of Louisville, Kentucky. George Dennison Prentice passed on at 67 years of age on 22 January 1870 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America.
 
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“Like sands through the hourglass so are the days of our lives.” -attributed to Ed Prentiss: “Days of Our Lives” (1965) television show series
 
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“Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.” -Steven Pressfield
 
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“I think by being happy it actually affects the way that you look, too.” -Kelly Preston
 
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“The great doing of little things makes the great life.” -Eugenia Price
 
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“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” -J. B. Priestley
 
“To show a child what has once delighted you, to find the child’s delight added to your own, so that there is now a double delight seen in the glow of trust and affection, this is happiness.” -J. B. Priestley
 
John Boynton Priestley, also known as J. B. Priestley, was born in 1894. He was married to Jacquetta Hawkes. He became an English novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, essayist, social commentator, and broadcaster. His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in “The Good Companions,” which first brought him to wide public notice. Many of his plays are structured around a time slip, and he went on to develop a new theory of time, with different dimensions that link past, present and future. John Boynton Priestley passed on in 1984.
 
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“Good work is dignified. It develops your faculties and serves your community. It is a central human activity. Work in this view: makes you honest with yourself requires that you develop your faculties and skills empowers you to do what you are really good at and love to do connects you in a compassionate way with the outside world supports the philosophy of non-destructiveness and sustainability and integrates work with personal life and community.” -Roger Pritchard
 
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“As an inducement to hard work and economy nothing beats a big family.” -Herbert V. Prochnow
 
“Ignorance is a voluntary condition.” -Herbert V. Prochnow
 
Herbert Victor Prochnow, Senior was born on 19 May 1897 in Wilton, Wisconsin, United States of America. He became a banker, an event toastmaster, and a writer. Herbert Victor Prochnow, Senior passed on at 101 years of age on 29 September 1998 in Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.
 
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Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife,
Some pure ideal of a noble life
That once seemed possible? Did we not hear
The flutter of its wings, and feel it near,
And just within our reach? It was. And yet
We lost it in this daily jar and fret,
And now live idle in a vague regret;
But still our place is kept, and it will wait,
Ready for us to fill it, soon or late.
No star is ever lost we once have seen,
We always may be what we might have been.
-Adelaide Anne Procter: “A Legend of Provence”
 
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“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” -Marcel Proust
 
“Like everybody who is not in love he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.” -Marcel Proust
 
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” -Marcel Proust
 
“We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.” -Marcel Proust
 
Marcel Proust was born on 10 July 1871. He was a French novelist. Marcel Proust passed on at 51 years of age on 22 November 1922.
 
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“You don’t have to be smart. You don’t have to be beautiful. All you have to do is be yourself.” -Richard Pryor
 
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was born on 1 December 1940 in Peoria, Illinois, United States of America. He became a stand-up comedian and an actor. Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor passed on at 65 years of age on 10 December 2005 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.” -Ptahhotep: “Maxims of Ptahhotep” (3400 B.C.E.)
 
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“They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29 to 1. They can’t get away from us now!” -Lewis B. ‘Chesty’ Puller
 
Lewis B. ‘Chesty’ Puller was a soldier in the United States Marine Corps.
 
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“We have to be all those difficult things like cheerful and kind and curious and brave and patient; and we’ve got to study and think, and work hard, all of us, in all our different worlds.” -Philip Pullman: “His Dark Materials” (1995 - 2000), page 1300; type of work: trilogy
 
Philip Pullman was born on 19 October 1946. He is a writer.
 
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“Those who wait to take action until they find themselves in a desperate situation face more difficulties than they need to.” -Catherine Pulsifer
 
“Don’t feed your mind with negative thoughts. If you do, you will come to believe them.” -Catherine Pulsifer
 
Catherine Pulsifer was born in 1927.
 
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“Strong people are ones who can smile for others’ happiness.” -Veronica Purcell
 
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Dance like there’s nobody watching,
     love like you’ll never be hurt.
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
     and live like it’s Heaven on Earth.
-William W. Purkey
 
William W. Purkey was born in 1929. He is an American writer and a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the developer of a communication model called “Invitational Education” and co-founder with Betty Siegel of the International Alliance for Invitational Education.
 
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“Fear and worry are just the misuse of the creative powers we originally got to dream.” -Jannie Putter
 
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“And now for something completely different.” -Monty Python

“I think ordinary people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary people in this country are sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am!” -Monty Python
 
“If life seems jolly rotten, there’s something you’ve forgotten! And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing . . .” -Monty Python

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Quotations By Authors Qa Through Qz

1/15/2024

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“None of us just pop into the world fully formed, so it’s the little facts that make us.” -Thomm Quackenbush: “We Shadows”
 
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“In a fair gale every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot.” -Francis Quarles
 
The way to bliss lies not on beds of down,
And he that had no cross deserves no crown.
-Francis Quarles
 
Francis Quarles was born in 1592. Francis Quarles passed on in 1644.
 
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“You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this, nothing works unless you do.” -Nido Qubein
 
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” -Nido Qubein
 
Nido Qubein was born in 1948. He is a Lebanon-born American writer, business consultant, and motivational speaker.
 
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“If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.” -Robert Quillen
 
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“You get the most of what you need the least.” -Jane Bryant Quinn: ‘Staying Ahead’ syndicated newspaper column published in “Washington Post” (1975) newspaper
 
Jane Bryant Quinn was born on 5 February 1939 in Niagara Falls, New York, United States of America. She is a financial writer.
 
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“When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.” -Josiah Quincy
 
Josiah Quincy was born in 1744. Josiah Quincy passed on in 1775.
 
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“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.” -Anna Quindlen
 
“You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are. So I suppose the best piece of advice I could give anyone is pretty simple: get a life.” -Anna Quindlen: “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”
 
Anna Quindlen was born in 1952. She is an American writer.
 
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“Today, as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.” -Edgar Quinet: “Philosophy of Human History” (1825)
 
Edgar Quinet was born on 17 February 1803 in Bourg-en-Bresse, département of Ain. He became a historian and a writer. Edgar Quinet passed on at 72 years of age on 27 March 1875 in Versailles, France.
 
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“A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.” -Quintilian
 
“If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.” -Quintilian
 
“The learned understand the theory of art, the unlearned its pleasure.” -Quintilian: “De Institutione Oratoria”
 
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, also known simply as Quintilian or Quintillian or Quinctilian, was born in about C.E. 35 in Calagurris, Fibularia, Hispania (now Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain). He was an orator and rhetorician of ancient Rome. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus passed on in about C.E. 100.
 
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Quotations By Authors Ra Through Rz

1/14/2024

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“Nature abhors a vacuum.” -François Rabelais
 
François Rabelais was born in 1494 in Chinon, Touraine, France. He became a monk, a satirist, and a physician. François Rabelais passed away on 9 April 1553 in Meudon, France.
 
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“And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become victims of our feelings, unless we can in some way command them.”-Anne Radcliffe
 
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“All you need lies within you.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
 
“As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
 
“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
 
“Change of any sort requires courage.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
 
Mary Anne Radmacher was born on 28 June 1957 in Portland, Oregon, United States of America. She is a writer. Website: http://www.MaryAnneRadmacher.net/.
 
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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” -Gilda Radner
 
Gilda Radner was born in 1946. She was an American actress and comedienne. Gilda Radner passed on in 1989.
 
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“Faith and optimism are contagious.” -Thom S. Rainer
 
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“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not the desire to beat others.” -Ayn Rand
 
“Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.” -Ayn Rand
 
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals differed, but they all had this in common: that the step was first, the road new, the vision unborrowed, and the response they received - hatred. The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought was opposed. Every great new invention was denounced. The first motor was considered foolish. The airplane was considered impossible. The power loom was considered vicious. Anesthesia was considered sinful. But the men of unborrowed vision went ahead. They fought, they suffered, and they paid. But they won.” -Ayn Rand: “The Fountainhead” (1943)
 
“To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it.” -Ayn Rand
 
“Whether it’s a symphony or a coal mine, all work is an act of creating.” -Ayn Rand
 
Ayn Rand is a pseudonym of Alice O’Connor, who was born as Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum on 2 February 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. She became a playwright, a screenwriter, and a novelist. She is known as the author of “The Fountainhead” (1943) and “Atlas Shrugged” (1957), and as the creator of the Objectivism philosophy, which among other things advocated rational individualism and laissez-faire capitalism.. Ayn Rand passed on at 77 years of age on 6 March 1982 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Never needlessly disturb a thing at rest.” -John Randolph
 
John Randolph was born in 1773. John Randolph passed on in 1833.
 
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“The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be the boss.” -Diane Ravitch
 
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“Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love, light, and compassion. Life will be beautiful.” -Amit Ray
 
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“Not a day passes over this Earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.” -Charles Reed
 
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“If we all tried to make other people’s paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.” -Myrtle Reed
 
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“This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.” -Scott Reed
 
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“Some people have such open minds that nothing stays in them long.” -J. Tudor Rees
 
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“It is worth noting that the people today who so vehemently wish to sweep religion from all public spaces and institutions are also the same people who consistently oppose freedom. They want only one God; the state, which of course they intend to run.” -Charley Reese: “Jefferson Speaks” (29 November 2002)
 
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“If you take care of the little things, the big things take care of themselves.” -R. Reese
 
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“You make a choice or set a goal and let people know about it. Then just getting started leads to the discovery of internal resources that help us to go further than we ever thought we could.” -Christopher Reeve: “Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life” (2002)
 
Christopher D’Olier Reeve was born on 25 September 1952 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became an actor. He is known for his portrayal of the fictional character Superman. Christopher D’Olier Reeve passed on at 52 years of age on 10 October 2004 in Mount Kisco, New York, United States of America.
 
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“You can if you think you can.” -George Reeves (similar quotation attributed to Henry Ford)
 
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“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.” -Keanu Reeves
 
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“Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.” -Orson Rega
 
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“Don’t overlook the obvious.” -Verna Reid
 
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“Our work-a-day lives are filled with opportunities to bless others. The power of a single glance or an encouraging smile must never be underestimated.” -G. Richard Reiger: as quoted in “Attitudes of Gratitude,” page 39
 
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“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” -Francesca Reigler
 
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“I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.” -Jules Renard
 
“The truly free man is the one who will turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.” -Jules Renard
 
Pierre-Jules Renard, also known simply as Jules Renard, was born on 22 February 1864 in Châlons-du-Maine, Mayenne, France. He became a novelist and a dramatist. Pierre-Jules Renard passed on at 46 years of age on 22 May 1910 in Paris, France.
 
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“The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.” -Agnes Repplier
 
Agnes Repplier was born on 1 April 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She became an essayist. Agnes Repplier passed on at 92 years of age on 15 December 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
 
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“The secret of my success is my ability to attract exceptionally able men and to treat them with so much respect that they never leave.” -Stanley Resor
 
Stanley Resor was born in 1879. Stanley Resor passed on in 1962.
 
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“I’m very determined and stubborn. There’s a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.” -Mary Lou Retton
 
Mary Lou ‘Loo’ Retton was born on 24 January 1968 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America. She became an Olympic gymnast.
 
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“Never depend upon your genius: if you have talent, industry will improve it; if you have none, industry will supply the deficiency.” -Joshua Reynolds
 
Joshua Reynolds was born in 1723. He was an English painter. Joshua Reynolds passed on in 1792.
 
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“I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.” -Cecil Rhodes
 
Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. He became a businessman, a diamond mining magnate, and a Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890 - 1896). Cecil John Rhodes passed on at 48 years of age on 26 March 1902 in Muizenberg, Cape Colony (now South Africa).
 
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“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.” -Anne Rice: “The Witching Hour” (1990)
 
Anne Rice was born in 1941. She is an American writer.
 
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“It doesn’t matter where you came from. It only matters where you’re going.” -Condoleezza Rice
 
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“Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.” -Grantland Rice
 
Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice was born in 1880. He was an American journalist and sports writer. Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice passed on in 1954.
 
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“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” -Norman B. Rice
 
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“One of the great lessons I’ve learned in athletics is that you’ve got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you’ve got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.” -Bob Richards
 
“You are what you think you are.” -Bob Richards
 
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“All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.” -Mary Caroline Richards: “Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person” (2011), page 41
 
“Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.” -Mary Caroline Richards: “Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person” (2011), page 8
 
Mary Caroline Richards was born in 1916. She was an American teacher, poet, and potter. Mary Caroline Richards passed on in 1999.
 
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“You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.” -Stephen Richards
 
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Big whorls have little whorls
     Which feed on their velocity,
And little whorls have lesser whorls
     And so on to viscosity.
-Lewis Fry Richardson
 
Lewis Fry Richardson was born on 11 October 1881 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, Scotland. He became a mathematician, a physicist, and a psychologist. Lewis Fry Richardson passed on at 71 years of age on 30 September 1953 in Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland.
 
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“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s.” -Jean Paul Richter
 
“A scholar knows no boredom.” -Jean Paul Richter
 
“Cheerfulness is the atmosphere under which all things thrive.” -Jean Paul Richter
 
“No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much.” -Jean Paul Richter
 
“Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.” -Jean Paul Richter: “Titan” (1803)
 
“Women cure all their sorrows by talking.” -Jean Paul Richter
 
Jean Paul Richter is a pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, who was born on 21 March 1763 in Wunsiedel, Holy Roman Empire (now Wunsiedel, Germany). He became a humor novelist. Johann Paul Friedrich Richter passed on at 62 years of age on 14 November 1825 in Bayreuth, German Confederation (now Bayreuth, Germany).
 
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“The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality, and Independence.” -Edward Rickenbacker
 
“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.” -Edward Rickenbacker
 
Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker was born on 8 October 1890 in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. He became an American fighter pilot with the rank of captain during World War 1, and later a businessman. Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker passed on at 82 years of age on 23 July 1973 in Zürich, Switzerland.
 
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“Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society. Each year we send more and receive less.” -Al Ries
 
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“Have you ever watched a stone cutter at work? He will hammer at a rock for perhaps 100 times without a crack showing on it. Then, at the 101st blow, it will split in two. It is not that blow alone which accomplished the result, but the 100 others that went before it as well.” -Jacob A. Riis
 
“The more I live the more I think that humor is the saving sense.” -Jacob A. Riis
 
“When nothing seems to help I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two and I know it was not that blow that did it but all that had gone before.” -Jacob A. Riis
 
Jacob August Riis was born in 1849. He was a photographer and a reporter. Jacob August Riis passed on in 1914.
 
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“Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.” -James Whitcomb Riley
 
James Whitcomb Riley was born on 7 October 1849 in a two-room cabin in Greenfield, Indiana, United States of America. He became a writer and a poet. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that he wrote, the majority are in dialect. His best-known works include “Little Orphant Annie” and “The Raggedy Man.” He served on the staff of the “Indianapolis Journal” newspaper. James Whitcomb Riley passed on at 66 years of age on 22 July 1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.
 
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“Don’t let other people tell you what you want.” -Pat Riley
 
“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” -Pat Riley
 
“Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.” -Pat Riley
 
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” -Pat Riley
 
“Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won’t get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.” -Pat Riley
 
Pat Riley is a basketball coach.
 
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“For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate the last test and proof the work for which all other work is but preparation.” -Rainer Maria Rilke
 
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, also known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was born on 4 December 1875 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He became a poet and a novelist. René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke passed on at 51 years of age on 29 December 1926 in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland.
 
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“Believe it or not.” -R. L. Ripley
 
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“You look at any giant corporation, and I mean the biggies, and they all started with a guy with an idea, doing it well.” -Irvine Robbins
 
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“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” -Cavett Robert
 
Cavett Robert was born 14 November 1907 in Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America. In 1973, he founded the National Speakers Association. Cavett Robert passed on at 89 years of age on 15 September 1997.
 
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“Seek your joy in what you give and not in what you get.” -Evan Roberts
 
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“There is nothing wrong with dreaming, so let the dreamers dream on. But for those who are realistic about making money and becoming financially secure, you have to set realistic goals and work towards meeting those goals.” -John M. Roberts
 
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“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” -Nora Roberts
 
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“Few men suspect how much mere talk fritters away spiritual energy - that which should be spent in action, spends itself in words. Hence he who restrains that love of talk lays up a fund of spiritual strength.” -F. W. Robertson
 
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“The penalty of leadership is loneliness.” -H. Wheeler Robinson
 
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“Shared grief diminishes, but shared joy increases.” -Spider Robinson
 
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“To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.” -Sugar Ray Robinson
 
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“Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it’s letting go.” -Sylvia Robinson
 
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“There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet; but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.” -Victor Robinson
 
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“There is a fundamental law that the tissue of the human body will waste away through idleness and disuse. Conversely muscles and vessel that are stressed grow and increase in capacity. This same basic law also applies to spiritual and intellectual growth and can be achieved only by continual nourishment and effort in day-to-day living.” -Clarence F. Robison
 
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“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.” -David Rockefeller
 
David Rockefeller, Senior was born on 12 June 1915 in New York City, New York, United States of America He became a banker, a public servant, and a philanthropist. He is known as a chairman and chief executive officer of the Chase Manhattan Corporation. David Rockefeller, Senior passed on at 101 years of age on 20 March 2017 in Pacantico Hills, New York, United States of America.
 
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“I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common, not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.” -John D. Rockefeller, Junior
 
John Davison Rockefeller, Junior was born on 29 January 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. He became a financier and a philanthropist. John Davison Rockefeller, Junior passed on at 86 years of age on 11 May 1960 in Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.
 
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“I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere moneymaking has never been my goal. I had an ambition to build.” -John D. Rockefeller, Senior: as quoted in Allen Nevins: “Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller,” volume 1
 
“I would rather earn one percent off one hundred people’s efforts than one hundred percent of my own efforts.” -John D. Rockefeller: “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth” (3 March 2015)
 
“It requires a better type of mind to seek out and to support or to create the new than to follow the worn paths of accepted success.” -John D. Rockefeller: “Random Reminiscences of Men and Events” (1909), chapter VI
 
“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the Sun.” -John D. Rockefeller
 
“To Others.” -John D. Rockefeller: replying to the question as to what he attributed his success
 
“Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” -John D. Rockefeller: as attributed in Peter Collier and David Horowitz: “The Rockefellers” (1976)
 
John Davison Rockefeller, Senior was born on 8 July 1839. He was an American industrialist and philanthropist. In 1870, he co-founded the Standard Oil Company. John Davison Rockefeller, Senior passed on at 97 years of age on 23 May 1937.
 
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You got to have a dream
If you don’t have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?
-Rogers and Hammerstein
 
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“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” -Rikki Rogers
 
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“Within most human beings lies a great resource normally untapped, but there, waiting to be summoned up in moments of stress. Call it strength, courage - whatever it is, it pulls us through against the longest odds.” -Ruth Roman: commenting after the rescue at sea of herself and her son, following the sinking of the ship “Andrea Doria”
 
Ruth Roman was born in 1922. She was an American actress. Ruth Roman passed on in 1999.
 
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“The quickest way to become an old dog is to stop learning new tricks.” -John Rooney
 
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“At the right time, in the right light, everything is extraordinary.” -Aaron Rose
 
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“Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many you brought with you.” -Will Rose
 
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“Great nations and great empires only live so long as they are thrifty; the moment they begin to waste or disburse their resources, the day of their end is at hand.” -Lord Rosebery
 
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“Anything is possible but only a few things actually happen.” -Richard Rosen
 
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“Money doesn’t bring happiness and creativity. Your creativity and happiness brings money.” -Sam Rosen
 
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“Details are all there are.” -Maezumi Roshi
 
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“Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.” -Diana Ross
 
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“All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination.” -Ruth Ross
 
“There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important.” -Ruth Ross
 
Ruth Miriam Ross, also known as Ruth Miriam Burnard, was born as Ruth Miriam Guscott in 1920 in Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand. She became a historian. Ruth Miriam Ross passed on at about 62 years of age 30 August 1982.
 
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“A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.” -Jean Rostand
 
Jean Rostand was born on 30 October 1894. He was a French biologist and philosopher. Jean Rostand passed on at 82 years of age on 3 September 1977.
 
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“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” -Leo Rosten
 
“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” -Leo Rosten
 
Leo Rosten was born in 1908. He was a Polish-born American writer and social scientist. Leo Rosten passed on in 1997.
 
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“There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is really only one way to be a loser, and that is to fail and not look beyond the failure.” -Kyle Rote, Junior
 
Kyle Rote, Junior is a soccer player.
 
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“If you’re unwilling to leave someplace you’ve outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don’t stand still, leap forward.” -Ronda Rousey
 
Ronda Rousey is an American professional wrestler.
 
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“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” [translation to English]
“Le monde réel àl ses bornes; the monde imaginaire est infini.” [original French]
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on 28 June 1712 in Geneva, Republic of Geneva (now Geneva, Switzerland). He became a political theorist, an essayist, and a music composer. He is known for his book, “Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau” (1782). Jean-Jacques Rousseau passed on at 66 years of age on 2 July 1778 in Ermenonville, Kingdom of France.
 
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“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower, that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.” -Joseph Roux: “Meditations of a Parish Priest” (1866), Part 9, LIV
 
Joseph Roux was born on 19 April 1834. He was a French Catholic parish priest, a poet, and a philologist. Joseph Roux passed on in February 1905.
 
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“I’m looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.” -Mike Rowe
 
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“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” -J. K. Rowling: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (1997)
 
J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith are pseudonyms of Joanne Kathleen ‘Jo’ Rowling, who was born on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She is a novelist and a screenwriter known as the author of the “Harry Potter” children’s books.
 
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“There is no disgrace to get knocked down - so long as you get back up.” -Darell Royal
 
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“One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we act because of the way we feel, we often feel because of the way we act. So an almost uncanny way to change your feelings is to act the way you wish you felt.” -Gretchen Rubin
 
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“I had a series of childhood illnesses . . . scarlet fever . . . pneumonia . . . Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn’t like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.” -Wilma Rudolph (1940 - 1994): as quoted in “USA Today” (6 August 1987) newspaper
 
“Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.” -Wilma Rudolph
 
Wilma Rudolph was born in 1940. She was a professional athlete. Wilma Rudolph passed on in 1994.
 
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“Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.” -Don Miguel Ruiz
 
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“Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.” -Benjamin Rush
 
Benjamin Rush was born in 1746. Benjamin Rush passed on in 1813.
 
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“If you don’t pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes, and the first thing you know, the periphery is the center.” -Dean Rusk
 
Dean Rusk was born in 1909. He was an American politician. Dean Rusk passed on in 1994.
 
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“Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work.” -Bertrand Russell
 
“I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a genius I feel quite sure that joy and happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet, when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite; joy and happiness is just around the corner.” -Bertrand Russell
 
“Man needs for his happiness not only the enjoyment of this or that but hope and enterprise and change.” -Bertrand Russell
 
“One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” -Bertrand Russell: “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1914 - 1944” (1968), volume II, chapter 5
 
“One should respect public opinion insofar as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.” -Bertrand Russell
 
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” -Bertrand Russell
 
“There are certain things that our age needs. It needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.” -Bertrand Russell
 
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.” -Bertrand Russell
 
Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales on 18 May 1872. He became a mathematician, a logician, a historian, a philosopher, an essayist, and a social critic. He taught at leading British and American universities. Bertrand Arthur William Russell passed on at 97 years of age on 2 February 1970 in Pourhyndendraeth, Meriohah, England.
 
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“You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse.” -Charles M. Russell
 
Charles M. Russell was born in 1864. Charles M. Russell passed on in 1926.
 
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“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” -Babe Ruth
 
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” -Babe Ruth
 
“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” -Babe Ruth
 
Babe Ruth was a baseball player.
 
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“What creates the beauty of the world is the love we have for it.” -Roma Ryan
 
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1/13/2024

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“I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.” -Jonas Salk
 
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” -Jonas Salk
 
Jonas Edward Salk was born in 1914. Jonas Edward Salk passed on in 1995.
 
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“I want to do the right thing, but often I don’t know just what the right thing is. Every day I know I have come short of what I would like to have done. Yet as the years pass and I see the very world itself, with its oceans and mountains and plains, as something unfinished, a peculiar little satisfaction hunts out the corners of my heart. Sunsets and evening shadows find me regretful at tasks undone, but sleep and the dawn and the air of the morning touch me with freshening hopes. Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny.” -Carl Sandburg
 
“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” -Carl Sandburg: “Washington Monument by Night”
 
Carl Augustus Sandburg was born on 6 January 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States of America. He became a poet, a novelist, a folklorist, a balladeer, and a historian. Carl Augustus Sandburg passed on at 89 years of age on 22 July 1967 in Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States of America.
 
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“A man’s hatred of his own condition no more helps to improve it than hatred of other people tends to improve them.” -George Santayana
 
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, also known as George Santayana, was born on 16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain. He became an American philosopher, critic, essayist, novelist, and poet. Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás passed on at 88 years of age on 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy.
 
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“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know . . . One who doesn’t try cannot fail and become wise.” -William Saroyan
 
William Saroyan was born in 1908. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a playwright. William Saroyan passed on in 1981.
 
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“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” -Virginia Satir
 
“We must not allow other peoples’ limited perceptions to define us.” -Virginia Satir
 
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“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” -Jean Paul Sartre
 
“What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.” -Jean-Paul Sartre
 
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was born on 21 June 1905 in Paris, France. He became a novelist, a biographer, a dramatist, a screenwriter, and a literary critic. Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre passed on at 74 years of age on 15 April 1980 in Paris, France.
 
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“I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.” -Diane Sawyer
 
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“Trouble shared is trouble halved.” -Dorothy L. Sayers
 
Dorothy Leigh Sayers was born in 1893. She was married to Oswald Arthur Fleming in 1926. She became a novelist and a detective fiction writer. She is known as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. In 1947, she stopped writing detective novels and concentrated on translating Dante and lecturing on philosophy, medieval literature, and religion. Dorothy Leigh Sayers passed on in 1957.
 
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“Life is a process. We are a process. The Universe is a process.” -Anne Wilson Schaef
 
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“It is so important not to waste what is precious by spending all one’s time and emotion on fretting or complaining over what one does not have.” -Edith Schaeffer
 
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“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
 
“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
 
“It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big.” -Arthur Schopenhauer 
 
“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
 
“What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
 
Arthur Schopenhauer was born on 22 February 1788 in Danzig, Germany. He became a philosopher. He is known for his book, “The World as Will and Representation.” Arthur Schopenhauer passed on at 72 years of age on 21 September 1860 in Main, Germany.
 
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“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” -Howard Schultz
 
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“If you have a goal in life that takes a lot of energy, that requires a lot of work, that incurs a great deal of interest and that is a challenge to you, you will always look forward to waking up to see what the new day brings.” -Susan Polis Schultz
 
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“A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.” -Charles M. Schwab
 
“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. There is nothing that so kills the ambitions of a man as criticisms from his superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a man incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.” -Charles M. Schwab
 
“I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.” -Charles M. Schwab
 
“Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business.” -Charles M. Schwab
 
“The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others.” -Charles M. Schwab
 
“The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.” -Charles Schwab
 
Charles M. Schwab was born in 1862. He was an American industrialist and businessman. Charles M. Schwab passed on in 1939.
 
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“I read a lot of biographies of people who had accomplished great things, people such as John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate (no relation), and many others. I saw the importance of determination, or passion and fighting hard for what you believed in, and the importance of optimism and believing good things are possible. All the people I read about had a maniacal focus on growth.” -Charles Schwab: “Invested - Changing Forever The Way Americans Invest” (2019)
 
“Recognizing a business opportunity is only one part of succeeding as an entrepreneur. The key is acting on your business insight and following through . . . A business like ours comes down to two things; a big idea that makes a difference in people’s lives, and people who believe in it and will see it through to fruition day after day, despite what may get in the way. You have to get both right.” -Charles Schwab: “Invested - Changing Forever The Way Americans Invest” (2019)
 
“To this day I encourage young executives to get training in public speaking. No matter how good they are, mastering those moments in front of an audience is crucial to leading others, and it rarely comes naturally.” -Charles Schwab: “Invested - Changing Forever The Way Americans Invest” (2019)
 
Charles Robert Schwab was born on 29 July 1937 in Sacramento, California, United States of America. He is an investment and finance executive. He is known as the founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation.
 
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“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger
 
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe one hundred percent.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger
 
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“You cannot help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.” -H. Norman Schwarzkopf
 
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“The spirit of man is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” -Robert Falcon Scott
 
Robert Falcon Scott was born in 1868. He became a Captain. Robert Falcon Scott passed on in 1912.
 
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“Success depends above all, upon people. Build relationships, teams, partnerships - and motivate people to contribute. Cultivate leadership, creativity, excellence. Listen; seek new ideas and advice.” -Ruth Scott
 
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“The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.” -Walter Scott
 
Walter Scott was born in 1771. Walter Scott passed on in 1832.
 
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“As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do.” -Zachary Scott
 
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“A writer who says there are no truths, or that all truth is merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.” -Roger Scruton: “Modern Philosophy” (1994)
 
Roger Vernon Scruton was born on 27 February 1944 in Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He became a writer. Roger Vernon Scruton passed on at 75 years of age on 12 January 2020 in Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England.
 
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“Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?” -Frank Scully
 
Frank Scully is an American journalist.
 
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“The only certainty is that nothing is certain.” -Gaius Plinius Secundus
 
“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.” -Gaius Plinius Secundus
 
Gaius Plinius Secundus, also known as Pliny the Elder, was born in C.E. 23 or C.E. 24 in Comum, Italy. He was a statesman and scholar of ancient Rome. He is known as the author of “Naturalis Historia.” Gaius Plinius Secundus passed on at 55 years of age on C.E. 25 August 79.
 
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“Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.” -Maurice Seitter
 
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“This iz Chief Inspector Clouseau speaking on the pheaun.” -Richard Henry Peter Sellers
 
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“One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one’s life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.” -Hannah Senesh
 
“There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind.” -Hannah Senesh
 
Hannah Senesh was born in 1921. He was a poet, a playwright, and a paratrooper. Hannah Senesh passed on in 1944.
 
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“All great things have small beginnings.” -Peter Senge
 
“The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.” -Peter Senge
 
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“We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob them of their sunshine and brightness than we have to enter their houses and steal their silverware.” -Julia Seton: as quoted in “Forbes” (1965)
 
Julia Seton was born in 1889. She became a writer. Julia Seton passed on in 1975.
 
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“Give away what you most want to receive.” -Robin Sharma
 
“Ideas don’t work for people unwilling to do the work.” -Robin Sharma
 
“My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I’ve spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.” -Robin S. Sharma
 
“The best of the best understand that people do business with people they like. People do business with people they trust, and people do business with those who make them feel special.” -Robin S. Sharma
 
“We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” -Robin Sharma
 
Robin Sharma was born in 1965.
 
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“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.” -Pam Shaw
 
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“The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.” -Gail Sheehy
 
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“If it be true that the world has lost its respect for authority, it is only because it lost it first in the home.” -Fulton J. Sheen: “On Being Human” (1982)
 
Fulton John Sheen was born as Peter John Sheen on 8 May 1895 in El Paso, Illinois, United States of America. He was an American bishop in the Catholic Church, known for his preaching and his work on television and radio. Fulton John Sheen passed on at 84 years of age on 9 December 1979 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Just as there are three R’s there are also three A’s of business life. They are: Ability, Ambition, and Attitude. Ability establishes what a worker does and will bring him a paycheck. Ambition determines how much he does and will get him a raise. Attitude guarantees how well he does.” -Wilbert E. Sheer
 
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.” -W. L. Sheldon (1897)
 
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“Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you’re gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.” -Barbara Sher
 
“You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.” -Barbara Sher
 
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“I presume you’re mortal and may err.” -James Shirley
 
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“All the wild ideas of unbalanced agitators the world over, in their ignorant and pitiable quest for happiness through revolution, confiscation of property, and crime cannot overthrow the eternal truth that the one route to happiness through property or government is over the broad and open highway of service. And service always means industry, thrift, respect for authority, and recognition of the rights of others.” -W. G. Sibley
 
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“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” -Philip Sidney
 
Philip Sidney was born in 1554. He was an English courtier, writer, poet, and soldier. Philip Sidney passed on at 31 years of age in 1586.
 
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“The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.” -Igor Sikorsky
 
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“Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. For whenever excellence is recounted, it is increased.” -Sterling W. Sill
 
Sterling Welling Sill was born in 1903. He became a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sterling Welling Sill passed on in 1994.
 
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“I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin. I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn’t matter.” -Beverly Sills
 
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” -Beverly Sills
 
Beverly Sills is a pseudonym of Belle Miriam ‘Bubbles’ Silverman, who was born on 25 May 1929 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She became a soprano opera singer. Bell Miriam ‘Bubbles’ Silverman passed on at 78 years of age on 2 July 2007 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“If each one of us could make just one other happy, the whole world would know happiness.” -Georges Simenon
 
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon lived in Paris, France. He became a crime novelist, and wrote under 17 pseudonyms.
 
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“He that knows the world will not be bashful; he that knows himself will not be impudent.” -C. Simmons
 
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“Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in the little things.” -Charles Simmons
 
Charles Simmons was born in 1798. Charles Simmons passed on in 1856.
 
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“I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living his life, and who had good friends, a fine family. I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.” -Frank Sinatra
 
Frank Sinatra was born in 1915. He was an American singer and actor. Frank Sinatra passed on in 1998.
 
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“Fight against something and we focus on the thing we hate. Fight for something and we focus on the thing we love.” -Simon Sinek
 
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“Do what you love and the money will follow.” -Marsha Sinetar
 
“You may feel like dwelling on your limits or your fears. Don’t do it. A perfect prescription for a squandered, unfulfilled life is to accommodate self-defeating feelings while undercutting your finest, most productive ones.” -Marsha Sinetar
 
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“God sends burdens, and shoulders, too.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer: “Gimpel the Fool”
 
“We know what a person thinks, not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer: as quoted in “New York Times Magazine” (26 November 1978)
 
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born as Izaak Zynger on 11 November 1903 in Leoncin, Warsaw Governate, Vistula Land, Russian Empire. He became an American novelist and short story writer. Isaac Bashevis Singer passed on at 87 years of age on 24 July 1991 in Surfside, Florida, United States of America.
 
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“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” -B. F. Skinner
 
Burrhus Frederic Skinner, also known as B. F. Skinner, was born in 1904. Burrhus Frederic Skinner passed on in 1990.
 
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“We’re electrical beings living in a magnetic environment . . . Because we’re finely tuned to subtle energy fields when they vary, as they would on top of a mountain, we change biologically and psychologically too.” -Louis Slesin
 
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“All’s fair in love and war.” -Francis Edward Smedley
 
“You are looking as fresh as paint.” -Francis Edward Smedley
 
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“The real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.” -Adam Smith
 
“To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.” -Adam Smith
 
“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?” -Adam Smith
 
Adam Smith was born in 1723. He was a Scottish moral philosopher and economist. He is known for “The Theory of Moral Sentiments,” and “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” also known simply as, “The Wealth of Nations.” Adam Smith passed on in 1790.
 
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“Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.” -Liz Smith
 
“If you don’t place your foot on the rope you’ll never cross the chasm.” -Liz Smith
 
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“Don’t tell your friends their social faults, they will cure the fault and never forgive you.” -Logan Pearsall Smith
 
“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.” -Logan Pearsall Smith: “Afterthoughts” (1931)
 
Logan Pearsall Smith was born on 18 October 1865 in Millville, New Jersey, United States of America. He became an essayist, an aphorist, and a critic. Logan Pearsall Smith passed on at 80 years of age on 2 March 1946 in London, England.
 
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“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.” -Maggie Smith
 
Maggie Smith was born in 1934. She was an actress.
 
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“Most of the critical things in life which become the starting points of human destiny are little things.” -R. Smith
 
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“Do not assume that because I am frivolous I am shallow; I don’t assume that because you are grave you are profound.” -Sydney Smith
 
“He is remarkably well, considering that he has been remarkably well for so many years.” -Sydney Smith
 
“My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven miles away from a lemon.” -Sydney Smith
 
“No one minds what Jeffrey says; it is not more than a week ago that I heard him speak disrespectfully of the equator.” -Sydney Smith
 
“Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.” -Sydney Smith
 
Sydney Smith was born on 3 June 1771 in Woodford, Essex, England. He became a wit, an essayist, a poet, and an Anglican clergyman. He was Canon of St. Paul’s Cathedral, addressed as Reverend. In 1802, he cofounded, “The Edinburgh Review.” Sydney Smith passed on at 73 years of age on 22 February 1845 in London, England.
 
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“No one is fit to be trusted with power . . . No one . . . Any man who has lived at all knows the follies and wickedness he’s capable of. If he does not know it he is not fit to govern others. And if he does know it, he knows also that neither he nor any man ought to be allowed to decide a single human fate.” -C. P. Snow
 
“‘You do not think highly of men, Mr. Eliot.’ ‘I am one,’ I said.” -C. P. Snow: “The Light & the Dark” (1947)
 
Charles Percy Snow, also known as C. P. Snow, was born on 15 October 1905 in Leicester, England. He became a novelist, a scientist, and a civil servant. Charles Percy Snow passed on at 74 years of age on 1 July 1980 in London, England.
 
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“Only those who can see the invisible, can accomplish the impossible!” -Patrick Snow: “Creating Your Own Destiny” (2010)
 
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” -Ralph W. Sockman
 
“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” -Ralph W. Sockman
 
Ralph Washington Sockman was born on 1 October 1889 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America. He was married to Zellah Endly. He became a senior pastor of United Methodist Christ Church in New York City and a radio personality (1928 - 1962). Ralph Washington Sockman passed on at 80 years of age on 29 August 1970 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“And this too shall pass.” -Solomon
 
“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” -Solomon
 
“Being cheerful keeps you healthy.” -Solomon
 
“If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.” -Solomon: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Ecclesiastes,’ chapter 5, verse 5
 
Solomon was a tenth century B.C.E. King of ancient Israel and the reputed author of three books in the Old Testament in “The Bible.”
 
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“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” -Nancy D. Solomon
 
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“I grow old ever learning many things.” -Solon
 
“Learn to obey before you command.” -Solon
 
Solon. Solon was born in 636 B.C.E. He was an Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet of ancient Greece. Solon passed on in 558 B.C.E.
 
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“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.” -Alexander Solzhenitsyn
 
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was born on 11 December 1918 in Kislovodsk, Russia. He became an essayist, a novelist, a historian, and a short story writer. Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn passed on at 89 years of age on 3 August 2008 in Moscow, Russia.
 
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“If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.” -John L. Spalding
 
“The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is.” -John L. Spalding
 
“What we love to do we find time to do.” -John L. Spalding
 
John Lancaster Spalding was born in 1840. He was an American author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria (1877 - 1908) and a co-founder of The Catholic University of America. John Lancaster Spalding passed on in 1916.
 
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“People need to be encouraged. People need to be reminded of how wonderful they are. People need to be believed in - told that they are brave and smart and capable of accomplishing all the dreams they dream and more. Remind each other of this.” -Stacey Jean Speer
 
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“All for love and nothing for reward.” -Edmund Spencer
 
It is the mind that maketh good or ill
That maketh wretch or happy rich or poor.
-Edmund Spencer
 
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“To play billiards well is a sign of an ill-spent youth.” -Herbert Spencer
 
Herbert Spencer was born on 27 April 1820 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. He was a polymath, working in the fields of biology, anthropology, a sociology, and philosophy. Herbert Spencer passed on at 83 years of age on 8 December 1903 in Brighton, Sussex, England.
 
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“Think big, challenge the system. Often how you do something is more important than what you do. Everyone advised David to forget about confronting the enormous giant Goliath, saying, ‘He’s so huge, there’s no way you can win.’ To which David replied, ‘He’s so huge, there’s no way I can miss!’ If we confront our challenges with all our talent, knowledge, and resolve, there’s no way we can miss.” -Robert Spillane
 
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“Everything in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect.” -Baruch Spinoza
 
“I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.” -Baruch Spinoza
 
“Measure, time, and number are nothing but modes of thought, or rather, of imagination.” -Baruch Spinoza
 
“Nature abhors a vacuum.” -Baruch Spinoza: “Ethics,” Part I, 15, note
 
“Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature and is determined in its actions by itself alone.” -Baruch Spinoza
 
Baruch Spinoza, also known as Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza, Bento de Espinosa, Benedito de Espinosa and Benedict Spinoza, was born as Benedito de Espinosa on 24 November 1632 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. He became an optical lens grinder, an instrument maker, a theologian, and a philosopher. Baruch Spinoza passed on at 44 years of age on 21 February 1677 in Voorburg, The Hague, Dutch Republic. His magnum opus, “Ethics,” was published posthumously.
 
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“The loving person makes other people feel good and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong long-lasting friendships.” -Benjamin McLane Spock
 
Benjamin McLane Spock was born in 1903. He was an American pediatrician and writer. Benjamin McLane Spock passed on in 1998.
 
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“The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.” -Thomas Sprat
 
“What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.” -Thomas Sprat
 
Thomas Sprat was born in 1636. Thomas Sprat passed on in 1713.
 
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“Learn to say ‘no.’ It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
 
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, also known as C. H. Spurgeon, was born in 1834. He was an English Baptist Christian preacher. Charles Haddon Spurgeon passed on in 1892.
 
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“To make good use of life one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.” -Leszczynski Stanislaus
 
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Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
-Pamela Vaull Starr
 
Pamela Vaull Starr is a pseudonym of Violet Isabelle Carter Popp, who was born on 5 April 1909 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. She became a talented poet, artist, and writer. She helped to found the Idyllwild Pen Women. Violet Isabelle Carter Popp passed on at 83 years of age on 4 January 1993 in Idyllwild, California, United States of America.
 
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“Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits, and all other private gratifications.” -Richard Steele
 
Richard Steele was born on an unknown date and baptized on 12 March 1672 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an Irish-born essayist, dramatist, and politician. He is known as a co-founder with Joseph Addison of “The Spectator” magazine. Richard Steele passed on at about 57 years of age on 1 September 1729 in Llangunor, Wales.
 
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“Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.” -Lincoln Steffens

Lincoln Joseph Steffens was born on 6 April 1866 in San Francisco, California, United States of America. He became a news reporter in New York City, launching a series of articles in “McClure’s” magazine, title ‘Tweed Days in St. Louis,’ which would later be published together in a book titled, “The Shame of the Cities” (1904). He is known for his investigations of corruption in municipal governments in American cities. Lincoln Joseph Steffens passed on at 70 years of age on 9 August 1936 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States of America.
 
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“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.” -Ben Stein
 
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“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.” -John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior (1902 - 1968): “The Winter of Our Discontent” (1961), Part One
 
“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.” -John Steinbeck
 
John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior was born on 27 February 1902 in Salinas, California, United States of America. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a war correspondent. He is known for the books, “Of Mice and Men” (1937), “The Grapes of Wrath” (1939), and “East of Eden” (1952). John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior passed on at 66 years of age on 20 December 1968 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.” -Gloria Steinem
 
Gloria Steinem was born in 1934. She is an American writer and editor.
 
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“Beauty is the promise of happiness.” -Stendhal
 
Henri B. Stendhal, or simply Stendhal, is a pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, who was born on 23 January 1783 in Grenoble, France. He became a novelist. Marie-Henri Beyle passed on at 59 years of age on 23 March 1842 in Paris, France.
 
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Make the best of everything;
Think the best of everybody;
Hope the best for yourself.
-George Stephenson
 
George Stephenson was born in 1781. George Stephenson passed on in 1848.
 
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“Thou art the star for which all evening waits.” -George Sterling
 
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“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” -Wallace Stevens
 
“The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.” -Wallace Stevens
 
Wallace Stevens was born on 2 October 1879 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He became a poet. Wallace Stevens passed on at 75 years of age on 2 August 1955 in Hertford, Connecticut.
 
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“It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.” -Adlai Stevenson
 
“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” -Adlai Stevenson
 
“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted but now it happens to everybody.” -Adlai Stevenson
 
“What a man knows at 50 that he did not know at 20 is for the most part incommunicable. The knowledge he has acquired with age is not the knowledge of formulas or forms of words but, of people, places, actions - a knowledge gained not by words but by touch, sight, sound, victories, failures, sleeplessness, devotion, love, the human experiences and emotions of this Earth and of oneself and other men; and perhaps too, a little faith a little reverence for things one cannot see.” -Adlai Stevenson
 
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was born on 5 February 1900 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He became a lawyer, a politician, a diplomat, and the twenty-third Vice President of the United States of America. Adlai Ewing Stevenson II passed on at 65 years of age on 14 July 1965 in London, England.
 
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“I have a magnificent obsession. All I want to do is change the world . . . make it a better place for this and future generations!” -W. Clement Stone
 
“Keep your mind on your objective, and persist until you succeed. Study, think, and plan.” -W. Clement Stone
 
“Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.” -W. Clement Stone
 
“To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.” -W. Clement Stone
 
“Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.” -W. Clement Stone
 
“You don’t get what you expect unless you inspect.” -W. Clement Stone
 
“Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.” -W. Clement Stone
 
William Clement Stone, also known as W. Clement Stone, was born on 4 May 1902 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Starting with $100, he founded the multibillion-dollar Combined Insurance Company. He was a New Thought self-help book writer and a philanthropist. William Clement Stone passed on at 100 years of age on 3 September 2002 in Evanston, Illinois.
 
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“What private property does is connect effort to reward, creating an incentive for people to produce for more. Then, if there’s a free market, people will trade their surpluses to others for the things they lack. Mutual exchange for mutual benefit makes the community richer.” -John Stossel
 
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“You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.” -Jim Stovall
 
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“I long to put the experience of fifty years at once into your young lives, to give you at once the key to that treasure chamber every gem of which has cost me tears and struggles and prayers, but you must work for these inward treasures yourselves.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe: letter to her twin daughters
 
“Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth . . .” -Harriet Beecher Stowe: “We and Our Neighbors” (1873)
 
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you . . . never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe
 
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe was born on 14 June 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America. She was a daughter of Lyman Beecher and a sister of Henry Ward Beecher. She was married to Calvin Ellis Stowe in 1836. She became a novelist and a philanthropist. She wrote more than 20 books, including novels and travel memoirs, as well as collections of articles and letters. She is known for her novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1852). Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe passed on at 85 years of age on 1 July 1896 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Website: https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/.
 
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“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.” -Steven J. Stowell
 
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“A great work demands a great sacrifice, and who is not capable of a great sacrifice is not capable of a great work.” -Muriel Strode
 
“I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.” -Muriel Strode, “Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers,” published in “The Open Court” (August 1903)
 
“I will not follow where the path may lead; instead I will go where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Muriel Strode: “My Little Book of Prayer” (1905), page 11
 
Muriel Strode was born in 1875. Muriel Strode passed on in 1964.
 
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“Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.” -Janet Erskine Stuart
 
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“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” -Mary Stuart
 
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“When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly - as that a sentence must never end with a participle - and perceive how implicitly even the learned obey it, think, ‘I have only three rules of life: never do anything underhand, never get your feet wet, go to bed at ten.’” -William Stubbs

William Stubbs is a bishop.
 
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“When you can’t afford to hire the best, hire the young who are going to be the best.” -Geraldine Stutz
 
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“My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil’s mind, and behold, all things are changed!” -Anne Sullivan
 
“People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.” -Anne Sullivan
 
Johanna Mansfield ‘Anne’ or ‘Annie’ Sullivan was born on 14 April 1866 in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became known as the lifelong aid to Helen Adams Keller. Johanna Mansfield ‘Anne’ or ‘Annie’ Sullivan passed on at 70 years of age on 20 October 1936 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States of America.
 
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“You ask how many friends I have? Water and stone, bamboo and pine. The Moon rising over the eastern hill is a joyful comrade. Besides these five companions, what other pleasure should I ask?” -Yon Sun-do: “Sigo”
 
Yon Sun-do was born in 1587. He was a Korean poet. Yon Sun-do passed on in 1671.
 
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“To have read the greatest works of any great poet, to have beheld or heard the greatest works of any great painter or musician, is a possession added to the best things in life.” -Algernon Charles Swinburne
 
Algernon Charles Swinburne was born on 5 April 1837 in London, England. He became a poet, a playwright, a novelist, and a critic. Algernon Charles Swinburne passed on 72 years of age on 10 April 1909 in London, England.
 
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“Discouraged people don’t need critics.” -Charles Swindoll
 
“People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh, and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life’s circumstances to push them down and hold them under.” -Charles Swindoll
 
Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll was born on 18 October 1934 in El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, United States of America. He is a Christian evangelical pastor, educator, radio preacher, and religious writer. He founded “Insight for Living,” which is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages. He is presently the senior pastor at the Stonebriar Community Church, a church he founded in Frisco, Texas, United States of America.
 
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“Each excellent thing once learned serves for a measure of all other knowledge.” -Philip Sydney
 
Philip Sidney was born in 1554. Philip Sidney passed on in 1586.
 
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“A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi
 
“Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi
 
Albert Szent-Györgyi was born in 1893 in Budapest, Hungary. He became a biochemist. Albert Szent-Györgyi passed on in 1986.
 
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1/12/2024

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“Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin.” -Publius Cornelius Tacitus
 
Publius Cornelius Tacitus, also known as Gaius Cornelius Tacitus or simply as Tacitus, was born in about C.E. 56. He became an orator, a lawyer, a senator, a governor, and a historian of Ancient Rome. Publius Cornelius Tacitus passed on at about 64 years of age in about C.E. 120.
 
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“I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.” -Rabindranath Tagore
 
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” -Rabindranath Tagore
 
“The world speaks to me in colors, my soul answers in music.” -Rabindranath Tagore
 
“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.” -Rabindranath Tagore
 
“You can’t cross a sea by merely staring into the water.” -Rabindranath Tagore
 
Rabindranath Tagore, also known as Ravīndranātha Thākura, was born as Rabindranath Thakur on 7 May 1861 in Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India. He became a poet, a short story writer, a song composer, a playwright, an essayist, a novelist, and a painter. He is known as the author of “Gitanjali,” “Gora,” “Ghare-Baire,” “Jana Gana Mana,” “Amar Shonar Bangla,” and other works. Rabindranath Tagore passed on at 80 years of age on 7 August 1941 in Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India.
 
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“The reason American cities are prosperous is that there is no place for people to sit down.” -Alfred J. Talley
 
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“Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway.” -Greg Tamblyn
 
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“Our success or failure, peace or discontent, happiness or misery, depend on the choices we make each day.” -N. Eldon Tanner: ‘Thou Mayest Choose for Thyself,’ published in “Ensign” (July 1973) magazine, page 7
 
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“Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.” -Tao Te Ching
 
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“One day at a time - this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.” -Ida Scott Taylor
 
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“Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.” -Bayard Taylor
 
James Bayard ‘Bayard’ Taylor was born on 11 January 1825 in Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He became a poet, a literary critic, a translator, a travel writer, a novelist, and a diplomat. He is known for “Ximena, or the Battle of the Sierra Morena, and other Poems” (1844). James Bayard ‘Bayard’ Taylor passed on at 53 years of age on 19 December 1878 in Germany.
 
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“Never give up, great things take time.” -Cabi Taylor
 
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“The world knows nothing of its greatest men.” -Henry Taylor
 
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“The beaten path is the safest, but the traffic’s terrible.” -Jeff Taylor
 
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“No trial is joyous for the present but grievous to be borne; but trials yield their blessings, when patiently endured.” -John Taylor: “Journal of Discourses,” Volume 6, page 166 and 167
 
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“Instead of supposing that a work of art must be something that all can behold - a poem, a painting, a book, a great building - consider making your own life a work of art. You have yourself to begin with, and a time of uncertain duration to work on it. You do not have to be what you are, and even though you may be quite content with who you are, it will not be hard for you to think of something much greater that you might become. It need not be something spectacular or even something that will attract notice from others. What it will be is a kind of excellence that you project for yourself, and then attain - something that you can take a look at, with honest self-appraisal, and be proud of.” -Richard Taylor: “Restoring Pride: The Lost Virtue of Our Age” (1995), page 64
 
Richard Taylor was born on 5 November 1919 in Charlotte, Michigan, United States of America. He became a writer and a beekeeper. Richard Taylor passed on at 83 years of age on 30 October 2003 in Trumansburg, New York, United States of America.
 
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“When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living.” -Tecumseh
 
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Life has loveliness to sell,
all beautiful and splendid things,
blue waves whitened on a cliff,
soaring fire that sways and sings,
and children’s faces looking up,
holding wonder like a cup.
-Sara Teasdale
 
“Look for a lovely thing and you will find it. It is not far- it never will be far.” -Sara Teasdale
 
Sara Teasdale Filsinger was born as Sara Trevor Teasdale on 8 August 1884 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America. She became a lyrical poet. Sara Teasdale Filsinger passed on at 48 years of age on 29 January 1933 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.” -William Temple: as attributed in John Timbs: “Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors” (1829), page 169
 
William Temple was born in 1881. He was an English theologian and archbishop. William Temple passed on in 1944.
 
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“If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.” -John Templeton
 
“It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something different from the majority.” -John Templeton
 
“Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.” -John Templeton
 
“Thanksgiving, not complaining, attracts people to you.” -John Marks Templeton
 
John Marks Templeton was born in 1912. He was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. John Marks Templeton passed on in 2008.
 
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“Come my friends, ’tis not too late to seek a newer world.” -Alfred Tennyson
 
Alfred Tennyson, also known as Lord Tennyson, was born on 6 August 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England. He was married to Emily Shellwood in 1850. With his brother, he wrote “Poems by Two Brothers” (1828). Alfred Tennyson succeeded William Wordsworth as England’s poet laureate on 19 November 1850 and held the post until his passing at 83 years of age on 6 October 1892 in Lurgashall, Sussex, England.
 
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“A word to the wise is sufficient.” [translation to English]
“Dictum sapienti sat est.” [original Latin]
-Terence
 
“An easy task becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.” -Terence
 
“Charity begins at home.” -Terence
 
“Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.” -Terence
 
“Fortune favors the brave.” -Terence
 
“I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.” -Terence

“Moderation in all things.” -Terence: “The Lady of Andros”
 
“Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.” -Terence
 
“There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.” -Terence
 
“When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.” -Terence
 
“While there’s life, there’s hope.” -Terence
 
“You are a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to whatever needs it.” -Terence
 
Publius Terentius Afer, also known as Terence, was born in 185 B.C.E. He was a comic drama playwright of ancient Rome. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him, and impressed by his abilities, freed him. His comedies were performed for the first time sometime between about 170 B.C.E. and 160 B.C.E. Publius Terentius Afer passed on at about 26 years of age in 159 B.C.E.
 
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“Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.” -Valentina Tereshkova
 
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“People say you can’t herd cats. Well, yes you can if you move their food.” -Sharon Terry
 
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“Where our joy is, there should our work be.” -Tertullian
 
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, also known simply as Tertullian, was born in about C.E. 155 in Carthage, Tunisia. He was an early Christian theologian, polemicist, moralist, and writer from Carthage in the ancient Roman province of Africa. Tertullian passed on in about C.E. 240 in Carthage, Tunisia.
 
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“All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combatted, suppressed - only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.” -Nikola Tesla
 
“I don’t care that they stole my idea . . . I care that they don’t have any of their own.” -Nikola Tesla
 
Nikola Tesla was born on 9 July 1856 in Smiljan, Lika, Croatia. Nikola Tesla passed on at 86 years of age on 1 July 1943 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Be patient with yourself. You are growing stronger every day. The weight of the world will become lighter . . . and you will begin to shine brighter. Don’t give up.” -Robert Tew
 
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“Know thyself.” [English translation]
“Nosce te ipsum.” [original Latin]
-Thales
 
“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.” -Thales
 
Thales was born in C.E. 640. Thales passed on in C.E. 546.
 
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“It’s never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.” -Nancy Thayer
 
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“Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the Universe.” -Therese of Lisieux
 
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“Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellow men and I will tell you how much you love them.” -Helmut Thielicke
 
Helmut Thielicke is a German theologian and preacher
 
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“Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” -Danny Thomas
 
Danny Thomas is a pseudonym of Amos Jacobs Kairouz, sometimes shortened to Amos Jacobs, which is an anglicization of Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yakhoob, and born as Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz on 6 January 1912 in Deerfield, Michigan, United States of America. He became a comedian, a singer, an actor, a producer, and a philanthropist. Amos Jacobs Kairouz passed on at 79 years of age on 6 February 1991 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“Pay attention to the basics.” -Dave Thomas
 
“Truly successful people are the ones who help others cross the finish line. Genuinely caring about people generally leads to success.” -Dave Thomas
 
Dave Thomas was the founder of Wendy’s restaurants.
 
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“Why is it that wherever I go the resident idiot heads straight for me?” -Gwynn Thomas
 
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“I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to keep your mind focused on your goal and off the many obstacles that will arise when you’re striving to do your best.” -Kurt Thomas
 
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“Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow.” -Dorothy Thompson
 
“When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default, it can never be recovered.” -Dorothy Thompson
 
Dorothy Thompson was born in 1894. Dorothy Thompson passed on in 1961.
 
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“With Paine’s “The Rights of Man,” “The Pilgrim’s Progress” is one of the foundation documents of the working class movement.” -E. P. Thompson: “The Making of the English Working Class”
 
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“A ring on the finger is worth two on the phone.” -Harold Thompson
 
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“The only normal way to begin speaking in a new language is to begin speaking badly.” -Greg Thomson
 
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“If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.” -Brad Thor
 
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“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.” -Edward Thorndike
 
Edward Lee Thorndike was born on 31 August 1874. He was an American psychologist. Edward Lee Thorndike passed on at 74 years of age on 9 August 1949.
 
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“In every home and everywhere, there are reasons to forbear; faults forgiven with every pair would make a world happy and fair.” -J. J. Thorne
 
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“I proclaim that justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger.” -Thrasymachus
 
Thrasymachus lived in the 5th century B.C.E. He was a philosopher of ancient Greece.
 
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“Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.” -Thucydides: “History of the Peloponnesian War”
 
“Wealth to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degradation to make no effort to overcome.” -Thucydides
 
Thucydides was born in about 460 B.C.E. He was a historian of ancient Greece Thucydides passed on in about 395 B.C.E.
 
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“A lady of forty-seven who has been married twenty seven years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.” -James Thurber
 
“A pinch of probably is worth a pound of perhaps.” -James Thurber
 
“Let us not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness.” -James Thurber
 
James Grover Thurber was born in 1894. He was blind in one eye from a childhood accident. He became an American writer, humorist, and cartoonist, working for “The New Yorker” (1933 - 1961). James Grover Thurber passed on in 1961.
 
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“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman
 
Howard Thurman was born in 1900. He became a clergyman and an educator. Howard Thurman passed on in 1981.
 
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“Don’t wait for inspiration. Take action! Action generates inspiration.” -Frank Tibolt
 
Tibolt, Frank. Frank Tibolt was born in 1897. Frank Tibolt passed on in 1989.
 
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“Above all, train hard, eat light, and avoid TV and people with negative attitudes.” -Scott Tinley
 
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“It is better to be old-fashioned and right than to be up-to-date and wrong.” -Tiorio
 
“You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.” -Tiorio
 
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“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” -J. R. R. Tolkien: “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954)
 
“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” -J. R. R. Tolkien: “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954)
 
“He [Bilbo] used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. ‘It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,’ he used to say. ‘You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.’” -J. R. R. Tolkien: “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954)
 
“It’s the job that’s never started that takes longest to finish.” -J. R. R. Tolkien
 
“Not all those who wander are lost.” -J. R. R. Tolkien: “The Lord of the Rings” (1954)
 
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, also known as J. R. R. Tolkien, was born in 1892 in South Africa. He became an English professor, a linguist, and a novelist. He is known as the author of “The Hobbit” (1937) and “Lord of the Rings” (1954). John Ronald Reuel Tolkien passed on in 1973.
 
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“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” -Eckhart Tolle
 
“Instead of fighting the darkness, you bring in the light.” -Eckhart Tolle -Eckhart Tolle
 
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.”
 
Eckhart Tolle is a pseudonym of Ulrich Leonard Tölle, who was born on 16 February 1948 in Lünen, Dortmund, Germany. He is a Canadian writer and professional speaker. Known as the author of books including “The Power of Now.” Website https://eckharttolle.com/.
 
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“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” -Lily Tomlin
 
“I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.” -Lily Tomlin
 
“Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.” -Lily Tomlin
 
“The road to success is always under construction.” -Lily Tomlin
 
Lily Tomlin is a pseudonym of Mary Jean Tomlin, who was born in 1939. She is an American actress and comedian, some of whose material was written for her by Jane Wagner.
 
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“We see things not as they are, but as we are.” -H. M. Tomlinson
 
Henry M. Tomlinson was born in 1873. He was an English novelist and journalist. Henry M. Tomlinson passed on in 1958.
 
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“You must love and think about your work if you are to make a success of it and make it pay.” -Elizabeth Towne
 
Elizabeth Towne was born in 1860. She was the founder and editor of the New Thought movement “Nautilus Magazine,” in which she published many articles by Wallace Wattles. She became a new thought writer and a publisher. Elizabeth Towne passed on in 1965.
 
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“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” -Atwood H. Townsend
 
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“How do you spot a leader? They come in all ages, shapes and conditions. Some are poor administrators, some are not overly bright. One clue: the true leader can be recognized because somehow his people consistently turn in superior performances.” -Robert Townsend
 
“If people are coming to work excited . . . if they’re making mistakes freely and fearlessly . . . if they’re having fun . . . if they’re concentrating on doing things, rather than preparing reports and going to meetings - then somewhere you have leaders.” -Robert Townsend
 
Robert Townsend was born in 1819. He was an American Navy Civil War era ship captain. Robert Townsend passed on in 1866.
Townsend, Robert. Robert Townsend was born in 1920.
 
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“Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better. You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to create an earthly paradise. Who could expect that? But, if you make life ever so little better, you will have done splendidly, and your lives will have been worthwhile.” -Arnold J. Toynbee
 
“Historically, religion came first and science grew out of religion. Science has never superseded religion, and it is my expectation that it never will.” -Arnold J. Toynbee
 
Arnold Joseph Toynbee was born on 14 April 1889 in London, England. He became a historian. Arnold Joseph Toynbee passed on at 86 years of age on 22 October 1975 in York, England.
 
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“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and the job’s a game.” -P. L. Travers: “Mary Poppins”

“When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.” -P. L. Travers
 
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“The only way to know your true nature is through the actions you take in the real world, not through meditations or introspection.” -Doc Trejo 
 
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“Don’t bother about genius. Don’t worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance, and determination. And the best motto for a long march is: ‘Don’t grumble. Plug on!’” -Frederick Treves
 
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“Happiness is the sense that one matters.” -Sarah Trimmer
 
Sarah Kirby Trimmer was born in 1741. She was an English writer of children’s books, educational material, and textbooks. Sarah Kirby Trimmer passed on in 1810.
 
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“Buying and selling is good and necessary, it is very necessary, and may, possibly, be very good, but it cannot be the noblest work of man, and let us hope that in our time it may not be esteemed the noblest work of an Englishman.” -Anthony Trollope
 
Anthony Trollope was born in 1815 as a son of Frances Trollope. He was married to Rose Hesletine in 1844. He became an English novelist. Anthony Trollope passed on in 1882.
 
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“Sometimes you can’t get as much attention with a yell as you can with a whisper.” -Gary D. Trump
 
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“Though time and miles may separate us, I have built a bridge of lovely memories to span the distance.” -Virginia Tubbs
 
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“If you’re not enjoying the journey, you probably won’t enjoy the destination.” -Joe Tye
 
Joe Tye is a motivational speaker and a coach.
 
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“Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.” -Frank Tyger
 
“Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.” -Frank Tyger
 
“If a person gives you his time, he can give you no more precious gift.” -Frank Tyger
 
“Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly.” -Frank Tyger
 
“Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than two sides.” -Frank Tyger
 
Frank Tyger was born in 1929. Frank Tyger passed on in 2011.
 
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Quotations By Authors Ua Through Uz

1/11/2024

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“Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself.” -Dieter F. Uchtdorf
 
Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf was born on 6 November 1940 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. He is a German aviator, an airline executive, and a religious leader in the Latter-day Saints Church.
 
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“Why should we all use our creative power? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money.” -Brenda Ueland
 
“You must become aware of the richness in you and come to believe in it and know it is there . . . Once you become aware of it and have faith in it, you will be all right.” -Brenda Ueland
 
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“Law of Historical Causation: It seemed like the thing to do at the time.” -Michael Uhlmann
 
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“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young, but becomes constantly more valuable regardless of physical capacity.” -Harvey Ullman
 
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“You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.” -Samuel Ullman
 
“Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what’s next, and the joy of the game of living.” -Samuel Ullman
 
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“We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked . . . not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn’t be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.” -Liv Ullmann
 
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“Leaders manage personal relationships. They build trust.” -Dave Ulrich
 
Dave Ulrich is a consultant.
 
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“A man should be grateful every hour of every day for the troubles of his job: they pay at least half of his wage or salary. For if there were no troubles, it would be easy to get someone to do his work for half, or even a third of the pay that he is getting. If he wants a bigger job, with a better income, he has to look for more troubles, and learn how to lick them. A bigger job will usually gravitate to him - often actually seek him out - if he is capable of coping with the problems and troubles that go with it. Especially is this true if he has cultivated the knack of doing everything pleasantly and with apparent ease and assurance. It is this special knack, which incidentally is perfectly possible for almost any man to cultivate, that usually puts the fancy edge on a salary.” -Robert Updegraff
 
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“Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better.” -John Updike
 
“Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.” -John Updike
 
“Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately.” -John Updike
 
John Hoyer Updike was born on 18 March 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He became a poet, a short story writer, a novelist, a children’s book writer, a literary critic, and an art critic. He is known for his “Rabbit” book series. John Hoyer Updike passed on at 76 years of age on 27 January 2009 in Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America.
writer, novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist
 
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“As you work toward your goal, anxiously anticipating the light at the end of the tunnel, don’t forget to notice the light that shines upon you today.” -Michelle C. Ustaszeski
 
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“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” -Peter Ustinov
 
“It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.” -Peter Ustinov: as quoted in “Iron and Steel” (1969)
 
“The sound of laughter has always seemed to me the most civilized music in the Universe.” -Peter Ustinov
 
Peter Alexander Ustinov was born in 1921. He was a British entertainer, actor, director, and writer. Peter Alexander Ustinov passed on in 2004.
 
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Quotations By Authors Va Through Vz

1/10/2024

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“Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.” -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
 
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born as Maria Ludwig Michael Mies on 27 March 1886 in Aachen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Aachen, Germany). He was an architect and a furniture stylist. He became an American citizen in 1944. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe passed on at 83 years of age on 17 August 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
 
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“Happiness is inward and not outward, and so it does not depend on what we have but on what we are.” -Henry Van Dyke
 
“He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.” -Henry Van Dyke
 
“There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.” -Henry van Dyke
 
Henry Jackson van Dyke, Junior was born on 10 November 1852 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He became a Presbyterian minister, an educator, a short story writer, a poet, and an essayist. Henry Jackson van Dyke, Junior passed on at 80 years of age on 10 April 1933 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.
 
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“Always think in terms of what the other person wants.” -James Van Fleet
 
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“Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.” -William Van Horne
 
William Van Horne was born in 1843. He was a president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. William Van Horne passed on in 1915.
 
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“Try to put into practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things which you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.” -Rembrandt van Rijn
 
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on 15 July 1606 in Leiden, Dutch Republic (now Leiden, Netherlands). He became a draughtsman, a painter, and a printmaker. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn passed on at 63 years of age on 4 October 1669 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (now Amsterdam, Netherlands).
 
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“Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do - do it and let it speak for itself.” -Martin Vanbee
 
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“It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.” -Arthur H. Vandenberg
 
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“If I had a nickel for every time I’ve written “for (i = 0; i < N; i++)” in C I’d be a millionaire.” -Mike Vanier
 
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“Each day, focus your attention on what you want. Each day, take one step that will bring you closer to it. All things are possible! The key is to identify it, claim it for yourself, and believe that you are worthy to have it.” -Iyanla Vanzant
 
“I gave myself permission to feel and experience all of my emotions. In order to do that, I had to stop being afraid to feel. In order to do that, I taught myself to believe that no matter what I felt or what happened when I felt it, I would be okay.” -Iyania Vanzant
 
Iyanla Vanzant was born as Rhonda Eva Harris on 13 September 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She is a professional speaker and a writer.
 
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“Dream big and dare to fail.” -Norman Vaughan
 
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“Good people are not those who lack flaws, the brave are not those who feel no fear, and the generous are not those who never feel selfish. Extraordinary people are not extraordinary because they are invulnerable to unconscious biases. They are extraordinary because they choose to do something about it.” -Shankar Vedantam: “The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives”
 
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“Let him who desires peace prepare for war.” [translation to English]
“Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum.” [original Latin]
-Vegetius
 
“In time of peace prepare for war.” -Vegetius
 
“The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.” -Vegetius
 
Flavius Vegetius Renatus, also known simply as Vegetius, was a military expert of ancient Rome.
 
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“Believe one who has tried it.” [translation to English]
“Trust one who has proven it.” [variant translation to English]
“Experto credite.” [original Latin]
-Vergil
 
“Fortune favors the bold.” [translation to English]
“Fortune favors the brave.” [variant translation to English]
“Audentes fortuna iuvat.” [original Latin]
-Vergil: “Aeneid” (29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), Book X, Line 284
 
“Happy the man who knows the causes of things.” -Vergil
 
“Love of country shall prevail.” [translation to English]
“Vincet amor patriae.” [original Latin]
-Vergil: “Aeneid” (29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), Book 6, Line 823
 
“Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.” [translation to English]
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.” [original Latin]
-Vergil: “Aeneid” (29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), book 1, line 203
 
“The greatest wealth is health.” -Vergil
 
“They are able who think they are able.” -Vergil
 
“They can because they think they can.” [translation to English]
“Possunt, quia posse videntur.” [original Latin]
-Vergil: “Aeneid” (29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), Book V, Line 231 (translation by John Conington)
 
“They can conquer who believe they can.” -Vergil: as quoted in John Dryden, translator: -Vergil: “Aeneid” (29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), Book V
 
“Too happy would you be, did you but know your own advantages!” -Vergil
 
“We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.” -Vergil
 
“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.” -Vergil
 
Publius Vergilius Maro, also known as Vergil or Virgil, was born on 15 October 70 B.C.E. He was a writer and a poet of ancient Rome. He is known for three major works of Latin literature: the “Eclogues” (37 B.C.E.), the “Georgics” (29 B.C.E.) and the epic -Vergil: “Aeneid” (29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.). Publius Vergilius Maro passed at 50 years of age on 21 September 19 B.C.E.
 
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“Movement is life.” -Jules Verne
 
“Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.” -Jules Verne
 
Jules Gabriel Verne was a novelist and a science fiction writer.
 
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“We painters use the same license as poets and madmen.” -Paolo Veronese
 
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“Those new regions which we found and explored with the fleet . . . we may rightly call a New World . . . a continent more densely peopled and abounding in animals than our Europe or Asia or Africa; and in addition a climate milder than in any other region known to us.” -Amerigo Vespucci
 
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“Four little words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.” -A. Lou Vickery
 
A. Lou Vickery is a writer.
 
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“You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.” -David Viscott
 
David Steven Viscott was born on 24 May 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a psychiatrist, a writer, and a radio talk show host. David Steven Viscott pass on at 58 years of age on 10 October 1996 in Studio City, California, United States of America.
 
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“What we do flows from who we are.” -Paul Vitale
 
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“Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the center of man’s universe is the Earth?” -Stephen Vizinczey
 
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“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.” -Karl von Clausewitz
 
Karl von Clausewitz was born on 1 June 1780 in Burg near Magdeburg. He became a Prussian general and military writer. Karl von Clausewitz passed on at 51 years of age on 18 November 1831 in Breslau, Germany.
 
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“I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.” -Wilhelm von Humboldt: as quoted in Jordan S. Metzger: “Lightning Fast Enlightenment: A Journey to the Secrets of Happiness” (2000), page 9
 
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt, also known simply as Wilhelm von Humboldt, was born on 22 June 1767 in Potsdam, Prussia. He became a German statesman, a diplomat, and a philosopher. He was a friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, and a brother of Alexander von Humboldt. He founded Humboldt Univesität (English: University) in Berlin. Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt passed on at 67 years of age on 8 April 1835 in Tegel, Prussia.
 
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“All attempts to coerce the living will of human beings into the service of something they do not want must fail.” -Ludwig von Mises
 
“The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state. The history of the West, from the age of the Greek polis down to the present-day resistance to socialism, is essentially the history of the fight for liberty against the encroachments of the officeholders.” -Ludwig von Mises
 
“The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.” -Ludwig von Mises
 
Ludwig von Mises was born in 1881. He was Austrian-American economist, historian, and writer. Ludwig von Mises passed on in 1973.
 
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“By the time the average person finishes college he or she will have taken over 2600 tests quizzes and exams. The right answer approach becomes deeply ingrained in our thinking. This may be fine for some mathematical problems where there is in fact only one right answer. The difficulty is that most of life isn’t that way. Life is ambiguous; there are many right answers - all depending on what you are looking for. But if you think there is only one right answer then you’ll stop looking as soon as you find one.” -Roger von Oech
 
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“Great people are always subject to persecution, and always getting into straits.” -Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
 
 “I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have lived and loved.” -Johann von Schiller
 
“Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.” -Johann von Schiller
 
The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it!
It sinks with you! With you it will ascend.
-Johann von Schiller
 
“The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.” -Johann von Schiller: “Mary Stuart” (1800), Act II, scene iii
 
“Who reflects too much will accomplish little.” -Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller: “Wilhelm Tell” (1803), Act III, scene i
 
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, also known simply as Friedrich Schiller, was born on 10 November 1759 in Marbach am Neckar, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany). He became a poet, an essayist, a historian, and a historical dramatist. He is the author of the plays “The Robbers” (1781), “Don Carlos” (1787), the trilogy “Wallenstein” (1796), “William Tell” (1804), and the poem “Ode to Joy” (1785). Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller passed on at 45 years of age on 9 May 1805 in Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire (now Weimar is a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany).
 
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“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” -Albert von Szent-Györgyi: “The Scientist Speculates” (1962)
 
Albert Szent-Györgyi von Nagyrápolt was born on 16 September 1893 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. He became an American biochemist. He is known for being the first person to isolate citric acid, also known as vitamin C. Albert Szent-Györgyi von Nagyrápolt passed on at 93 years of age on 22 October 1986 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” -Kurt Vonnegut
 
“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’” -Kurt Vonnegut
 
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” -Kurt Vonnegut: “Mother Night” (1961), ‘Introduction’ (1966)
 
Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was born on 11 November 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and an essayist. Kurt Vonnegut, Junior passed on at 84 years of age on 11 April 2007 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent.” -Marilyn vos Savant: as quoted in Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, and Andrew Frothingham: “And I Quote: The Definitive Collection . . .” (2003), page 53
 
Marilyn vos Savant was born in 1946. She is an American lecturer, writer, playwright, and an advice columnist (1986 - present) under the heading ‘Ask Marilyn’ in “Parade Magazine.”
 
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1/9/2024

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“Keep bees and grow asparagus, watch the tides and listen to the wind instead of the politicians, make up your own stories and believe them, if you want to live the good life.” -Miriam Waddington
 
Miriam Waddington, also known by the pseudonym E. B. Merrit, was born as Miriam Dworkin on 23 December 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She became a social worker, a poet, a short story writer, and a translator. Miriam Waddington passed on at 86 years of age on 3 March 2004 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
 
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“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” -Richard Wagner
 
Wilhelm Richard ‘Richard’ Wagner was born on 22 May 1813 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. He became a musical dramatist. Wilhelm Richard ‘Richard’ Wagner passed on at 69 years of age on 13 February 1883 in Venice, Italy.
 
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“Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.” -John Wain 
 
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“You were made to soar, to crash to earth, then to rise and soar again.” -Alfred Wainwright
 
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“A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.” -Denis Waitley
 
“Don’t be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal becomes a mini goal in itself.” -Denis Waitley
 
“Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” -Denis Waitley
 
“Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.” -Denis Waitley
 
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” -Denis Waitley

“It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.” -Denis Waitley
 
“Life is like a field of newly fallen snow. Where I choose to walk, every step will show.” -Denis Waitley
 
“Our limitations and successes will be based, most often, on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.” -Denis Waitley
 
“The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” -Denis Waitley
 
“There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.” -Denis Waitley
 
“Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.” -Denis Waitley
 
“You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.” -Denis Waitley
 
Denis E. Waitley was born in 1933. He is an American motivational speaker, speaker trainer, and writer of self-help books. Mr. Waitley is a founding member of the National Council for Self-Esteem.
 
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“My kids are starting to notice I’m a little different from the other dads. ‘Why don’t you have a straight job like everyone else?’ they asked me the other day. I told them this story: In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight tree would say to the crooked tree, “Look at me . . . I’m tall, and I’m straight, and I’m handsome. Look at you . . . you’re all crooked and bent over. No one wants to look at you.” And they grew up in that forest together. And then one day the loggers came, and they saw the crooked tree and the straight tree, and they said, “Just cut the straight trees and leave the rest.” So the loggers turned all the straight trees into lumber and toothpicks and paper. And the crooked tree is still there, growing stronger and stranger every day.” -Tom Waits
 
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“It’s important the people should know what you stand for. It’s equally important that they know what you won’t stand for.” -Mary H. Waldrip
 
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“Words are plentiful, but deeds are precious.” -Lech Walesa
 
Lech Walesa was born in 1943. He is a Polish trade union leader and a politician.
 
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I perceive all the professors of esoteric knowledge
to be full of learning with no application -
Day and night wasting their lives,
pursuing discussion, chatter, and empty disputation.
-Ni’matullah Wali
 
Ni’matullah Wali was born in 1331 in Aleppo, Syria. He became a poet. Ni’matullah Wali passed on at about 100 years of age on 5 April 1431.
 
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“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” -Alice Walker
 
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” -Alice Walker
 
“Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming.” -Alice Walker
 
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” -Alice Walker
 
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” -Alice Walker
 
Alice Malsenior Walker was born on 9 February 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, United States of America. She became a short story writer, a novelist, a poet, and an essayist.
 
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“When Arturo Toscanini was eighty years old, someone asked his son what his father ranked as his greatest achievement. The response was eloquent: ‘For him there can be no such thing. Whatever he happens to be doing at the moment is the biggest thing in his life, whether it is conducting a symphony or peeling an orange.’” -Harold Blake Walker
 
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“Opportunities are merely problems that promise to pay off after sufficient work.” -John Walker
 
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“Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go.” -Margaret Walker
 
Margaret Walker was born in 1915. She was an American writer and educator. Margaret Walker passed on in 1998.
 
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“I’ve read about foreign policy and studied - I know the number of continents.” -George C. Wallace: comment during his 1968 presidential campaign
 
George Corley Wallace was born in 1919. He was an American politician. George Corley Wallace passed on in 1998.
 
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“For me, walking the tightrope is living. Everything else is waiting.” -Karl Wallenda
 
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“To act with common sense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom; and the best philosophy is to do one’s duties, to take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one’s lot, and bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is.” -Horace Walpole
 
Horace Walpole was born on 24 September 1717 in London, England. He became a politician, a writer, and a man of letters. Horace Walpole passed on at 79 years of age on 2 March 1797 in Berkeley Square, London, England.
 
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“We don’t need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What we need is to use what we have.” -Basil S. Walsh
 
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“Few things offer greater return on less investment than praise.” -Bill Walsh
 
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“When you look for good in others, you discover the best in yourself.” -Martin Walsh
 
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“Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.” -J. Donald Walters
 
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Old tree
How many storms
You have withstood
while I
Frail creature
Find myself dismayed by one.
-Nina Willis Walter
 
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“If we could only make our hands move as actively as our tongues what wonders we could accomplish! Almost everyone loves to hear his own voice. It is so easy too! Yet if we could say less and do more for each other’s good not alone would every home be happier but communities would he enriched thereby. Instead of criticism by speech to show someone a better way to do a thing would be of much greater value.” -John Wanamaker
 
“Many persons have an idea that one cannot be in business and lead an upright life, whereas the truth is that no one succeeds in business to any great extent, who misleads or misrepresents.” -John Wanamaker
 
John Wanamaker was born in 1838. He was a businessman who pioneered the department store concept. John Wanamaker passed on in 1922.
 
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“Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.” -An Wang
 
An Wang was born in 1920. He was an American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of the computer company Wang Laboratories, which was known primarily for its dedicated word processing machines. He was an important contributor to the development of magnetic core memory. An Wang passed on in 1990.
 
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Human hopes and human creeds
Have their roots in human needs.
-Eugene Fitch Ware
 
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“Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering.” -Rick Warren
 
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“No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.” -Charles Dudley Warner
 
Charles Dudley Warner was born in 1829. He was an American newspaperman, writer, editor, and publisher. Charles Dudley Warner passed on in 1900.
 
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“A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.” -Booker T. Washington

“An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“Any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“Character is power.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“I have learnt that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome trying to succeed.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“I think I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“I will permit no man . . . to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” -Booker T. Washington: “Up from Slavery” (1901), chapter 11
 
“Ignorance is more costly to any state than education.” -Booker T. Washington (1898)
 
“No race can prosper until it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.” -Booker T. Washington
 
Booker Taliaferro Washington was born on 5 April 1856 near Hale’s Ford, Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America. He became a teacher, a writer, an orator, and a presidential advisor. Booker Taliaferro Washington passed on at 59 years of age on 14 November 1915 in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States of America.
 
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“He who stops being better stops being good.” -Thomas J. Watson
 
“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.” -Thomas J. Watson
 
“In order to be a success in business there is one thing you must do. You cannot be successful without it. That is ‘work.’ I have not told you anything new. Everyone knows that you cannot be successful in anything without work. Why does not everyone work? Because some lack the one thing that makes men want to work: ‘enthusiasm.’ That is something no one can give you. You must acquire it yourself and the only way that you can become enthusiastic about anything is to have a thorough ‘knowledge’ of it. You have never seen an enthusiastic man who was lazy.” -Thomas J. Watson: speech at Princeton University (13 October 1928)
 
“Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?” -Thomas J. Watson
 
“The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.” -Thomas J. Watson
 
“Within us all are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then often times we find that it is comparatively simple to double or triple our former capabilities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved.” -Thomas J. Watson
 
Thomas J. Watson, Senior was born in 1874. He was an American industrialist and the founder and chairman (1914 - 1956) of International Business Machines (IBM). Thomas J. Watson, Senior passed on in 1956.
 
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“But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.” -Alan Watts
 
“Man suffers because of his craving to possess and keep forever things which are impermanent.” -Alan Watts
 
Alan Wilson Watts was born on 6 January 1915 in Chislehurst, Kent, England. He immigrated to the United States of America in 1938. He became a philosopher, a writer, and a speaker. Alan Wilson Watts passed on at 58 years of age on 16 November 1973.
 
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“It’s not a question of who’s going to throw the first stone; it’s a question of who’s going to start building with it.” -Sloan Wilson
 
Sloan Wilson was born in 1920. He was an American writer. Sloan Wilson passed on in 2003.
 
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“We are tomorrow’s past.” -Mary Webb
 
Mary Webb was born in 1881. She was an English romantic novelist and poet whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people she knew. Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably in the film, “Gone to Earth” (1950), by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Mary Webb passed on in 1927.
 
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“There is always room at the top.” -Daniel Webster
 
Daniel Webster was born on 18 January 1782 in Salisbury, New Hampshire, United States of America. He became a lawyer, a statesman, an orator, and an American Secretary of State. Daniel Webster passed on at 70 years of age on 24 October 1852 in Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“If you can’t excel with talent, triumph with effort.” -Dave Weinbaum
 
“The most important lesson that you can learn from winning is that you can!” -Dave Weinbaum
 
“The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.” -Dave Weinbaum
 
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“If you want better service, try thanking people every time they do something for you. It takes a half second.” -Alan Weiss: “Millionaire Consultant”
 
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“Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be part of.” -Geri Weitzman
 
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“Many men fail because they quit too soon. They lose faith when the signs are against them. They do not have the courage to hold on, to keep fighting in spite of that which seems insurmountable. If more of us would strike out and attempt the ‘impossible,’ we very soon would find the truth of that old saw that nothing is impossible . . . Abolish fear and you can accomplish anything you wish.” -C. E. Welch
 
C. E. Welch is a business executive.
 
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“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” -Jack Welch
 
“Change before you have to.” -Jack Welch
 
John Francis ‘Jack’ Welch, Junior was born in 1935. He is an American business executive, writer, and chemical engineer. He was chairman and CEO of General Electric (1981 - 2001).
 
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“This could be such a beautiful world if only we could all care just a little more.” -Rosiland Welcher
 
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“The best preparation for work is not thinking about work, talking about work, or studying for work: It is work.” -William Weld
 
William Weld is a politician and an attorney.
 
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“My mind is a garden. My thoughts are the seeds. My harvest will be either flower or weeds.” -Mel Weldon
 
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“I passionately hate the idea of being with it. I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.” -Orson Welles
 
Orson Welles was born in 1915. He was an American actor, writer, producer, and director. Orson Welles passed on in 1985.
 
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“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.” -Jerry West
 
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“Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.” -Mae West
 
Mary Jane ‘Mae’ West was born on 17 August 1893 in Kings County, New York, United States of America. She was an American stage and movie actress, singer, comedian, playwright, and screenwriter. Mary Jane ‘Mae’ West passed on at 87 years of age on 22 November 1980 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
 
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“An education is like a crumbling building that needs constant upkeep with repairs and additions.” -Edith Wharton
 
“True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.” -Edith Wharton
 
Edith Wharton was born in 1862. She became a writer. Edith Wharton passed on in 1937.
 
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“He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.” -Richard Whately

Richard Whately was born on 1 February 1787 in Cavendish Square, London, England. He became a rhetorician, a logician, an economist, an academic, a theologian, and a writer. Richard Whately passed on at 76 years of age on 8 October 1863 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.
 
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“Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset.” -Joss Whedon
 
“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. Make.” -Joss Whedon
 
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“Only the loving find love, and they never have to look.” -Alice Wheeler
 
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And so no force however great
Can stretch a cord however fine
Into a horizontal line
That shall be absolutely straight.
-William Whewell: example of accidental metre and rhyme
 
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“Genius may be almost defined as the faculty of acquiring poverty.” -Edwin Whipple
 
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“A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it.” -Katharine Whitehorn
 
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn was born in 1928 in Hendon, Greater London, England. She is a journalist, writer, and columnist who is known for her wit and humor.
 
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“Every really new idea looks crazy at first.” -Alfred North Whitehead
 
“It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.” -Alfred North Whitehead
 
“No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” -Alfred North Whitehead
 
“To see what is general in what is particular and what is permanent in what is transitory is the aim of scientific thought.” -Alfred North Whitehead
 
“We think in generalities, but we live in details.” -Alfred North Whitehead
 
Alfred North Whitehead was born on 15 February 1861 in Ramsgate, Kent, England. He became a mathematician and a logician. Alfred North Whitehead passed on at 86 years of age on 30 December 1947 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.” -Dennis Wholey
 
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“The changing of the goals helps keep the motivation fresh.” -Bradley Wiggins
 
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“We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all.” -William Wilberforce
 
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“Reach for you dreams, and they will reach for you.” -Billy Wilder
 
Billy Wilder was born in 1906.
 
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“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder
 
“If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it’s pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder
 
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”-Laura Ingalls Wilder
 
“The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder
 
Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867. She was an American writer. She is known as the author of the “Little House on the Prairie” series of novels. Laura Ingalls Wilder passed on in 1957.
 
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“I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.” -Thornton Wilder
 
“I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island. I would feel enormous satisfaction in being regarded as the voice of the average American.” -Thornton Wilder
 
“We can only be said to be truly alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” -Thornton Wilder
 
Thornton Niven Wilder was born in 1897. He was an American novelist and dramatist. Thornton Niven Wilder passed on in 1975.
 
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“I haven’t got time to be tired.” -Wilhelm I
 
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“People prefer to follow those who help them, not those who intimidate them.” -C. Gene Wilkes
 
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“I cannot help believing that the world will be a better and a happier place when people are praised more and blamed less.” -Francis Elizabeth Willard
 
“The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.” -Frances E. Willard
 
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was born on 28 September 1839 in Churchville, New York, United States of America. She became a teacher, a temperance reformer, a women’s suffragist, and a President of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard passed on at 58 years of age on 17 February 1898.
 
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“Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living.” -A. D. Williams

“Man is not the only animal that likes to have fun, to play, to find the joy in life.” -A. D. Williams
 
“The words we choose to speak decide the life we choose to live.” -A. D. Williams
 
“Truths are quiet. Lies are loud.” -A. D. Williams
 
Anthony Douglas Williams was born in Ontario, Canada. He is a writer and magazine editor. Before beginning to research and write his book, “Inside the Divine Pattern,” he was in the film industry. He opened his own family film distribution company in the early 1990’s, as he was against the increasing violence in mainstream films.
 
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“The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.” -Donald Williams
 
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“To anyone that ever told you you’re no good . . . They’re no better.” -Hayley Williams
 
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“When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world.” -Roger Williams
 
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“Lives, like money, are spent. What are you buying with yours?” -Roy H. Williams
 
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“Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.” -Tad Williams
 
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“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower. You didn’t have to struggle to make your face different than anyone else’s on Earth. It just is. You are unique because you were created that way. Look at little children in kindergarten. They’re all different without trying to be. As long as they’re unselfconsciously being themselves, they can’t help but shine.” -Marianne Williamson
 
“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” -Marianne Williamson
 
“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” -Marianne Williamson
 
Marianne Williamson was born in July 1952. She is an American writer and lecturer.
 
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“There is no royal road; you have got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.” -Charles E. Wilson
 
Charles Erwin Wilson was born in 1890. He was an American automobile businessman. Charles Erwin Wilson passed on in 1961.
 
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“You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist. The world needs all you can give.” -E. O. Wilson
 
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“Happy is the soul that has something to look backward to with pride and something to look forward to with hope.” -Oliver G. Wilson
 
Oliver G. Wilson was a Reverend in the Wesleyan denomination of Christianity.
 
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“We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.” -Walter Winchell
 
Walter Winchell was born on 7 April 1897. He was an American journalist and broadcaster. Walter Winchell passed on at 74 years of age on 20 February 1972.
 
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“Personal deficiencies might be termed negative qualities and include unreliability, failure to cooperate, laziness, untidiness, trouble making, interference, and dishonesty. Positive qualities would include willingness, cheerfulness, courtesy, honesty, neatness, reliability, and temperance. Many fail in their work because they are unable to overcome one personal deficiency. Check up on yourself. Don’t be afraid to put yourself under a microscope. Eliminate your negative qualities. Develop your positive ones. You can’t win with the check mark in the wrong place.” -M. Winette
 
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“Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” -Larry Winget
 
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“No life can be barren which hears the whisper of the wind in the branches or the voice of the sea as it breaks upon the shore; and no soul can lack happiness looking up to the midnight stars.” -William Winter
 
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“Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence.” -Jeanette Winterson
 
Jeanette Winterson was born in 1959. She is an English writer, who became famous with her first book, “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit,” a semi-autobiographical novel about a teenage girl. She is also a broadcaster and a professor of creative writing.
 
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“Life offers two great gifts - time, and the ability to choose how we spend it. Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.” -Richard I. Winword
 
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“A person determined never to be wrong won’t likely accomplish much.” -Ken Wisdom
 
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“A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I’m a rather bad guide.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein: as quoted in Alois Pichler and Herbert Hrachovec, editors: “Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Information” (2008), page 140
 
“Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein
 
“My difficulty is only an enormous difficulty of expression.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein: ‘Journal entry (8 March 1915) as quoted in Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, translator: “Notebooks 1914 - 1916” (1961), page 40
 
“The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.” -Wittgenstein: “Philosophical Investigations”
 
“Words are deeds.” [translation to English]
“Worte sind Taten.” [original German]
-Ludwig Wittgenstein: as quoted in Peter Winch, translator: “Vermischte Bemerkungen” (1977), page 50
 
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was born on 26 April 1889 in Vienna, Austria. He spent much of his life in England. He became a philosopher in logic, mathematics, mind, and language. He taught at the University of Cambridge (1929 - 1947). During his lifetime, he published one book, “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus,” one article, one book review, and one children’s dictionary. However, he wrote large volumes of manuscripts that were edited and published after his passing, some of which are published as “Philosophical Investigations” (1953). Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein passed on at 62 years of age on 29 April 1951 in Cambridge, England.
 
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“The butler entered the room, a solemn procession of one.” -P. G. Wodehouse
 
“While not exactly disgruntled, he was far from feeling gruntled.” -P. G. Wodehouse
 
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, also known as P. G. Wodehouse, was born in 1881 in Guildford, England. He became a novelist and a humorist. He started his career in banking, but disliked the work, and turned to writing in his spare time. He became an American citizen in 1955. Pelham Grenville Wodehouse passed on in 1975.
 
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“In briefings to busy people, summarize at the beginning what you’re going to tell them, then tell them, then summarize at the end what you have told them.” -Charles Wolf, Junior
 
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“It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.” -Mary Wollstonecraft
 
Mary Wollstonecraft was born in 1759. She was an English writer in the genres of novels, travel, etiquette, history, and children’s literature. She is known for the work, “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.” Mary Wollstonecraft passed on in 1797.
 
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“Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never get it out.” -Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
 
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey was born in 1471. Thomas Cardinal Wolsey passed on in 1530.
 
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“The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will be boss.” -Carl Wood
 
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“True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.” -Edward Frederick Lindley Wood
 
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, also known as E. F. L. Wood, was born on 16 April 1881 in Powderham Castle, Devon, England. He became a British politician. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood passed on at 78 years of age on 23 December 1959 in Garrowby Hall, Yorkshire, England.
 
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“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” -George E. Woodberry
 
“If you can’t have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.” -George E. Woodberry
 
“The sense that someone else cares always helps, because it is the sense of love.” -George E. Woodberry
 
George Edward Woodberry, sometimes spelled Woodbury, was born on 12 May 1855 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a writer, a literary critic, and a poet. George Edward Woodberry passed on at 74 years of age on 2 January 1930 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
 
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Out of the strain of the Doing
Into the peace of the Done.
-Julia Louise Woodruff: ‘Sunday at Home’ published in “Harvest Home” (1910)
 
Julia Louisa Matilda Woodruff (maiden name Curtiss), also known by the pseudonym W. M. L. Jay (being a reversal of her initials and with the letter J made into Jay), was born on 29 April 1832 in Newtown, Connecticut, United States of America. She was married to Curtiss T. Woodruff (1817 - 1887) on 10 February 1849 and resided in New York City. She became a writer, a poet, and a compiler of books. She is known as the author of “Shiloh” (1870), “My Winter in Cuba” (1871), “Holden with the Cords (1876),” “He Giveth Songs” (1881) “Daisy Seekers” (1885), “Life’s Sunny Side” (1886), and “Bellevue” (1891). Julia Louisa Matilda Woodruff passed on at 76 years of age on 21 April 1909.
 
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“There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit.” -Robert Woodruff
 
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“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.” -Harriet Woods
 
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“His huff arrived and he departed in it.” -Alexander Woollcott
 
“There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.” -Alexander Woollcott
 
Alexander Humphreys Woollcott was born on 19 January 1887 in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, United States of America. He became a writer for the “The New Yorker Magazine,” an actor, an playwright, and a radio commentator. He was a member of the Algonquin Round Table. Alexander Humphreys Woollcott passed on at 56 years of age on 23 January 1943 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” Virginia Woolf: “A Room of One’s Own” (1929)
 
“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.” -Virginia Woolf
 
Adeline Virginia ‘Virginia’ Woolf was born as Adeline Virginia Stephen on 25 January 1882 in Kensington, Middlesex, England. She became a novelist, an essayist, a publisher, and a critic. Her notable works include, “To the Lighthouse” (1927), “Mrs. Dalloway” (1925), “Orlando” (1928), and the book-length essay, “A Room of One’s Own” (1929). Adeline Virginia ‘Virginia’ Woolf passed on at 59 years of age on 28 March 1941 in River Ouse (near Lewes), Sussex, England.
 
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“The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.” -Frank Lloyd Wright
 
Frank Lloyd Wright was born Frank Lincoln Wright on 8 June 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States of America. He became an architect, an interior designer, a writer, and an educator. Among his more than 1,000 structural designs and 532 completed works are “Fallingwater” and the Usonian home concept. Frank Lloyd Wright passed on at 91 years of age on 9 April 1959.
 
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“A man’s doubts and fears are his worst enemies.” -William Wrigley, Junior
 
“When two men in a business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.” -William Wrigley, Junior
 
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“Great men with great truths have seldom had much support from their associates.” -Philip Wylie
 
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Quotations By Authors Xa Through Zz

1/8/2024

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Quotations by Authors Xa through Xz
 
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“Be great in little things.” -Francis Xavier
 
Francis Xavier was born in 1505. Francis Xavier passed on in 1552.
 
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Lord for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin
Just for today.
-Mary Xavier
 
Mary Xavier is a Sister in a religious order.
 
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“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” -Xenocrates
 
Xenocrates was born in 396 B.C.E. Xenocrates passed on in 314 B.C.E.
 
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“Pray to God at the beginning of all thy works so that thou mayest bring them all to a good ending.” -Xenophon

Xenophon was born in about 430 B.C.E. He was an Athenian historian. Xenophon passed on in 352 B.C.E.
 
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“Only by great risks can great results be achieved.” -Xerxes I
 
Xerxes I was born in 519 B.C.E. He became a king of Persia (486 B.C.E. - 465 B.C.E.). Xerxes I passed on in 465 B.C.E.
 
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Quotations by Authors Ya through Yz
 
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“A limit on what you will do puts a limit on what you can do.” -Dexter Yager
 
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“You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” -Isoroku Yamamoto
 
Isoroku Yamamoto was born on 4 April 1884 in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He became a Japanese navy admiral. Isoroku Yamamoto passed on at 59 years of age on 18 April 1943 on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.
 
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“The rest of our life is going to be the best of our life!” -Darrell Yarbrough
 
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“When you get to your wit’s end, you’ll find God lives there.” -Elizabeth Yates
 
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“He owned and operated a ferocious temper.” -Thomas Russell Ybarra
 
Thomas Russell Ybarra was born in 1880.
 
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“And say my glory was I had such friends.” -William Butler Yeats
 
“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” -William Butler Yeats
 
“If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.” -William Butler Yeats
 
There are no strangers here;
Only friends you haven’t yet met.
-William Butler Yeats
 
“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” -William Butler Yeats
 
Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
-William Butler Yeats: “Easter, 1916” (1916), part IV, lines 1 and 2
 
William Butler Yeats was born on 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. He became a poet, a dramatist, and a revivalist of Irish literature. He wrote his more noteworthy poetry after reaching 50 years of age. He is known as the compiler of the “Oxford Book of Modern Verse” (1936). William Butler Yeats passed on at 73 years of age on 28 January 1939 in Menton, France.
 
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“To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn’t.” -Francis Yeats-Brown
 
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Happy days are here again,
     The skies above are clear again:
Let us sing a song of cheer again,
     Happy days are here again!
-Jack Yellen: “Happy Days Are Here Again”
 
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“Everything I do, I do on the principle of Russian borscht. You can throw everything into it - beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, everything you want. What’s important is the result, the taste of the borscht.” -Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko
 
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko was born in 1933. He is a Soviet poet.
 
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“Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others’ shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.” -Paramhansa Yogananda
 
“Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.” -Paramhansa Yogananda
 
“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.” -Paramhansa Yogananda
 
“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.” -Paramhansa Yogananda
 
Paramhansa Yogananda, sometimes spelled Paramahansa Yogananda, was born in 1893. He was a yoga master of India who took up permanent residence in the West. Paramhansa Yogananda passed on in 1952.
 
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“This is the greatest wealth we possess: to know how to direct our labors rightly.” -Brigham Young

Brigham Young was born on 1 June 1801. He was a president in the Latter Day Saints Church from 1847 until his passing, and a settler of the western United States. He founded Salt Lake City and he served as the first governor of the Utah Territory (now the state of Utah). Brigham Young passed on at 76 years of age on 29 August 1877.
 
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“Courage is one step ahead of fear.” -Coleman Young
 
Coleman Alexander Young was born on 24 May 1918 in. He became a mayor (1974 - 1994) of Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. Coleman Alexander Young passed on at 79 years of age on 29 November 1997.
 
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“Learning makes a man fit company for himself.” -Edward Young
 
Edward Young was born in 1683. He was married to Elizabeth Lee in 1731. He became an English poet, dramatist, and literary critic. Edward Young passed on in 1765.
 
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“To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.” -Eva Young
 
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“Life is a precious gift. Use your days wisely.” -Jenni Young
 
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“The trouble with weather forecasting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.” -Patrick Young
 
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“It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” -Whitney M. Young, Junior
 
“Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.” -Whitney M. Young, Junior

Whitney Moore Young, Junior was born on 31 July 1921 in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States of America. He became a social worker and a civil rights leader. Whitney Moore Young, Junior passed on at 49 years of age on 11 March 1971 in Lagos, Nigeria.
 
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“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.” -Lin Yutang
 
“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner you have learned how to live.” -Lin Yutang

“Life is too short to make an over-serious business out of it.” -Lin Yutang
 
“Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do.” -Lin Yutang
 
“When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice.” -Lin Yutang
 
Lin Yutang was born in 1895. He became a Chinese writer and philologist. Lin Yutang passed on in 1976.
 
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Quotations by Authors Za through Zz
 
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“Your hopes, dreams, and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms - if you will only let them.” -Dan Zadra
 
Daniel W. Zadra, Senior was born in 1946.
 
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“Find reason to do the important things, instead of reasons not to do them. Risk, experiment, and don’t forget to have some fun while you are at it.” -Ernie Zelinski
 
Ernie Zelinski is a consultant.
 
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“There are too many people, and too few human beings.” -Robert Zend
 
Robert Zend was born in 1929. He became a writer. Robert Zend passed on in 1985.
 
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“All the good are friends of one another.” -Zeno of Citium: as quoted in Clement of Alexandria: “Stromata,” verse 14
 
“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.” -Zeno of Citium
 
“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.” -Zeno of Citium: as quoted in Diogenes Laërtius: “Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers,” vii, 23
 
Zeno of Citium was born in 334 B.C.E. He was a Greek philosopher from Cyprus, and was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he taught in Athens starting in about 300 B.C.E. Zeno of Citium passed on in 262 B.C.E.
 
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“It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged.” -Edward W. Ziegler
 
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“The ill usage of every minute is a new record against us in Heaven.” -Johann Georg Zimmermann
 
Johann Georg Zimmermann, also known as Johann George Ritter von Zimmerman, was born on 8 December 1728 in Brugg, Aargua, Switzerland. He became a philosophical writer, a naturalist, and a physician. Johann Georg Zimmermann passed on at 66 years of age on 7 October 1795 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
 
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“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” -Howard Zinn
 
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“Providing value is what leaders do. ‘Servant leadership’ is a school of thought whereby leaders see themselves as existing to help others. Fred Smith, founder of Federal Express, once opinioned that organizational pyramids were drawn upside-down - that the CEO should be on the bottom, tip of the pyramid balanced on his head, and his job was to support everyone else.” -Ray Zinn
 
Raymond D. ‘Ray’ Zinn was an inventor, entrepreneur, and co-founder of the semiconductor company Micrel.
 
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“There’s not much to be said about the period except that most writers don’t reach it soon enough.” -William Zinsser
 
William Zinsser was born in 1922. He was an American writer, editor, and teacher.
 
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“Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.” -Zoroaster
 
“Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.” -Zoroaster
 
Zoroaster, also known as Zarathushtra, was born in about 628 B.C.E. in Persia (now Iran). He is believed to be the founder of the Zoroastrian religion. Zoroaster passed on in about 551 B.C.E.
 
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“If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself. If you wish to diminish fear in the world, diminish your own. These are the gifts that you can give.” -Gary Zukav: “The Seat of the Soul” (1989)
 
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“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Accept life daily not as a cup to be drained but as a chalice to be filled with whatsoever things are honest, pure, lovely, and of good report.” -Author Unknown
 
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“An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity.” -Author Unknown
 
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“An unexpected turn could become a lifelong path.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Be a reflection of what you’d like to see in others! If you want love, give love, if you want honesty, give honesty, if you want respect, give respect. You get in return, what you give!” -Author Unknown
 
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“Be someone nobody thought you could be.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Be thankful for all the difficult people in your life, and learn from them. They have shown you exactly who you do not want to be.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but it’s everything in between that makes it all worthwhile.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble yet reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Count the cost before you do or say something.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Determine to live so as to be missed.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Do good for others. It will come back in unexpected ways.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Do more of what works and less of what doesn’t.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Don’t wait for your ship to come in. Row out to meet it.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Every age confutes old errors, and begets new.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Every moment is golden.” -Author Unknown: English proverb
 
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“Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise. Risking more than others think is safe. Dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Far away is only far away if you don’t go there.” -Author Unknown: “Reader’s Digest”
 
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“Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Give and forget. Receive and remember.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” -Author Unknown: “Christian Science Hymnal,” Hymn 249
 
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“Having a good wife and rich cabbage soup, seek not other things.” -Author Unknown: Russian proverb
 
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“He conquers who endures.” -Author Unknown: Italian proverb
 
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“He is poor who does not feel content.” -Author Unknown: Japanese proverb
 
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“He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers.” -Author Unknown: proverb
 
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“He that would eat the fruit, must climb the tree.” -Author Unknown: Scottish proverb
 
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“He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.” -Author Unknown
 
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“He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Hope means to keep humming in the darkness.” -Author Unknown
 
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“I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.” -Author Unknown
 
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“I always knew that I would look back and laugh at the times I cried, but I never thought I would cry at the times I laughed.” -Author Unknown
 
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“I do not intend to read (or watch or listen to) anything I do not wish to remember through eternity.” -Author Unknown
 
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“I give thanks for this perfect day. Miracle will follow miracle And wonders will never cease.” -Author Unknown
 
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“I haven’t a clue as to how my story will end. But that’s all right. When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, you don’t conclude that the road has vanished. And how else could we discover the stars?” -Author Unknown
 
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“I just ordered a chicken and an egg off the internet, to see which one comes first . . . I’ll keep you posted.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Ideas won’t work unless you do.” -Author Unknown
 
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“If I have an apple and you have an apple and we exchange apples - then you have an apple and I have an apple. But if I have the idea that the apple is red and you have the idea that the apple is small and we exchange ideas, then you have two ideas and I have two ideas.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Phi Kappa Phi Journal” (1952)
 
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“If not us, who; if not now, when?” -Author Unknown
 
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“If we follow our principles only when it’s convenient to do so, then we really have no principles at all.” -Author Unknown
 
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“If you are on a journey and the end gets further and further away, only then you will realize that life is not the end but the journey itself.” -Author Unknown
 
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“If you don’t ask, you don’t get.” -Author Unknown
 
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“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will do.” -Author Unknown: Chinese proverb
 
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“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” -Author Unknown
 
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“If you have a clear conscience and good health, if you have a few good friends and a happy home, if your heart has kept its youth and your soul its honesty, then cheer up - you are one of life’s fortunate millionaires.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in the “American Salesman”
 
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“If you see something wrong and don’t correct it, you have just set a new standard.” -Author Unknown
 
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“If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.” -Author Unknown
 
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“If you make the world a little better then you have accomplished a great deal.” -Author Unknown
 
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“It is beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.” -Author Unknown
 
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“It’s amazing how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.” -Author Unknown
 
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“It’s better to fight for something than against something.” -Author Unknown
 
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“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.” -Author Unknown: Latin Proverb
 
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“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.” -Author Unknown
 
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“It’s not what the world holds for you, it’s what you bring to it.” -Author Unknown: “Anne with an E,” television program
 
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“It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.” -Author Unknown
 
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“It’s not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life.” -Author Unknown
 
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“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” -Author Unknown
 
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“It’s true that you can’t take it with you, but folks ought to remember that how you got it may determine where you go.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Just because I laugh a lot doesn’t mean my life is easy. Just because I have a smile on my face every day, doesn’t mean that something is not bothering me. I just choose to move on, and not dwell on the negatives in my life. Every new moment gives me the chance to renew anew. I choose to be that.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Keep your mind on the things that you want and off the things that you don’t want.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Leave everything a bit better than you found it.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen carefully.” -Author Unknown: “Land Before Time,” line of fictional character Littlefoot’s mother
 
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“Life demands from you the strength that you possess.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Life is meant to be enjoyed, not endured.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Life’s trials may be hard to bear, but patience can outlive them.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Live as you wish to be remembered.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Look for the good in everything and you will find it.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Look on the bright side every time, don’t waste your days repining. When any cloud looks dark and dull, turn out the silver lining.” -Author Unknown: “Good in the Day”
 
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“Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Many people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Many things are lost for want of asking.” -Author Unknown: English proverb
 
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May you have
Enough happiness to keep you sweet,
Enough trials to keep you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human,
Enough hope to keep you happy;
Enough failure to keep you humble,
Enough success to keep you eager,
Enough friends to give you comfort,
Enough wealth to meet your needs;
Enough enthusiasm to look forward,
Enough faith to banish depression,
Enough determination to make each
day better than yesterday.
-Author Unknown
 
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“Money lost can be replaced, but time lost is gone forever.” -Author Unknown
 
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“No condition so low, but may have hopes; none so high, but may have fears.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honor, valor, respect. All these things have to be earned.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Often when you find something worth doing, you also find folks trying to keep you from doing it.” -Author Unknown
 
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“One joy scatters a hundred griefs.” -Author Unknown
 
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“One of the best ways to get in the mood for working is to start working.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Pain changes people. It makes them trust less, overthink more, and shut people out.” -Author Unknown
 
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“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” -Author Unknown
 
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“People thrive on the appreciation you show them - the smiles, the thanks, and the gestures of kindness.” -Author Unknown
 
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“People who do things that count never stop to count them.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Pleasant hours fly fast.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Poverty on an old man’s back is a heavy burthen.” -Author Unknown
 
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“‘Pull yourself together’ is seldom said to anyone who can.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Reader’s Digest”
 
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“Reforms come from the bottom. No man with four aces requests a new deal.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Remember what you have been given and forget what you have given.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Some confuse motion with action, words with deeds, promises with deliveries, excuses with results.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Some people jump to conclusions while others dig for facts.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer that never gave up.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Sometimes true courage in life is just being a decent human being.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Sometimes we must make a choice, to take a chance, or our lives will never change.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Sometimes you have to do what’s best for you and your life, not what’s best for everybody else.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Sometimes, you need to talk to a three-year-old so you can understand life again.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Speak well of others, if you speak of them at all.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Success is when you get what you want. Happiness is when you want what you get.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take care of your words when you are with people.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Take heed: You do not find what you do not seek.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The best way out of a difficulty is through it.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The fallen blossom returns not to the bough.” [translation to English]
“Rakka eda ni kaerazu.” [original Japanese in English characters]
落花枝にかえらず [original Japanese in Japanese characters]
-Author Unknown: Japanese proverb
 
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“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The first thing a poor gentleman calls for in the morning is a needle and thread.” -Author Unknown: Scottish proverb
 
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“The great ones play hurt.” -Author Unknown: “Monk” (22 July 2005), season 4, episode 3: ‘Mr. Monk Stays in Bed,’ line spoken by fictional character Natalie Jane Teeger (actress Traylor Howard)
 
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“The greatest talkers are always the least doers.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity. These are the choices that measure your life. Travel the road of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.” -Author unknown
 
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“The journey has taught me that you can never allow what you may know to stop you in your pursuit.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The man who attends strictly to his business usually has plenty of business to attend to.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The older I get, the more I realize no one has any idea what they are actually doing and everyone is just pretending.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The people who tell you that you will never succeed are often the ones who are most afraid that you will.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The shortest answer is doing.” -Author Unknown: English proverb
 
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“The time will pass anyway. You can either spend it creating the life you want or spend it living the life you don’t. The choice is yours.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future. You are destined for greatness. Enjoy your journey and remember to have fun.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The walls in our relationships are built out of the bricks of silence.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The world is long on judgement and short on understanding. Judging is easy and self-satisfying. Understanding requires perspective, experience, and empathy.” -Author Unknown
 
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There are many who wait for their ships to come in,
For their ships to come in from the sea.
This question they ask as they watch and wait:
‘Will a ship come home to me?’
The answer comes swift from a voyager old,
A voyager weathered and gray:
‘Have you sent forth a craft with a cargo, friend?
A craft that might come in today?’
There are many who long for their ships to come in,
That they from their cares may be free;
But how could a ship come home to them
When they’ve sent no craft to sea?
-Author Unknown
 
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“There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go.” -Author Unknown
 
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“There are whole years for which I hope I’ll never be cross-examined, for I could not give a reason.” -Author Unknown
 
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“There is a shady side of life, and a sunny side as well and ‘tis for every one to say on which he’d choose to dwell.” -Author Unknown: “The Cheerful Heart”
 
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There’s no thrill in easy sailing when the skies are clear and blue.
There’s no joy in merely doing things which anyone can do.
But there is some satisfaction that is mighty sweet to take,
when you reach a destination that you thought you’d never make.
-Author Unknown
 
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“There’s nothing more exciting than starting a new project.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.” -Author Unknown
 
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“To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.” -Author Unknown
 
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“To reach a great height, a person needs to have great depth.” -Author Unknown
 
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“To win all you have to do is get up one more time than you fall.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Together is a wonderful place to be.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Trying to settle a problem with words is like attempting to unsnarl a traffic jam by blowing horns.” -Author Unknown
 
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“We become not only what we think, but what we do.” -Author Unknown
 
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“We must be stronger than the things which are against us.” -Author Unknown
 
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“We rise by lifting others.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Well done is better than well said.” -Author Unknown
 
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“What one does, one becomes.” -Author Unknown: Spanish proverb
 
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“What we do in life echoes in eternity.” -Author Unknown: “Gladiator,” line spoken by fictional movie character Maximus
 
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“Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou hear.” -Author Unknown
 
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“When everybody is somebody, then nobody is anybody.” -Author Unknown
 
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“When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.” -Author Unknown
 
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“When the outlook is bad, try the uplook.” -Author Unknown
 
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“When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.” -Author Unknown
 
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“When you read you visit another’s world. When you write you create your own.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Whenever there is a flat surface, someone will find something to put on it.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Winners dwell on their desire, not their limitations.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Words divide us, actions unite us.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Words have wings . . . so speak good things.” -Author Unknown
 
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“You can judge the quality of your life by how often you notice the enjoyment of the little things.” -Author Unknown
 
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“You cannot hold a light to another’s path without brightening your own.” -Author Unknown
 
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“You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.” -Author Unknown
 
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“You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.” -Author Unknown
 
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“You don’t have to get it right. You just have to get it going.” -Author Unknown
 
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“You don’t know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have.” -Author Unknown
 
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“You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.” -Author Unknown
 
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“You never know how soon it may be too late.” -Author Unknown
 
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“You only go around once.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, your behavior does.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Your life is made up of years that mean nothing, moments that mean all.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.” -Author Unknown (variously attributed to Lisa Nichols or Susan Statham)
 
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“Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Your perception of me is reflection of you.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Your struggle may be lasting, but it is not everlasting.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Your world is the thoughts you have about your experiences.” -Author Unknown
 
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