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Aa - Az

1/31/2017

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“If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.” -Hank Aaron
 
Henry Louis ‘Hank’ Aaron was born in 1934 in Mobile, Alabama, United States of America.
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“Esteeming others merely for their agreement with us in religion, opinion, and manner of living is only a less offensive kind of self-adoration.” -Thomas Adam: “Private Thoughts on Religion” (1824) diary entry
 
Thomas Adam was born on 25 February 1701 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He was a Church of England clergyman and a religious writer. Thomas Adam passed on at 83 years of age on 31 March 1784.
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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” -Douglas Adams: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” (1979)
 
“Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.”   -Douglas Adams: “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”
 
“You live and learn. Or at any rate, you live.” -Douglas Adams
 
Douglas Adams was born on 11 March 1952 in Cambridge, England. He was a comic radio dramatist and a writer. Douglas Adams passed on at 49 years of age on 11 May 2001.
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“We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.” -George M. Adams
 
George Matthew Adams was born on 23 August 1878 in Saline, Michigan, United States of America. He was a newspaper columnist and the founder of the George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service, which syndicated comic strips and columns to newspapers for five decades. George Matthew Adams passed away on 29 October 1962.
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“A general dissolution of the 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 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.” -John Adams

John Adams was born in 1735. He was the second President of the United States of America. John Adams passed on in 1826.
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“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” -John Quincy Adams
 
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” -John Quincy Adams
 
John Quincy Adams was born on 11 July 1767. He was married to Louisa Catherine Johnson. He was the sixth President of the United States of America (4 March 1825 - 3 March 1829). John Quincy Adams passed on at 80 years of age on 23 February 1848.
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“A thick skin is a gift from God.” -Konrad Adenauer: as quoted in the “New York Times” (30 December 1959) newspaper
 
Konrad Adenauer was born in 1876. He was a German statesman. Konrad Adenauer passed on in 1967.
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“Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.” -Aeschylus
 
Aeschylus was born in about 525 B.C.E. in Eleusis, Greece. He was a poet and a tragic dramatist. Among other plays, he wrote “Persians” (472 B.C.E.), “The Suppliants” (463 B.C.E.), “Seven Against Thebes” (467 B.C.E.), and “Oresteia” (458 B.C.E.). Aeschylus passed on in about 456 B.C.E. in Gela, Sicily, Italy.
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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 as historian at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. He was a columnist for the “Atlanta Constitution” from 1948 until he passed on. 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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“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea.” -Alain: “Propos sur le Religion” (1938), number 74
 
Alain is a pseudonym of Émile-Auguste Chartier, who was born in 1868. He was a French poet and philosopher. Émile-Auguste Chartier passed on in 1951.
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“A man can do all things if he but wills them.” -Leon Battista Alberti
 
Leon Battista Alberti was born on 18 February 1404. He was an Italian writer, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer, and a general Renaissance polymath. Leon Battista Alberti passed on at 68 years of age on 20 April 1472.
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“Don’t let the sun go down upon your anger; forgive each other, help each other, and begin again tomorrow.” -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
 
“‘Stay’ is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.” -Louisa May Alcott
 
Louisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States of America, as a daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott. She was a novelist best known for her book “Little Women” (1868 - 1869). 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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“A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.” -James Allen
 
“Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.” -James Allen
 
“All successful people are people of purpose. They hold fast to an idea, a project, a plan, and will not let it go; they cherish it, brood upon it, tend and develop it; and when assailed by difficulties, they refuse to be beguiled into surrender; indeed, the intensity of the purpose increases with the growing magnitude of the obstacles encountered.” -James Allen: “As a Man Thinketh”
 
“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.” -James Allen 
 
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you sit there.” -James Allen (similar quotation attributed to Will Rogers)
 
“He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it. Dream lofty dreams and as you dream so shall you become . . .” -James Allen
 
“He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. His every thought is allied with power, and all difficulties are bravely met and wisely overcome. Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative force.” -James Allen: “As a Man Thinketh” (1903)
 
“Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.” -James Allen
 
“People do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.” -James Allen
 
“To the degree that you believe, you will achieve.” -James Allen

“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.” -James Allen
 
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” -James Allen 
 
“You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.” -James Allen: “As a Man Thinketh” (1903)
 
James Allen was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England on 28 November 1864. He was a writer remembered for his inspirational books and poetry, and was a pioneer in the self-help movement. His first book was “From Poverty to Power, or, the Realization of Prosperity and Peace” (1901), but his best-known work is “As a Man Thinketh” (1903). James Allen passed on at 47 years of age on 24 January 1912 in Ilfracombe, Devon, England.
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“The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart, this you will build your life by, and this you will become.” -James Lane Allen
 
“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” -James Lane Allen
 
James Lane Allen was born on 21 December 1849 near Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America. He was an American novelist and short story writer. James Lane Allen passed on at 75 years of age on 18 February 1925 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“If fear wins, you lose.” -Michael Altshuler
 
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” -Michael Altshuler
 
Michael Altshuler is a professional speaker.
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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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“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
 
“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel
 
Henri-Frédéric Amiel was born on 27 September 1821. He was a Swiss philosopher, writer, poet, and critic. Henri-Frédéric Amiel passed on in 1881.
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“To succeed, you have to be open to problems. You have to be open to failure. And as you go up the ladder, you gain the right to get more problems.” -Dave Anderson
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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
 
“Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.” -Walter Anderson: “The Confidence Course” (1997)
 
Walter Anderson was born on 31 August 1944. He is an American newspaperman and editor, and has served as the Chief Executive Officer of “Parade Magazine.”
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“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.” -Mario Andretti
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“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” -Maya Angelou
 
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” -Maya Angelou
 
“Nothing will work unless you do.” - Maya Angelou
 
“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” -Maya Angelou
 
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” -Maya Angelou
 
“The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.” -Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Ann Johnson on 4 April 1928 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America. She was a poet, memoirist, dancer, producer, playwright, director, author, singer, and actress. Maya Angelou passed on at 86 years of age on 28 May 2014 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America.
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“Live as though it were your last day on Earth. Someday you will be right.” -Robert Anthony
 
Robert Anthony. Doctor - M.D. or Ph.D.?
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“Time is not a reality, but a concept or a measure . . .” -Antiphon the Sophist: “Truth”
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“The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.” -Antisthenes
 
Antisthenes was born in about 444 B.C.E. He was a Greek philosopher. Antisthenes passed on in about 365 B.C.E.
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“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” -Guillaume Apollinaire
 
Guillaume Apollinaire was born as Wilhelm Apollinaris de Dostrowitsky in 1880. He was a French-Italian-Polish poet. Guillaume Apollinaire passed on in 1918.
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“Beware of the man of one book.” [English translation]
“Timeo hominem unius libri.” [original Latin]
-attributed to Thomas Aquinas
 
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225. He was a Christian philosopher and theologian. Thomas Aquinas passed on in 1274.
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“This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.” -Hannah Arendt
 
Johanna ‘Hannah’ Arendt was born on 14 October 1906 in Linden, German Empire (now Hanover, Germany). She was a German-born American political scientist and philosopher. Johanna ‘Hannah’ Arendt passed on at 69 years of age on 4 December 1975 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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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”
 
Matthew Arnold was born on 24 December 1822. He was an English Victorian poet and a literary and social critic. Matthew Arnold passed on at 65 years of age on 15 April 1888.
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“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“God does not ask your ability or your inability. He asks only your availability.” -Mary Kay Ash (similar quotation attributed to Neil A. Maxwell)
 
“No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
“People fail forward to success.” -Mary Kay Ash
 
Mary Kay Ash was born in 1918. She was an American businesswoman and the founder of cosmetics concern Mary Kay Incorporated. Mary Kay Ash passed on in 2001.
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“A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement . . . The joys of happiness can only be realized by living lofty principles.” -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 “Ensign” (November 1984) magazine, page 22
 
“True happiness is not made in getting something. True happiness is becoming something.” -Marvin J. Ashton
 
“We should teach, particularly ourselves, that nobody is a nobody. We are someone, and with God’s help we can accomplish all things.” -Marvin. J. Ashton: ‘It’s No Fun Being Poor,’ in “Ensign” (September 1982) magazine, page 74
 
“What we do with what happens to us is more important than what happens to us.” -Marvin J. Ashton
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“Everything I’ve ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.” -Chet Atkins
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“Don’t be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for half a day first.” -Brooks Atkinson
 
“Our nation was built . . . by pioneers who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, and dreamers who were not afraid of action.” -Brooks Atkinson

Justin Brooks ‘Brooks’ Atkinson was born on 28 November 1894 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States of America. After working for a few smaller newspapers, he worked for “The New York Times” as an editor of book reviews (1922 - 1925), a theater critic (1925 - 1941) and a war correspondent (1941 - 1947), and again as a theater critic ( 1947- 1960), finally retiring from the paper in 1960. Justin Brooks ‘Brooks’ Atkinson passed on at 89 years of age on 14 January 1984 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America.
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“Procrastination and worry are the twin thieves that will try to rob you of your brilliance - but even the smallest action will drive them from your camp.” -Gil Atkinson
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“If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.” -John Atkinson
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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 Atkinson 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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“We were put on this Earth to make things.” -W. H. Auden
 
Wystan Hugh Auden was born on 21 February 1907 in York, England. He was an English-born American poet, writer, and man of letters. Wystan Hugh Auden passed on at 66 years of age on 29 September 1973 in Vienna, Austria.
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“Lost time is never found again.” -John H. Aughey
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“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.” -David Augsburger
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“Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.” -Augustine
 
“Hear the other side.” [English translation]
“Audi partem alterum.” [original Latin]
-Augustine of Hippo
 
“He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
“If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, or Saint Augustine, was born as Aurelius Augustine on C.E. 13 November 354 in Thagaste, Numidia (now Souk Ahras, Algeria). He was a Roman philosopher, a Christian theologian, a writer, and a Christian bishop of Hippo in Roman Africa (396 - 430). 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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“Make haste slowly.” -Augustus: as quoted in Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus: “Lives of the Caesars” (about C.E. 121)
 
Augustus (Gaius Octavius) was born in 63 B.C.E. He was the first Roman emperor. Augustus (Gaius Octavius) passed on in C.E. 14.
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“Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.” -Marcus Aurelius
 
“Do every act of your life as if it were your last.” -Marcus Aurelius

“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.” -Marcus Aurelius: “The Meditations” (1964 translation by Maxwell Staniforth)
 
“If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; if we begin with doubts, and are patient, we shall end in certainties.” -Marcus Aurelius
 
“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.” -Marcus Aurelius
 
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” -Marcus Aurelius
 
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” -Marcus Aurelius
 
“Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!” -Marcus Aurelius
 
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” -Marcus Aurelius
 
“Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone and never in your power again.” -Marcus Aurelius: “The Meditations” (C.E. 167)
 
Marcus Aurelius, also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was born as M. Annius Verus on C.E. 26 April 121. He was a Roman emperor, known for his work on Stoic philosophy titled “The Meditations” (C.E. 167). Marcus Aurelius passed on at about 59 years of age in C.E. 180.
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“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
 
Jane Austen was born in 1775. She was an English writer. Jane Austen passed in 1817.
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“Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” -Emory Austin
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“If I am not for myself, who will be?” -Pirke Avoth
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Ba - Bz

1/30/2017

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“Whatever you give to life will return to you - multiplied! This applies to our daily thoughts, feelings, and actions, be they positive or negative, uplifting or depressing.” -Frederick W. Babbel
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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. He was an American clergyman. Maltbie Davenport Babcock passed away at 42 years of age on 18 May 1901.
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“If things go wrong, don’t go with them.” -Roger Babson
 
“The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.” -Roger Babson
 
Roger Ward Babson was born on 6 July 1875 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States of America. He was an American statistician and 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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“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” -Richard Bach
 
“We build our personal world calm or wild according to what we want to live. We can weave utter peace in the midst of chaos. We can destroy in the midst of paradise. Depends on how we shape our spirit.” -Richard Bach: “Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit” (1994)
 
“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.” -Richard Bach: “Illusions” (1977)
 
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 truth is that the propensity of man to imitate what is before him is one of the strongest parts of his nature.” -Walter Bagehot: “Physics and Politics” (1872)

Walter Bagehot was born in 1826. He was a British businessman, economist, essayist, journalist, and editor for “The Economist” newspaper. He wrote about literature, government issues, and economic affairs. Walter Bagehot passed on in 1877.
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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 in 1816. He was an English poet. Philip James Bailey passed on in 1902.
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“Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.” -Faith Baldwin
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“It is very nearly impossible . . . to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.” -James Baldwin
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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 actress. Tallulah Bankhead passed on in 1968.
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“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” -Harry F. Banks
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“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” -Joel Barker
 
Joel Barker is an American businessman, consultant, and writer.
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“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 T. Barnum was born in 1810. He was an American showman. Phineas T. Barnum passed on in 1891.
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“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.” -Bruce Barton
 
Bruce Barton was born in 1886. He was an American writer and advertising executive. Bruce Barton passed on in 1967.
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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 in 1797. He was an English songwriter. Thomas Haynes Bayly passed on in 1839.
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“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” -Charles A. Beard (similar quotation attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
 
Charles Austin Beard was born in 1874. He was an American historian and educator. Charles Austin Beard passed on in 1948.
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“You know you’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you are doing is work or play.” -Warren Beatty 
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“I find the medicine worse than the malady.” -Francis Beaumont: “Love’s Cure” (about 1606 - 1615), III, ii
 
Francis Beaumont was born in about 1584. He was an English Jacobean playwright and poet who collaborated with John Fletcher on a number of comedies and tragedies between 1606 and 1614. Francis Beaumont passed on in 1616.
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“Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.” -Max Beerbohm: in the obituary of music-hall comic Dan Leno, published in the “Saturday Review” (5 November 1904)

Max Beerbohm was born in 1872. He was an English satirist and caricaturist. Max Beerbohm passed on in 1956.
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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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“A man is only as good as what he loves.” -Saul Bellow
 
Saul Bellow was born in 1915. He was a Canadian-born American novelist. Saul Bellow passed on in 2005.
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“Behind every success is a succession of failures.” -Rick Beneteau
 
 “It takes many inches to make a mile. We can only move by inches, one inch at a time. It’s when we look miles ahead and wonder ‘how are we going to get so far?’ that we fail to move forward at all. The paradox is that we can choose to live life ‘in the rear view mirror’ and remain so far back that moving forward, even an inch, is most difficult. Most important, we must always keep in mind that anytime we suffer a setback while moving forward, it will always be just a matter of inches, and not miles.” -Rick Beneteau
 
“One is successful just in the sincere attempt to become successful. You cannot climb a mountain if you will not risk a fall.” -Rick Beneteau

“There is true courage in the acts of everyday living.” -Rick Beneteau
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“Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” -Henri-Louis Bergson
 
Henri-Louis Bergson was born in 1859. He was a French philosopher. Henri-Louis Bergson passed on in 1941.
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“It is only by 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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“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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“The measure of a man’s success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.” -Walter Besant
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“We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.” -Aneurin Bevan
 
Aneurin Bevan was born in 1897. Aneurin Bevan passed on in 1960.
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“Sometimes walking away is the best decision.” -Kimberley Blaine
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“As a man is, so he sees.” -William Blake: in a letter (23 August 1799) to Reverend John Trusler (1735 - 1820)
 
“The busy bee has no time for sorrow.” -William Blake
 
“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.” -William Blake
 
William Blake was born in 1757 in London, England. He was a poet, an engraver, and an illustrator, and he illustrated many of his own poems, including “Songs of Innocence” (1789) and “Songs of Experience” (1794). William Blake passed on in 1827.
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“Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.” -William J. H. Boetcker
 
“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.” -William J. H. Boetcker: as quoted in “Forbes” (1948)
 
William John Henry Boetcker was born on 17 July 1873 in Altona, Hamburg, Germany. At 18 years of age, he emigrated to the United States of America, where he eventually became a Presbyterian minister, an influential professional speaker, and a writer. William John Henry Boetcker passed on at 88 years of age on 12 March 1962 in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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“The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.” -Nelson Boswell
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“There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.” -attributed to John Bradford in Edward Bickersteth: “A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in Its Devout Discharge” (1822), page 75; purportedly said by John Bradford upon his observing prisoners being led to their execution; commonly paraphrased as, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.”
 
John Bradford was born in 1510. John Bradford passed away on 1 July 1555.
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“The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach
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“If there are obstacles, the shortest line between two points may be the crooked line.” -Bertolt Brecht: “Life of Galileo” (9 September 1943) historical drama
 
Eugen Berthold Friedrich ‘Bertolt’ Brecht was born on 10 February 1898 in Augsburg, Bavaria, German Empire. He was a poet, dramatist, and theater director. Eugen Berthold Friedrich ‘Bertolt’ Brecht passed on at 58 years of age on 14 August 1956 in East Berlin, East Germany (now known as Berlin, Germany).
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“Remember, every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.” -James A. Brewer
 
James A. Brewer is a hospital worker and a writer.
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“Most of the work of the world is done by people who aren’t feeling very well.” -Le Baron Russell Briggs
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“Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn’t all a dream?” -Ashleigh Brilliant
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“If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.” -Charlotte Brontë
 
Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816. She was a British writer. Charlotte Brontë passed on in 1855.
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“Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in the struggle that takes place between the dream and reality. That struggle is a thing called life!” -
Garth Brooks
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“Greatness, after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very
small.” -Phillips Brooks: “Sermons” (1878)
 
Phillips Brooks was born on 13 December 1835. He was an American Episcopalian Church leader remembered as the writer 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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“In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.” -Joyce Brothers
 
“Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what he says.” -Joyce Brothers: as attributed in William Safire and Leonard Safir, editors: “Words of Wisdom: More Good Advice” (1989), page 221
 
“The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.” -Joyce Brothers
 
Joyce Diane Brothers was born on 20 October 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She was a psychologist, an advice columnist, and a television and radio personality. Joyce Diane Brothers passed on at 85 years of age on 13 May 2013 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States of America.
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“I and the world happened to have a slight difference of opinion; the world said I was mad, and I said the world was mad. I was outvoted and here I am.” -Richard Brothers: as quoted in “The London Literary Gazette” (24 June 1820), when asked why he had been committed to Bedlam
 
Richard Brothers was born in 1757. He was a British religious leader. Richard Brothers passed on in 1824.
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“The only limits are, as always, those of vision.” -James Broughton
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“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior
 
“Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior
 
“Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior
 
“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior
 
H. Jackson Brown, Junior was born in 1940. He is an American writer.
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“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” -Les Brown
 
“Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.” -Les Brown
 
“Just because fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.” -Les Brown
 
“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” -Les Brown
 
“Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” -Les Brown
 
“When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.” -Les Brown
 
Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown was born on 17 February 1945. He is an American motivational speaker, writer, politician, and radio and television personality.
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“A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.” -Rita Mae Brown

“Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.” -Rita Mae Brown
 
Rita Mae Brown was born in 1944. She is an American writer.
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“A minute’s success pays the failure of years.” -Robert Browning
 
“My sun sets to rise again.” -Robert Browning
 
“Our aspirations are our possibilities.” -Robert Browning
 
Robert Browning was born on 7 May 1812. He was an English poet and playwright. Robert Browning passed on at 77 years of age on 12 December 1889.
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“Happiness lies only in a divine unrest; and if you are lapped in comfort you stagnate and miss it.” -John Buchan: “A Lodge in the Wilderness” (1906), Chapter I
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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
 
Art Buchwald was born on 20 October 1925. He was an American journalist and humorist. Art Buchwald passed on at 81 years of age on 17 January 2007.
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“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has to get down to work.” -Pearl S. Buck
 
“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: “The Joy of Children” (1964)
 
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was born on 26 June 1892. She was an American writer known for her novels of life in China. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck passed on at 80 years of age on 6 March 1973.
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“When I was young, I was put in a school for retarded kids for two years before they realized I actually had a hearing loss. And they called me slow!” -Kathy Buckley
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“Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.” -Warren Buffett
 
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” -Warren Buffett
 
Warren Buffett is an American investment entrepreneur.
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“To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: ‘Leave no stone unturned.’” -Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
 
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton was born in 1803. He was a British novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton passed on in 1873.
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There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry.
Two carefree days, kept sacredly free from fear and apprehension.
One of those days is Yesterday . . .
And the other day I do not worry about is Tomorrow.
-Robert Jones Burdette: “The Golden Day” (1910)
 
Robert Jones Burdette was born on 30 July 1844 in Greensboro, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was 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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“He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.” -Edmund Burke: “Reflections on the Revolution in France” (1790)
 
“If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing him.” -Edmund Burke, as quoted in Tryon Edwards: “A Dictionary of Thoughts” (1908), page 212
 
Edmund Burke was born in 1729. He was an Irish-born British statesman and a writer. Edmund Burke passed on in 1797.
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“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done. Then they begin to hope it can be done. Then they see it can be done. Then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.” -Frances Hodgson Burnett
 
“The world should be a little bit better because a man has lived.” -Frances Hodgson Burnett: “Little Lord Fauntleroy” (1886)
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“There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.” -David Burns: “Intimate Connections” (1985)
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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’
 
“What is the best thing for a stream? It is to keep moving. If it stops, it stagnates. So the best thing for a man is that which keeps the currents going, the physical, the moral, and the intellectual currents. Hence the secret of happiness is something to do; some congenial work. Take away the occupation of all men, and what a wretched world it would be! Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are kept busy and not left to feed upon themselves. Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought; it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it. How important is health to happiness, yet the best promoter of health is something to do. Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.” -John Burroughs
 
John Burroughs was born on 3 April 1837. He was an American naturalist and writer. John Burroughs passed on at 83 years of age on 29 March 1921.
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“As long as you are useful, you’ll never be old.” -Leo Buscaglia
 
“Sing away sorrow, cast away care.” -Leo Buscaglia
 
Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia, was born on 31 March 1924 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He was a professor, a lecturer, and a writer of inspirational books. Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia passed on at 74 years of age on 11 June 1998 in Glenbrook, Nevada, United States of America.
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“Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and co-workers, and even strangers you meet along the way.” -Barbara Bush
 
Barbara Bush is an American First Lady.
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“America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness, and for the unalienable right to life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from government, it comes from the creator of life.” -George W. Bush
 
George Bush is an American President.
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“The course of true anything never does run smooth.” -Samuel Butler
 
Samuel Butler was born on about 14 February 1613 in Strensham, Worcestershire, England. He was a poet and a satirist remembered principally for his poem “Hudibras” (1663 - 1678). Samuel Butler passed on at 67 years of age on 25 September 1680 in London, England.
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“All of the animals, excepting man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.” -Samuel Butler
 
“All progress is based on a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.” -Samuel Butler
 
“Don’t learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground; but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.” -
Samuel Butler
 
“Every man’s work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.” -Samuel Butler
 
Samuel Butler was born on 4 December 1835. He was an English novelist, essayist, critic, and a satirist. Samuel Butler passed on at 66 years of age on 18 June 1902.
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“Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul.” -Charles Buxton
 
Charles Buxton was born on 18 November 1823. He was an English writer and a member of Parliament. Charles Buxton passed on at 47 years of age on 10 August 1871.
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“Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfilment of your highest potential.” -Tony Buzan
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“There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: You deserve all good things life has to offer.” -Rhonda Byrne
 
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it, - Happiness was born a twin.
-Lord Byron: “Don Juan” (1818 - 1824), canto II, stanza 172
 
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: “Don Juan” (1818 - 1824), stanza 88
 
“I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, and of the bitter effects of staying at home with all the narrow prejudices of an Islander, that I think there should be a law amongst us to set our young men abroad for a term . . .” -Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

George Gordon Noel Byron, also known as Lord Byron, was born on 22 January 1788 in London, England. He was 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 on “Don Juan.” In 1823, he went to Greece, and with advice and money, aided in the Greek struggle for independence. George Gordon Noel Byron passed on at 36 years of age on 19 April 1824 in Greece.
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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
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“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” -John Cage
 
“There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.” -John Cage
 
John Milton Cage, Junior was born in 1912. John Milton Cage, Junior passed on in 1992.
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“Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.” -Abraham Cahan
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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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“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.” -Susan Cain: “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” (24 January 2012)
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“The successful [individual] always has a number of projects planned, to which he looks forward. Anyone of them could change the course of his life overnight.” -Mark Caine
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“At the darkest moment comes the light.” -Joseph Campbell
 
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” -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 Campbell was born on 26 March 1904. He was an American writer on the subjects of folklore and mythology, an editor, an anthropologist, and a philosopher. Joseph Campbell passed on at 83 years of age on 31 October 1987.
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“It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all.” -Albert Camus
 
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” -Albert Camus
 
Albert Camus (ălꞋbərt kä-mōōꞋ/kä-müꞋ) was born on 7 November 1913 in Algeria. He was a French novelist, essayist, dramatist (playwright), and philosopher; 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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“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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“You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.” -Charles Carlson
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“Ask yourself this question: ‘Will this matter a year from now?’” -Richard Carlson: “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” (16 January 1997)
 
“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 in 1961. He was an American writer, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker. Richard Carlson passed on in 2006.
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“Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.” -Thomas Carlyle: as quoted in Horace Smith: “The Tin Trumpet” (1859)
 
“No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“Not what I have, but what I do, is my kingdom.” -Thomas Carlyle

“One life - a little gleam of time between two eternities.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“Success in life, in anything, depends upon the number of persons that one can make himself agreeable to.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“The illimitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing ocean-tide, on which we and all the Universe swim like exhalations, like apparitions which are, and then are not.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
 
“The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
“The purpose of man is in action not thought.” -Thomas Carlyle
 
Thomas Carlyle was born in 1795. He was a Scottish historian, essayist, and political philosopher. Thomas Carlyle passed on in 1881.
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“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” -Andrew Carnegie
 
“Children of honest poverty have the most precious of all advantages over those of wealth.” -Andrew Carnegie
 
“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.” -Andrew Carnegie
 
“It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.” -Andrew Carnegie
 
Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835. He was an American businessman and philanthropist of Scottish birth. Andrew Carnegie passed on in 1919.
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“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.” -Dale Carnegie

“Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.” -attributed to Dale Carnegie
 
“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“Let’s cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let’s try to figure out the other man’s good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise, and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime - repeat them years after you have forgotten them.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“Most men begin, not by thinking about the other fellow’s views and desires, not by trying to find a common ground of agreement, but by unloading their own opinions.” -Dale Carnegie: “Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business” (1926)
 
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.” -Dale Carnegie: “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” (1948)
 
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” -Dale Carnegie
 
“You can make more friends in two weeks by becoming a good listener than you can in two years trying to get other people interested in you.” -Dale Carnegie
 
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie was born on 24 November 1888. He was an American writer, lecturer, and public speaking trainer; remembered as the author of “How to Win Friends and Influence People” (October 1936). Dale Breckenridge Carnegie passed on at 66 years of age on 1 November 1955.
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“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It’s a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and 
other signs of insecurity.” -Jimmy Carter: in a speech in New York City (14 October 1976)
 
James ‘Jimmy’ Carter was born in 1924. He was a President of the United States of America (1977 - 1981).
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“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” -Carlos Castaneda
 
Carlos Castaneda was born in 1925. He was a writer and a philosopher. Carlos Castaneda passed on in 1998.
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“I praise loudly. I blame softly.” -Catherine the Great, in a conversation with Diderot: as quoted in Samuel Arthur Bent: “Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men” (1887)
 
Catherine the Great, also known as Catherine II, was born as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg on 2 May 1729 in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia. She was the Empress of Russia, the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 9 July 1762 until she passed on. She came to power following a coup d’état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III. Russia was revitalized under her reign, growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognized as one of the great powers of Europe. Catherine the Great 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
 
Marcus Porcius Cato, also known as Cato the Younger or simply Cato, was born in 95 B.C.E. Marcus Porcius Cato passed on in 46 B.C.E.
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“Success produces success, just as money produces money.” - Nicolas Chamfort
 
Nicolas Chamfort, also known as Sébastien Chamfort and Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort and Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort, was born as Sébastien-Roch Nicolas on 6 April 1741 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He was a teacher, playwright, writer, and conversationalist. Nicolas Chamfort passed on at 53 years of age on 13 April 1794 in Paris, France.
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Ability is what you’re capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
-Raymond Chandler (similar quotation attributed to Lou Holtz)
 
“Trouble is My Business.” -Raymond Chandler: title of article in “Dime Detective Magazine” (August 1939), and the credo of his fictional detective Philip Marlowe
 
Raymond Chandler was born in 1888. He was an American writer of detective fiction. Raymond Chandler passed on in 1959.
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“How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but someone.” -Coco Chanel
 
“In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” -Coco Chanel: as quoted in Marcel Haedrich: “Coco Chanel, Her Life, Her Secrets” (1972)

Coco Chanel was born in 1883. She was a French fashion designer. Coco Chanel passed on in 1971.
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“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is my symphony.” -William Ellery Channing
 
William Ellery Channing was born in 1780. He was an American Unitarian preacher, theologian, and writer. William Ellery Channing passed on in 1842.
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“Be ready when opportunity comes . . . Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.” -Roy D. Chapin, Junior
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“Man is what he believes.” -Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on 29 January 1860 in Taganrog, Russian Empire. He was a Russian physician, dramatist, and 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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“There’s time enough, but none to spare.” -Charles W. Chesnutt (1901)
 
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20 June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. He was a lawyer, essayist, novelist, and short story writer. Charles Waddell Chesnutt passed on at 74 years of age on 17 November 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.
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“I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.” -Agatha Christie
 
“Most successes are unhappy. That’s why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.” -Agatha Christie
 
Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was born in 1890. She was a writer of detective novels and plays. Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie passed on in 1976.
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“Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.” -Jennie Jerome Churchill
 
Jennie Jerome Churchill was born in 1854. She was the mother of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Jennie Jerome Churchill passed on in 1921.
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“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” -Frank A. Clark
 
Frank A. Clark was born on 10 October 1911 in Elkhart, Iowa, United States of America. He was a writer and a cartoonist. Frank A. Clark passed on at 80 years of age on 11 December 1991.
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“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
 
Ramsey Clark was born in 1927. He is an American lawyer and former United States Attorney General.
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“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” [English translation]
“Every man makes his own fate.” [Non-literal modern parlance]
“Faber est suae quisque fortunae.” [original Latin]
-Claudius
 
Appius Claudius Caecus, also known simply as Claudius, was born in 340 B.C.E. He was a politician of ancient Rome, and instrumental in the construction of the first major Roman road and the first aqueduct in Rome. Appius Claudius Caecus passed on in 273 B.C.E..
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“The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping.” -Claudius Claudianus
 
Claudius Claudianus, also known as Claudian, was born in about C.E. 370 in Alexandria. Claudius Claudianus passed on in C.E. 404.
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“A man’s life is interesting primarily when he had failed - for it’s a sign that he tried to surpass himself.” -Georges Clemenceau

“All that I know I learned after I was thirty.” -Georges Clemenceau
 
Georges Clemenceau was born in 1841. He was a French statesman. Georges Clemenceau passed on in 1929.
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“If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.” -Arthur Hugh Clough: “Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth” (1855)
 
Arthur Hugh Clough was born in 1819. He was an English poet. Arthur Hugh Clough passed on in 1861.
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“The secret to success is doing the best that you can do. By working hard and practicing the skills that you need to perform, the results will take care of themselves.” -Barbara Ann Cochran  
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“I might have been born in a hovel but I determined to travel with the wind and the stars.” -Jacqueline Cochran
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“And, when you want something, all the Universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” -Paulo Coelho: “The Alchemist” (1988)
 
“If you only walk on sunny days you’ll never reach your destination.” -Paulo Coelho


“There is only one thing which makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” -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 in 1924. He was an American clergyman. William Sloane Coffin, Junior passed on in 2006.
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“We must be careful to build our life around our visions, rather than building our visions out of our history.” -Alan Cohen
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“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” -Leonard Cohen
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He prayeth well, who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.
He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (1798)
 
“No man does anything from a single motive.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “Biographia Literaria” (1817)
 
“The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimal of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge
 
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born on 21 October 1772. He was an English critic, philosopher, poet, and theologian. Samuel Taylor Coleridge passed on at 61 years of age on 25 July 1834.
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“Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.” -Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
 
“I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.” -Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette was born in 1873. She was a French novelist. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette passed on in 1954.
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“Every man has one thing he can do better than anyone else - and usually it’s reading his own handwriting.” -G. Norman Collie
 
G. Norman Collie is a Scottish mountaineer.
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“What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.” -Robert Collier
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“Life is not life unless you make mistakes.” -Joan Collins
 
Joan Collins was born in 1933. She is a British-born American actress.
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“How small a portion of our life it is that we really enjoy! In youth we are looking forward to things that are to come; in old age we are looking backward to things that are gone past; in manhood, although we appear indeed to be more occupied in things that are present, yet even that is too often absorbed in vague determinations to be vastly happy on some future day when we have time.” -C. C. Colton
 
“It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance, rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design.” -C. C. Colton: “Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words” (1820), CXLII
 
“The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.” -C. C. Colton
 
“Times of general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.” -C. C. Colton: “Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words” (1821), XXVIII
 
Charles Caleb Colton was born in 1780. He was an English writer, a clergyman, and a merchant. Charles Caleb Colton passed on in 1832.
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“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 H. Conwell: “Acres of Diamonds” (1890)
 
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 Baptist minister, an orator (professional speaker), a philanthropist, a lawyer, and a writer. He is the author of the well-known book “Acres of Diamonds” (1890). Russell Herman Conwell passed on at 82 years of age on 6 December 1945 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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“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” -Bill Copeland
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“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.” -Liane Cordes: “The Reflecting Pond: Meditations for Self-Discovery” (1981), page 89
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“Happiness seems made to be shared.” [English translation]
“Le bonheur semble fait pour être partagé.” [original French]
-Pierre Corneille: “Notes par Rochefoucauld”
 
“We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.” -Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille was born in 1606. He was a French dramatist. Pierre Corneille passed on in 1684.
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“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” -Stephen Covey
 
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” -Stephen Covey
 
Stephen Richards Covey was born on 24 October 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He was a writer, a professional speaker, and a 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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Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.
-Noël Coward: “The Third Little Show” (1931), ‘Mad Dogs and Englishmen’; type of work: song within a play
 
Noël Coward was born in 1899. He was an English playwright, actor, and composer. Noël Coward passed on in 1973.
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“Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.” -George W. Crane
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“It’s no good running a pig farm for 30 years while saying ‘I was meant to be a dancer.’ By that time, pigs are your style.” -Quentin Crisp
 
Quentin Crisp was born as Denis Charles Pratt on 25 December 1908. He was an English writer. Quentin Crisp passed on at 90 years of age on 21 November 1999.
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“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.” -Walter Cronkite
 
Walter Cronkite was born in 1916. He was an American broadcast journalist. Walter Cronkite passed on in 2009.
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“Nobody ever found a buried treasure without digging for it. Most success is beneath the surface. Dig every day.” -George W. Cummings, Senior
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“When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don’t discuss that.” -Imogen Cunningham
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“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
 
Marie Sklodowska-Curie, also known as Marie Curie, was born on 7 November 1867. She was a French-Polish physicist and chemist, 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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Da - Dz

1/28/2017

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“Never let life’s hardships disturb you . . . no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.” -Nichiren Daishonen
 
Nichiren Daishonen was born on 16 February 1222. He was a Buddhist monk. Nichiren Daishonen passed on at 60 years of age on 13 October 1282.
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To dream the impossible dream,
To reach the unreachable star!
-Joe Darion, lyricist and Mitch Leigh, musical compositionist: “The Impossible Dream”; type of work: song within the musical “Man of La Mancha” (1965)
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“A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.” -Charles Darwin
 
“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
 
“It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.” -Charles Darwin
 
“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.” -Charles Darwin 
 
“The survivors of any species are not necessarily the strongest. And they are not necessarily the most intelligent. They are those who are most responsive to change.” -Charles Darwin
 
Charles Darwin was born in 1809. He was an English naturalist and a proponent of the theory of evolution. Charles Darwin passed on in 1882.
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“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.” -Andrew Davidson
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“When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.” -James Dale Davidson
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“If you’re too busy to enjoy life, you’re too busy.” -Jeff Davidson
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“The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.” -Robyn Davidson
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“The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them . . . They are everyone’s concern and like vampires they suck our life’s blood.” -Bette Davis: “The Lonely Life: An Autobiography” (1962)

Ruth Elizabeth ‘Bette’ Davis was born on 5 April 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America. She was an American 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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“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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“Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it.” -Marguerite de Angeli: “The Door in the Wall” (1949)
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“No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.” -Barbara De Angelis 
 
Barbara De Angelis was born on 4 March 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” -Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet: 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 was 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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“If there are men whose folly has never appeared, it is only because it has never been looked for closely.” -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
 
“True elegance consists of saying all that should be said, and that only.” -François de La Rochefaucauld
 
“We are never as happy or as unhappy as we suppose.” -François de La Rochefoucauld: “Reflexions ou Sentences et Maximes” (1664) ‘Morales Maximes,’ number 49
 
“We are so accustomed to disguising ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.” -François de La Rochefoucauld
 
François de La Rochefoucauld, also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld, was born in 1613. He was a French soldier and writer. François de La Rochefoucauld, also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld, passed on in 1680.
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“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” -Agnes De Mille
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“I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others as what I am in my own; I would be rich of myself and not by borrowing.” -Michel de Montaigne: “Essais” (“Essays”) (March 1580), ‘Of Glory’
 
“No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.” -Michel de Montaigne

“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which least is known.” -Michel de Montaigne
 
“Saying is one thing and doing is another.” -Michel de Montaigne: “Essais” (“Essays”) (March 1580), Book 2, chapter 31
 
“The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.” -Michel de Montaigne: “Essais” (“Essays”) (March 1580), Book 1, chapter 20: ‘Apology for Raimond Sebond’
 
“The only thing certain is nothing is certain.” -Michel de Montaigne
 
“The value of life does not lie in the number of years but in the use you make of them . . .” -Michel de Montaigne: “Essais” (“Essays”) (March 1580)
 
“There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally.” -Michel de Montaigne
 
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born on 28 February 1533. He was a French moralist and essayist. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne passed on at 58 years of age on 13 September 1592.
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“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: “Le Petit Prince” (“The Little Prince”) (1943)
 
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“Perfection is not when there is not more to add, but no more to take away.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
“True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.” -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, more commonly known as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was born on 29 June 1900 in Lyon, France. He was an aviator and a novelist. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry passed on at 44 years of age on 31 July 1944 possibly over the ocean south of Marseille, France.
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“To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool than to discover who is a clever man.” -Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, as quoted in Édouard Colmache: “Reminiscences of Prince Talleyrand; Edited from the Papers of the Late M. Colmache, Private Secretary to the Prince” (1848)
 
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was born in 1754. He was a French statesman. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord passed on in 1838.
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“Inequalities of condition spring from inequalities of talent and courage.” -Marquis de Vauvenargues: “Reflections and Maxims” (1746), as translated by F. G. Stevens (1940)
 
Marquis de Vauvenargues was born in 1715. He was a French moralist and essayist. Marquis de Vauvenargues passed on in 1747.
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“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 B. DeMille was born in 1881. He was a silent movie director and a moviemaker. Cecil B. Demille passed on in 1959.
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“Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.” -Dennis DeYoung
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“From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.” -Denis Diderot: “Essai sur le Mérite de la Vertu” (1745)
 
“One can fool some men, or fool all men in some places and times, but one cannot fool all men in all places and ages.” -Denis Diderot: “Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences” (1754), volume 4

Denis Diderot was born in 1713. He was a French writer and philosopher. Denis Diderot passed on in 1784.
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“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever . . .” -Isak Dinesen
 
“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.” -Isak Dinesen: as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (April 1964)
 
Karen von Blixen-Finecke, also known by the pseudonyms Isak Dineson and Tania Blixen, was born as Karen Christence Dinesen on 17 April 1885. She was a Danish writer. Karen von Blixen-Finecke passed on at 75 years of age on 7 September 1962.
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“Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.” -Benjamin Disraeli: “Coningsby” (1844), book 3, chapter I

“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” -Benjamin Disraeli
 
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.” -Benjamin Disraeli
 
“We are not creatures of circumstance, we are creators of circumstance.” -Benjamin Disraeli
 
“We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.” -Benjamin Disraeli: “Miriam Alroy” (1870)
 
Benjamin Disraeli, also known as Earl of Beaconsfield, was born in 1804. He was a British Prime Minister (1868, 1874 - 1880), statesman, and novelist. Benjamin Disraeli passed on in 1881.
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“In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.” -Dorothea Dix
 
Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on 4 April 1802. She was a social reformer on behalf of the poor. Dorothea Lynde Dix passed on at 85 years of age on 17 July 1887.
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“I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.” -Dorothy Dix
 
Dorothy Dix is a pseudonym of Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, who was born in 1861. She was an American journalist. Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer passed on in 1951.
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“Time goes, you say? Ah no, alas, time stays, we go.” -Henry Austin Dobson
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“It’s important to know that words don’t move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.” -Danilo Dolci
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“When you’re in your 90’s and looking back, it’s not going to be how much money you made or how many awards you’ve won. It’s really ‘What did you stand for? Did you make a positive difference for people?’” -Elizabeth Dole
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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.” -Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
 
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born on 11 November 1821 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was a novelist, a short story writer, a journalist, and a publisher and editor of magazines. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky passed on at 59 years of age on 9 February 1881.
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“If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him a landlord to a ghost.” -Lloyd C. Douglas
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“If there is no struggle there is no progress.” -Frederick Douglass: personal letter (30 March 1849) to Gerrit Smith
 
“You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.” -Frederick Douglass: “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” (1881); type of work: autobiography
 
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, also known as Frederick Douglass, was born in 1817 in the United States of America. He was an abolitionist, a professional speaker, a social reformer, and a writer. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey passed on in 1895.
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“Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.” -Norman Douglas
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“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” -Hugh Downs: as quoted in Roy B. Zuck: “The Speaker’s Quote Book: Over 4,500 Illustrations” (1997), page 185
 
Hugh Malcolm Downs was born on 14 February 1921 in Akron, Ohio, United States of America. He is an American journalist, writer, producer, and television show host.
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“Contentment is the greatest wealth.” -Thomas Draxe
 
“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” -Thomas Draxe: “Adages” (1616)
 
“The cross is the ladder to Heaven.” -Thomas Draxe
 
“Time revealeth all things.” -Thomas Draxe
 
Thomas Draxe was born on an unknown date. He was an English Puritan clergyman and writer. Thomas Draxe passed away on or shortly before 29 January 1618.
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“Do your best every day, and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.” -Horatio W. Dresser
 
Horatio Willis Dresser was born on 15 January 1866 in Yarmouth, Maine, United States of America. He was a New Thought religious leader and a writer whose books include “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 knowledge worker needs one thing only: to learn how to learn.” -Peter F. Drucker
 
“Everything requires time. It is the only true universal condition. All work takes place and uses time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable, and necessary resource. Nothing else, perhaps, distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time.” -Peter F. Drucker
 
“‘Management’ means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folklore and superstition, and of cooperation for force . . .” -Peter F. Drucker  
 
“Most of what you hear about entrepreneurship says America’s leading management thinker, is all wrong. It’s not mysterious; and it has nothing to do with genes. It’s a discipline and, like any discipline, it can be learned.” -Peter F. Drucker
 
“Of all the decisions an executive makes, none is as important as the decisions about people, because they determine the performance capacity of the organization.” -Peter F. Drucker  

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” -Peter F. Drucker
 
“The better a man is, the more mistakes he will make, for the more new things he will try. I would never promote to a top-level job a man who was not making mistakes . . . Otherwise he is sure to be mediocre.” -Peter F. Drucker
 
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” -Peter F. Drucker
 
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” -Peter F. Drucker
 
“Time is the scarcest resource, and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” -Peter F. Drucker
 
“We can’t make people better by trying to eliminate their weaknesses, but we can help then perform better by building on their strengths.” -Peter F. Drucker

Peter Ferdinand Drucker was born on 19 November 1909 in Austria. He was an American management consultant, educator, and writer. Peter Ferdinand Drucker passed on at 85 years of age on 11 November 2005.
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“None but the brave deserve the fair.” -John Dryden: “Alexander’s Feast” (1697)
 
Nor is the people’s judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few. 
-John Dryden: “Absolam and Achitophel” (1681)
 
“Words are but pictures of our thoughts.” -John Dryden: as attributed in J. E. Carpenter (Joseph Edwards Carpenter): “Handbook of Poetry: Being a Clear and Easy Guide, Divested of Technicalities, To the Art of Making English Verse” (1868), page 196

John Dryden (jŏn drīdꞋn) was born on 9 August 1631. He was an English poet, dramatist (playwright), and critic. He excelled in comedy, heroic tragedy, satiric verse, translation, and literary criticism. He was poet laureate of England from 1668 to 1688, and wrote some of his best-known poetic satires during that time, among them “Absalom and Achitophel” (1681) and “The Medal” (1682). Although he wrote essays and plays, he is known for his poetry’s strength and polished elegance, and for his role as literary spokesperson for his generation. John Dryden passed on at 68 years of age on 1 May 1700.
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“There can be prayers without words just as well as songs, I suppose.” -George Busson du Maurier: “Trilby,” part 8, as published in “Harper’s New Monthly Magazine” (August 1894)
 
George Busson du Maurier was born in 1834. He was a British artist and writer. George Busson du Maurier passed on in 1896.
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“Those who know the value of time use it in preparation for eternity.” -Dugnet
 
Quotations also variously attributed to Duguet and Dugnat.
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“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.” -John Foster Dulles
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“One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education, never.” -Alexandre Dumas
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“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you!” -Isadora Duncan: “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 was an American dancer in Europe who 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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“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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“Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.” -Will Durant and Ariel Durant: “The Story of Civilization” (1935 - 1975)
 
“Truth will not make us rich, but it will make us free.” -Will Durant
 
Ariel Durant was born as Chaya Kaufman on 10 May 1898 in Khmel’nyts’ka, Ukraine. She was an American historian and writer, and co-author of several written works with her husband Will Durant. Ariel Durant passed on at 83 years of age on 25 October 1981 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
 
William James ‘Will’ Durant was born on 5 November 1885 in North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America. He was an American historian and writer, and co-author of several written works with his wife Ariel Durant. William James ‘Will’ Durant passed on at 96 years of age on 7 November 1981 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
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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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“Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are.” -John Dykes
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Ea - Ez

1/27/2017

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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 in 1851. She was a historian and a writer. Alice Morse Earle passed on in 1911.
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“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.” -Abba Eban: speech in London (16 December 1970)
 
Abba Eban was born as Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban on 2 February 1915 in Cape Town, Union of South Africa. He was an Israeli minister of foreign affairs (1966 - 1974). Abba Eban passed on at 87 years of age on 17 November 2002 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” -Meister Eckhart
 
Eckhart von Hochheim, also known as Meister Eckhart, was born in about C.E. 1260 near Gotha, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire. He was a German theologian, philosopher, and mystic. ‘Meister’ is German for ‘master,’ in reference to the academic title ‘Magister in Theologia’ he obtained in Paris. Eckhart von Hochheim passed on in about 1327 possibly in Avignon.
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“Don’t feel entitled to anything you didn’t sweat and struggle for.” -Marian Wright Edelman
 
Marian Wright Edelman is the President of the Children’s Defense Fund.
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“Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.” -Jonathan Edwards: as quoted in Sereno Edwards Dwight: “The Life and Works of Jonathan Edwards” (1830)
 
Jonathan Edwards was born in 1703. He was an American philosopher and preacher. Jonathan Edwards passed on in 1758.
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“Whatever the place allocated us by providence, that is for us the post of honor and duty. God estimates us not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891) page 545; also reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), page 203
 
Tryon Edwards was born on 7 August 1809 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. He was a writer, a theologian, and a minister of the Second Congregational Church in New London, Connecticut, from 1845 to 1857, after having served in Rochester, New York. Tryon Edwards passed away at 84 years of age on 4 January 1894 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.
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“We cannot pluck a flower without disturbing a star.” -Loren Eiseley
 
Loren Eisley was born in 1907. Loren Eisley passed on in 1977.
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“The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.” -Larry Eisenberg (similar quotation also attributed to Dugnat, Dugnet, and Duguet)
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“The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want.” -T. Harv Eker
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“Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.” -George Eliot
 
“There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.” -George Eliot
 
“Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.” -George Eliot
 
George Eliot is a pseudonym of Marian Evans Cross, also known as Mary Ann Evans, who was born on 22 November 1819. She was an English novelist and poet. Marian Evans Cross passed on at 61 years of age on 22 December 1880.
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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
 
“If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, you must accept the terms it offers you.” -T. S. Eliot
 
Thomas Stearns Eliot (tŏm’ǝs stûrnz ěl’ē-ǝt) was born in 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, literary critic, dramatist, and a leader in the modernist movement in poetry. Author of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915). He received wide recognition after publication of “The Wasteland” (1922). He wrote “The Four Quartets” (1936-1942), which were issued as a book in 1943, considered his masterpiece. Thomas Stearns Eliot passed on in 1965.
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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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“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)
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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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“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” -Havelock Ellis
 
“It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.” -Havelock Ellis
 
“The Sun, the Moon, and the stars would have disappeared long ago . . . had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.” -Havelock Ellis: “The Dance of Life” (1923)
 
Henry Havelock ‘Havelock’ Ellis was born on 2 February 1859 in Croydon, Surrey, England. He was an English essayist and psychologist. Henry Havelock ‘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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“Do what you are afraid to do.” -Mary Emerson
 
Mary Emerson was born in 1774. She was an aunt of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mary Emerson passed on in 1863.
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“The dread of doing a task uses up more time and energy than doing the task itself.” -Rita Emmett
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“They hate whom they fear.” -Quintus Ennius: “Thyestes”
 
Quintus Ennius was born in 239 B.C.E. He was a Roman poet, translator, and teacher. Quintus Ennius passed on in 169 B.C.E.
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“Of all the means to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.” -Epicurus

Epicurus was born in 341 B.C.E. He was an ancient Greek philosopher. Epicurus passed on in 270 B.C.E.
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“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
 
“Out of sight, out of mind.” -Desiderius Erasmus: “Adagia” (1500)
 
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.” -Desiderius Erasmus: as attributed in Tryon Edwards: “A Dictionary of Thoughts” (1891)

Desiderius Gerhard Erasmus was born in 1469. He was a Dutch priest, theologian, and reformer. Desiderius Gerhard Erasmus passed on in 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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“Declarations are powerful. If you declare that you are going to be an optimistic, upbeat person at all times, an interesting phenomenon takes place. When people expect you to be positive, you don’t want to let them down. You live your intentions every day - every minute.” -Neil Eskelin
 
“Every farmer knows that you can’t sow and reap on the same day. There is a timetable for your harvest that requires both working and waiting. Patience is a small price to pay for what you will receive.” -Neil Eskelin
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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. He was a Greek mathematician. Euclid passed on in 265 B.C.E.
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“A man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.” -Euripides: “Helen” (412 B.C.E.)
 
“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.” -Euripides
 
“It is a good thing to be rich, and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.” -Euripides
 
“Leave no stone unturned.” -Euripides
 
“No one is happy all his life long.” -Euripides
 
“The good and wise lead quite lives.” -Euripides
 
“Time will explain it all.” -Euripides
 
Euripides was born in 484 B.C.E. He was a Greek tragic poet and dramatist of ancient Greece. Euripides passed on in 406 B.C.E.
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“Only the stoical and the cynical can preserve a measure of stability; yet stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom. So none escapes.” -Bergen Evans: “The Natural History of Nonsense” (1945)
 
Bergen Evans was born on 19 September 1904. He was an American lexicographer, teacher of English, and television show host. Bergen Evans passed on at 73 years of age on 4 February 1978.
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“The greatest shackles we bear in this life are those forged by our own fears.” -Richard Paul Evans (born in 1962): “The Looking Glass” (1999)
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1/26/2017

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“There is only one real failure in life possible; and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.” -Canon Farrar
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“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail.” -William Faulkner

“People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.” -William Faulkner
 
William Faulkner was born in 1897. He was an American novelist. William Faulkner passed on at 64 years of age on 6 July 1962 in Byhalia, Mississippi.
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“Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we’ve got.” -William Feather: as attributed in “Forbes” (1984)
 
“No man is a failure who is enjoying life.” -William Feather
 
William Feather was born in 1889. He was an American writer, publisher, and businessman. William Feather passed on in 1981.
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“That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not.” -James K. Feibleman
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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
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“Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” -Marilyn Ferguson 
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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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“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.” -Debbi Fields
 
Debbie Fields is the founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies.
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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
 
“The future looks bright . . . for those who choose to shine . . . and become a star.” -Doug Firebaugh
 
“The word lose simply stands for Lack Of Success Expectancy.” -Doug Firebaugh
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“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.” -Dorothy Canfield Fisher
 
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born in 1879. She was an American educational reformer and social activist. Dorothy Canfield Fisher passed on in 1958.
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“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet determined to make them otherwise.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald: ‘The Crack-Up’ in “Esquire” (February 1936) magazine
 
“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but 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 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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“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
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“The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.” -Peggy Fleming
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“Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other person will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.” -B. C. Forbes  
 
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” -B. C. Forbes
 
“The man who has done his level best . . . is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.” -B. C. Forbes
 
Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ Forbes was born on 14 May 1880 in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was a Scottish-born American journalist, financier, writer, publisher, and the founder of “Forbes” magazine. Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ Forbes passed on at 73 years of age on 6 May 1954 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“A free ride is always very expensive.” -Malcolm Forbes
 
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was born on 19 August 1919. He was the publisher of “Forbes” magazine, which was founded by his father, B.C. Forbes. Today, the magazine is run by his 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
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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 was born in 1879. He was an English novelist. Edward Morgan Forster passed on in 1970.
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“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
 
“Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us, but in what we make out of what they do to us.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
 
Harry Emerson Fosdick was born on 24 May 1878 in Buffalo, New York, United States of America. He was a Protestant Christian minster in the Baptist Church 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
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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
 
“The only thing that separates any one of us from excellence is fear, and the opposite of fear is faith. I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for, perfection is God’s business.” -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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“A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.” -Anatole France

“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” -Anatole France: as attributed in Sidney Greenberg, editor: “Treasury of the Art of Living” (1964)
 
Anatole France is a pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault, who was born in 1844. He was a French novelist, poet, and critic. Jacques Anatole François Thibault passed on in 1924.
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” -Francis de Sales
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“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” -Francis of Assisi
 
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life. Amen.” -Francis of Assisi
 
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible. Suddenly, you are doing the impossible.” -Francis of Assisi: as attributed in “Reader’s Digest” (1987)
 
Francis of Assisi was born in 1181. He was an Italian monk, a preacher, and the founder of the Franciscan Order of Priests. Francis of Assisi passed on in 1226. He was made a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
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“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” -Anne Frank: “The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)
 
“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” -Anne Frank: “The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)
 
“I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too. I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again. In the meantime, I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.” -Anne Frank, German-born Jewish diarist. “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)
 
“Think of all the beauty that’s still left in and around you and be happy!” -Anne Frank: “The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)
 
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.” -Anne Frank: “The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)
 
Anne Frank was born on 12 June 1929. She was a diarist. Anne Frank passed on sometime in 1945 during the Holocaust.
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“Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” -Viktor Frankl
 
“Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.” -Viktor Frankl
 
“The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitudes.” -Viktor Frankl
 
“What is to give light must endure burning.” -Viktor Frankl
 
Viktor E. Frankl was born in 1905. He was a Holocaust survivor. Viktor E. Frankl passed on in 1997.
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“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” -Grant Frazier
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“The more I learn, the more I realize what little I know.” -K. C. Freeman
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“Success is not measured by what you accomplish. It’s measured by the opposition you encounter, and the courage with which you maintain your struggle against the odds.” -Jerry Frenz
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“Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.” -Sigmund Freud
 
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” -Sigmund Freud
 
“Maturity is the ability to live with ambiguity.” -Sigmund Freud
 
“We are so made, that we can only derive intense enjoyment from a contrast and only very little from a state of things.” -Sigmund Freud: “Civilization and Its Discontents” (1930)
 
“We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.” -Sigmund Freud
 
“When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.” -Sigmund Freud
 
Sigmund Freud was born on 6 May 1856. He was an Austrian psychiatrist and the originator of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud passed on at 83 years of age on 23 September 1939.
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“Not every age allows its sons to reap the results which remain great for all time, and . . . not every century is fitted to make the men who live in it distinguished and happy.” -Gustave Freytag
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“You can achieve anything you want in life if you have the courage to dream it, the intelligence to make a realistic plan, and the will to see that plan through to the end.” -Sidney A. Friedman
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“Customers want quality, value, speed, convenience, choice, and to be appreciated.” -Patricia Fripp

“Don’t concentrate on making a lot of money, but rather on becoming the type of person people want to do business with.” -Patricia Fripp 
 
“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
 
“It’s better to do something for nothing than nothing for nothing.” -Patricia Fripp
 
“To build your business, hire only the already motivated.” -Patricia Fripp
 
“When you focus on what might have been, it gets in the way of what can be.” -Patricia Fripp
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“There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.” -Erich Fromm
 
“Who knows 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 Fromm was born in 1900. He was an American philosopher and psychologist. Erich Fromm passed on in 1980.
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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
 
“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but its effect will make it worth the effort.” -Jeffrey Fry
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“On the day of reckoning I doubt we will be judged by what certificates we have on the wall, but rather what scars incurred in battle for humanity.” -T. C. Fry
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“We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.” -R. Buckminster Fuller
 
“When I’m 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.” -Buckminster Fuller
 
R. Buckminster Fuller was born in 1895. He was an American architect, designer, inventor, philosopher, and poet. R. Buckminster Fuller passed on in 1983.
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“Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. Oh ’t is cruelty to beat a cripple with his own crutches.” -Thomas Fuller: “The Holy State and the Profane State” (1642), ‘Of Jesting’
 
“It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.” -Thomas Fuller: “A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine” (1650), Book II, chapter XI
 
Thomas Fuller was born in 1608 in Northamptonshire, England. He was a preacher, a historian, and a writer. Thomas Fuller passed on at about 53 years of age on 16 August 1661.
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“Be a Friend to thyself and others will too.” -Thomas Fuller: Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 847
 
“Count not your Chickens before they be hatch’d.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 1185
 
Early to go to Bed, and early to rise,
Will make a Man Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise.
-Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 6080
 
“He does not believe, that does not live according to his Belief.” -Thomas Fuller: Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 1838
 
“He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
 
“He liveth long, that liveth well.” -Thomas Fuller: Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 1968
 
“He that falls to-day, may be up again to-morrow.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2097
 
“He that scattereth Thorns, must not go Barefoot.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2289
 
“Honesty is the best Policy.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2534
 
“If Afflictions refine some, they consume others.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2666
 
“It is better to have a Hen to Morrow, than an Egg to Day.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2916
 
“Many Hands make light Work.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 3347
 
“Men hate those they have hurt.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 3395
 
“Rolling Stones gather no Moss.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 4057
 
“Those who make the best Use of their Time have none to spare.” -Thomas Fuller: Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 5029
 
“Two Dogs fight for a Bone, and a third runs away with it.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 5324
 
“What may be done at any Time will be done at no Time.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 5500
 
Thomas Fuller was born on 24 June 1654 in Rosehill, Sussex, England. He was a physician, a preacher, and an adage collector. Thomas Fuller passed on at 80 years of age on 17 September 1734.
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Ga - Gz

1/25/2017

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“It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier. Desiring is helpful, but work and desire are invincible.” -Thomas Robert Gaines
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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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“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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“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” -Robert C. Gallagher
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“My advice is to go into something and stay with it until you like it. You can’t like it until you obtain expertise in that work. And once you are an expert, it’s a pleasure.” -Milton Garland
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“Years and scars later I finally learned that all angels travel under assumed names.” -George Garrett
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“No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it. Have an unrelenting belief that things will work out, that the long road has purpose, that the things that you desire may not happen today, but they will happen. Continue to persist and persevere.” -Brad Gast
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“Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.” -J. Paul Getty
 
“I have no complex about wealth. I have worked hard for my money, producing things people need. I believe that the able industrial leader who creates wealth and employment is more worthy of historical notice than politicians or soldiers.” -J. Paul Getty
 
“No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or get rich in business by being conformist.” -J. Paul Getty
 
John Paul Getty was born in 1892. He was an American oil businessman and art collector. John Paul Getty passed on in 1976.
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“Basically, I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working.” -Albert Giacometti
 
Albert Giacometti was a sculptor.
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“There are no office hours for leaders.” -Cardinal Gibbons
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“My soul preached to me and said, ‘Do not be delighted because of praise, and do not be distressed because of blame.’” -Kahlil Gibran: “Secrets of the Heart” (1965)
 
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” -Kahlil Gibran
 
“The appearances of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” -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
 
Kahlil Gibran was born in 1883. He was a Lebanese-born American artist, poet, novelist, and philosopher. Kahlil Gibran passed on in 1931.
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“Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens, we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.” -André Gide: “Le traite du Narcisse” (1891)
 
“It is one of life’s laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed door and disregard the open one.” -André Gide (similar quotation attributed to Helen Adams Keller)
 
“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” -André Gide: “The Counterfeiters” (1925)
 
André Gide was born in 1869. He was a French novelist and critic. André Gide passed on in 1951.
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“It is always wise to stop wishing for things long enough to enjoy the fragrance of those now flowering.” -Patrice Gifford
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“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings.” -Elizabeth Gilbert
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“Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.” -Jerry Gillies
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“If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.” -Carolyn Gilmore
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“Are you missing opportunities because you are too focused on obstacles?” -Jeffrey Gitomer

“Attitude precedes service. Your positive mental attitude is the basis for the way you act and react to people. ‘You become what you think about’ is the foundation of your actions and reactions. What are your thoughts? Positive all the time? How are you guiding them?” -Jeffrey Gitomer
 
“Be a friendly person to your co-workers. Say nice things to them. Help them when they least expect it.” -Jeffrey Gitomer
 
“Every time a customer calls you, or you call a customer, you have an opportunity and a choice. What opportunity are you taking? What choice are you making?” -Jeffrey Gitomer
 
“People aren’t afraid of failure, they just don’t know how to succeed. We are each responsible for our own success (or failure). Winning at what you do is no exception. To ensure a win, you must take a proactive approach. Prevention of failure is an important part of that process.” -Jeffrey Gitomer
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“We are where we are, as we are, because of what we are.” -Earle J. Glade
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“Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds.” -William Gladstone: diary entry (31 December 1868)
 
“We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.” -William Gladstone
 
William Ewart Gladstone was born on 29 December 1809. He was a British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom four times (1868 - 1874; 1880 - 1885; 1886; and 1892 - 1894). William Ewart Gladstone passed on at 88 years of age on 19 May 1898.
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“There is no support so strong as the strength that enables one to stand alone.” -Ellen Glasgow: “The Shadowy Third” (1923)
 
Ellen Glasgow was born in 1873. She was an American novelist. Ellen Glasgow passed on in 1945.
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“The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don’t talk much.” -attributed to 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
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“The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions.” -André Godin
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“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
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“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.” -Thaddeus Golas
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“A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.” -Arthur Golden
 
“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.” -Arthur Golden
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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)
 
“Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” -Oliver Goldsmith (similar quotation attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mary Pickford and Confucius)
 
“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” -Oliver Goldsmith
 
Oliver Goldsmith was born in 1728. He was an Anglo-Irish physician, poet, writer, and dramatist (playwright). Oliver Goldsmith passed on in 1774.
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“If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.” -Jane Goodall
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“The woods would be very silent if only the birds with the sweetest songs were heard.” -Steve Goodier (similar quotation attributed to Henry Van Dyke (1852 - 1933))
 
Steve Goodier is a writer and a public speaker.
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“. . . when work is a pleasure, life is a joy. When work is a duty, life is slavery.” -Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky was born in 1868. He was a Russian writer. Maxim Gorky passed on in 1936.
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“There is not a single moment in life that we can afford to lose.” -Edward M. Goulburn
 
Edward Meyrick Goulburn was born in 1818. He was an English churchman and a Dean of Norwich (1866 - 1889). Edward Meyrick Goulburn passed on in 1897.
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“All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.” - Baltasar Gracián
 
Baltasar Gracián was born in 1601. He was a Spanish Jesuit philosopher. Baltasar Gracián passed on in 1658.
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“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” -Billy Graham
 
Billy Graham was born in 1918. He is an American Christian evangelist.
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“To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?” -Katherine Graham
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“Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears.” -Stedman Graham
 
“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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“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.” -Andrew Gramatelli
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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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“All successful people have the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.” -Albert E. Gray
 
Albert E. Gray
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“Don’t try to change people’s minds. People will change their own minds. Instead, design an experience that leads to a new way of thinking.” -Dave Gray
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“The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.” -Dennis Green
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“Be not anxious about what you have, but about what you are.” -Gregory the Great
 
Gregory the Great is also known as Pope Gregory I and Saint Gregory.
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“Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.” -Wilfred Grenfell
 
Wilfred Grenfell was born in 1865. Wilfred Grenfell passed on in 1940.
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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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“The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.” -W. Griswold
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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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“Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.” -Johannes Gutenberg
 
Johannes Gutenberg, whose full name was Johann Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, was born in about 1398. He was a German metalsmith and the inventor of the movable-type printing press. Johannes Gutenberg passed on at 70 years of age on 3 February 1468.
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“Truth is not determined by majority vote.” -Doug Gwyn
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“Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability, then go beyond to a higher level.” -Alexander Haig
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“We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.” -J. B. S. Haldane
 
John Burden Sanderson Haldane was born on 5 November 1892. He was an English geneticist. John Burden Sanderson Haldane passed on at 72 years of age on 1 December 1964.
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I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
-Edward Everett Hale: “Ten Times One is Ten” (1870)
 
“I look at the Senators and pray for the country.” -Edward Everett Hale, when asked, ‘Do you pray for the Senators?’ as quoted in Van Wyck Brooks: “New England: Indian Summer” (1940)
 
Edward Everett Hale was born in 1822. He was an American clergyman, writer, and chaplain of the United States Senate. Edward Everett Hale passed on in 1909.
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“Cheerfulness is health; the opposite, melancholy, is disease.” -Thomas C. Haliburton: “Sam Slick’s Wise Saws and Modern Instances” (1853)
 
Thomas C. Haliburton was born in 1796. He was a Canadian politician, judge, and writer; best 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 in 1574. He was an English bishop, moral philosopher, and satirist. Joseph Hall passed on in 1656.
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“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off goals.” -William F. Halsey (similar quotation attributed to Henry Ford)
 
“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 was an American naval commander who led campaigns in the Pacific during World War 2. William Frederick ‘Bull’ Halsey, Junior passed on in 1959.
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“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” -Alex Hamilton: “Born Old” radio broadcast, as quoted in the “Listener” (9 November 1978)
 
Alex Hamilton was born in 1936. He is a British writer and broadcaster.
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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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“The majority of people meet with failure because they lack the persistence to create new plans to take the place of failed plans.” -Mark Victor Hansen
 
“You don’t become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.” -Mark Victor Hansen
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“Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.” -Augustus Hare
 
Augustus William Hare was born on 17 November 1792, as a brother of Julius Charles Hare. He was an English biographer and compiler of travel books. Augustus William Hare passed on at 41 years of age on 18 February 1834.
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“A winner paces himself; a loser has only two speeds; hysterical and lethargic.” -Sydney J. Harris
 
“Regret for the things we have done will be tempered by time. It is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.” -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 was a syndicated columnist under the heading “Strictly Personal” and a journalist. 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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“Life is really very simple. What we give out, we get back.” -Louise L. Hay
 
Louise Lynn Hay was born on 8 October 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. She is self-help and motivational writer, and the founder of Hay House. Louise L. Hay resides in San Diego, California, United States of America, and her website is www.louisehay.com.
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“If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.” -William Hazlitt

“We must be doing something to be happy.” -William Hazlitt
 
“Well, I’ve had a happy life.” -William Hazlitt: as quoted in William Carew Hazlitt: “Memoirs of William Hazlitt: With Portions of His Correspondence” (1867)
 
William Hazlitt was born in 1778. He was an English essayist. William Hazlitt passed on in 1830.
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Before you talk, listen.
Before you react, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.
-attributed to Ernest Hemingway
 
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on 21 July 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America. He was an American novelist. Ernest Miller Hemingway passed on at 61 years of age on 2 July 1961 in Ketchum Idaho, United States of America.
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“Many small make a great.” -John Heywood: “A Dialogue of Proverbs” (1546), part 1, chapter 11
 
John Heywood was born in about 1497. He was an English dramatist and poet. John Heywood passed on in 1580.
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“People will love you. People will hate you. And none of it will have anything to do with you.” -Abraham Hicks
 
“You are the designer of your destiny. You are the author, you write the story, the pen is in your hand, and the outcome is whatever you choose.” -Abraham Hicks
 
Abraham Hicks is the name of a group of entities purportedly communicating through Esther Hicks. Esther Hicks was born on 5 March 1948 in Coalville, Utah, United States of America. She is a professional speaker and writer.
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“A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.” -Cullen Hightower  
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“Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.” -Napoleon Hill
 
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” -Napoleon Hill
 
“Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.” -Napoleon Hill
 
“Fears are nothing more than states of mind.” -Napoleon Hill
 
“Focus on the possibilities for success, not on the potential for failure.” -Napoleon Hill
 
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” -Napoleon Hill
 
“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” -Napoleon Hill
 
“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.” -Napoleon Hill
 
“When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.” -Napoleon Hill
 
Napoleon Hill was born as Oliver Napoleon Hill on 26 October 1883 in a one-room cabin in Pound, Virginia, United States of America. He was a motivational speaker and writer; best remembered as the author of “Think and Grow Rich” (1937). Napoleon Hill passed on at 87 years of age on 8 November 1970 in South Carolina, United States of America.
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“My goal is to build a life I don’t need a vacation from.” -Rob Hill
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“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” -Edmund Hillary
 
Edmund Hillary was born in 1919. He was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer, and the first person to climb Mount Everest. Edmund Hillary passed on in 2008.
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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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“Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.” -Burton Hillis
 
Burton Hillis is a pseudonym of William Edward ‘Bill’ Vaughan, who was born on 8 October 1915 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America. He was a writer and a newspaper columnist under the heading “Starbeams” and a writer. William E. ‘Bill’ Vaughan passed on at 61 years of age on 25 February 1977.
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“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” -Conrad Hilton
 
Conrad Hilton was born in 1887. He was an American hotelier and the founder of Hilton Hotels. Conrad Hilton passed on in 1979.
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“Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart.” -Gordon B. Hinckley
 
“I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good. The goodness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts.” -Gordon B. Hinckley
 
“I heard a man of prominence say the other day, ‘I have amended the language of my prayers. Instead of saying, ‘Bless the poor and the sick and the needy,’ I now say, ‘Father, show me how to help the poor and the sick and the needy, and give me resolution to do so.’’” -Gordon B. Hinckley: speech at Bingham Young University (1978)
 
“We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.” -Gordon B. Hinckley
 
Gordon Bitner Hinckley was born on 23 June 1910. He was the longest presiding President of the Latter Day Saints Church. 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
 
“Set out each day believing in your dreams. Know without a doubt that you were made for amazing things.” -Josh Hinds
 
Josh S. Hinds.
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“Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there’s something out there you love to do, that you believe in, that you’re good at - something that’s bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again today.” -Whit Hobbs
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“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” -Eric Hoffer 
 
Eric Hoffer was born in 1902. He was an American longshoreman turned philosopher and writer. Eric Hoffer passed on in 1983.
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“Every calling is great when greatly pursued.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior
 
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior was born on 8 March 1841. He was a legal historian, an associate justice of the American Supreme Court (1902 - 1932), and a philosopher. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior passed on at 93 years of age on 6 March 1935.
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“I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of Heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor 
lie at anchor.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table” (1858), chapter IV
 
“Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
 
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior was born on 29 August 1809. He was an American physician, essayist, and poet. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior passed on at 85 years of age on 7 October 1894.
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“The Earth has music for those who listen.” -Reginald Vincent Holmes: “Fireside Fancies” (1955)
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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 (similar quotation attributed to Raymond Chandler)
 
“I can’t believe that God put us on this Earth to be ordinary.” -Lou Holtz
 
“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” -Lou Holtz
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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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“Light is the task where many share the toil.” -Homer
 
“The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.” -Homer
 
Homer lived in ancient Greece. He was a writer of poetic epics.
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“Success is ninety-nine percent failure.” -Soichiro Honda
 
Soichiro Honda is the founder of the Honda Motor Corporation.
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“So far as other people are concerned, you are your behavior. So far as you are concerned, you are your feelings.” -Peter Honey
 
“Teams have the potential to thrive more on the differences between members than the similarities.” -Peter Honey
 
“The purpose of any organization is to make and keep customers.” -Peter Honey
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“To live by one man’s will becomes the cause of all misery.” -Richard Hooker
 
“When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are.” -Richard Hooker
 
Richard Hooker was born in 1554. He was a priest and theologian in the Church of England. Richard Hooker passed on in 1600.
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“Gift, like genius, I often think only means an infinite capacity for taking pains.” -Jane Ellice Hopkins
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“I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.” -Tom Hopkins
 
“No one limits your growth but you. If you want to earn more, learn more. That means you’ll work harder for a while; that means you’ll work longer for a while. But you’ll be paid for your extra effort with enhanced earnings down the road.” -Tom Hopkins
 
“Read something positive every night and listen to something helpful every morning.” -Tom Hopkins
 
“Successful people begin where failures leave off. Never settle for ‘just getting the job done.’ Excel!” -Tom Hopkins
 
“The human body has two ears and one mouth. To be good at persuading or selling, you must learn to use those natural devices in proportion. Listen twice as much as you talk and you’ll succeed in persuading others nearly every time.” -Tom Hopkins
 
Tom Hopkins is an American sales trainer, speaker, and writer.
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“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” -Lena Horne
 
Lena Horne is an American singer and actress.
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“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.” -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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“A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.” -Elbert Hubbard: “The Roycraft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams” (1923)
 
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.” -Elbert Hubbard
 
“Do your work with your whole heart and you will succeed - there’s so little competition.” -Elbert Hubbard

“Genius is often only the power of making continuous efforts. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it - so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. As the tide goes clear out, so it comes clear in. In business sometimes prospects may seem darkest when really they are on the turn. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.” -Elbert Hubbard: as quoted in “Electrical Review” (about 1895)
 
“He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand.” -Elbert Hubbard: “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard” (1922), page 237
 
“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?” -Elbert Hubbard
 
“If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.” -Elbert Hubbard: “The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams” (1923)
 
“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.” -Elbert Hubbard
 
“Live truth instead of professing it.” -Elbert Hubbard

“Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.” -Elbert Hubbard
 
“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyhow.” -Elbert Hubbard: “The Motto Book” (1907)
 
“The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.” -Elbert Hubbard
 
“The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work.” -Elbert Hubbard
 
“We work to become, not to acquire.” -Elbert Hubbard: “A Thousand and One Epigrams” (1911)
 
“When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that . . . the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.” -Elbert Hubbard
 
Elbert Green Hubbard was born on 19 June 1856 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States of America. He was a teacher, writer, editor, publisher, artist, and philosopher; founder of the Roycroft Press. Elbert Green Hubbard passed on at 58 years of age on 7 May 1915 in the sinking of the oceangoing ship “Lusitania.”
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“There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man that didn’t tell you all about it?” -Kin Hubbard
 
“The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.” -Kin Hubbard
 
Frank McKinney ‘Kin’ Hubbard was born in 1868. He was an American journalist, cartoonist, humorist, and political commentator. Frank McKinney ‘Kin’ Hubbard passed on in 1930.
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“Failure is not the opposite of success. It is a stepping stone to success.” -Arianna Huffington
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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: in an address to the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of New York: as quoted in “The Homiletic Review” (November 1907)

Charles Evans Hughes was born in 1862. He was an American professor of law, a politician, and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1930 - 1941). Charles Evans Hughes passed on in 1948.
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
-Langston Hughes: “Dreams” (1929)
 
Langston Hughes was born in 1902. He was an American writer and poet. Langston Hughes passed on in 1967.
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“A right is not to be treated as a favor.” -Victor Hugo
 
“He who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.” - Victor Hugo
 
“Inspiration and genius - one and the same.” -Victor Hugo
 
“People do not lack strength, they lack will.” -Victor Hugo
 
“Those who live are those who fight.” -Victor Hugo
 
Victor Marie Hugo was born on 26 February 1802 in  Besançon, France. He was a French romantic poet, novelist, and dramatist. Victor Marie Hugo passed on at 83 years of age on 22 May 1885 in Paris, France.
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“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.” -David Hume 
 
David Hume was born in 1711. He was a Scottish philosopher. David Hume passed on in 1776.
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“Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.” -Hubert Humphrey
 
“This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves: not to march alone, but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.” -Hubert Humphrey
 
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Junior was born on 27 May 1911 in Wallace, South Dakota, United States of America. He was a licensed drugstore pharmacist and a political science instructor. He became the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States of America (1965 - 1969) and a senator (1949 - 1965 and 1971 - 1978). Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Junior passed on at 66 years of age on 13 January 1978 in Waverly, Minnesota, United States of America.
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“All men of action are dreamers.” -James G. Huneker
 
James Gibbons Huneker was born in 1860. He was an American critic of music, art, and literature. James Gibbons Huneker passed on in 1921.
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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” -Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston was born on 7 January 1891. She was an American dramatist (playwright). Zora Neale Hurston passed on at 69 years of age on 28 January 1960.
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“Experience teaches only the teachable.” -Aldous Huxley
 
“The secret of true genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,
which means never losing your enthusiasm.” -Aldous Huxley
 
Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on 26 July 1894. He was an English novelist, essayist, magazine editor, writer of short stories and movie scripts, critic, and poet. His novels include “Crome Yellow” (1921), “Antic Hay” (1923), “Point Counter Point” (1928), “Brave New World” (1932), “Eyeless in Gaza” (1936), and “After Many a Summer” (1939). 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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“Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.” -T. H. Huxley
 
“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” -T. H. Huxley
 
Thomas Henry Huxley was born on 4 May 1825 in Ealing, Greater London, England. He was 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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“My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, then you’ve had a great life.” -Lee Iacocca
 
Lee Iacocca was the Chief Executive of the Chrysler Corporation, makers of automobiles.
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“It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.” -Dolores Ibarruri
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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
 
Solomon ibn Gabirol was born in about 1022. He was a poet and a philosopher. Solomon ibn Gabirol passed on in about 1058.
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“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” -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; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.” -Henrik Ibsen
 
Henrik Ibsen was born in 1828. He was a Norwegian playwright. Henrik Ibsen passed on in 1906.
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“Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.” -Ikkyu
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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
 
“Nature takes away any faculty that is not used.” -William R. Inge
 
“Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.” -William R. Inge
 
“The happy people are those who are producing something.” -William R. Inge
 
“We are what we love.” -William R. Inge
 
William Ralph Inge was born on 6 June 1860 in Crayke, Yorkshire, England. He was an Anglican priest (Church of England), professor of divinity at Cambridge University, the Dean of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London from 1911 until 1934, and writer of more than 35 books. William Ralph Inge passed on at 93 years of age on 26 February 1954 in Wallingford, England.
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“Courage without conscience is a wild beast.” -Robert G. Ingersoll: in a Decoration Day address (1822)
 
“Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
 
“The greatest test of courage on the Earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
 
“Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
 
“We rise by lifting others.” -Robert Ingersoll
 
Robert Green Ingersoll was born on 11 August 1833. He was a Union General during the American Civil War, a lawyer, an orator (public speaker), and a politician. Robert Green Ingersoll passed on at 65 years of age on 21 July 1899.
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“We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.” -Lee Iococca
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“Boredom flourishes too, when you feel safe. It’s a symptom of security.” -Eugene Ionesco
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“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
 
Washington Irving was born in 1783. He was an American author, an essayist, and a writer of travel books. Washington Irving passed on in 1859.
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“Do not be afraid to be amazing.” -Andy Offutt Irwin
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“Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” -Doug Ivester
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Ja - Jz

1/22/2017

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“One man with courage makes a majority.” -Andrew Jackson: as attributed in the “Washington Post” (7 February 1964)
 
Andrew ‘Old Hickory’ Jackson was born in 1767. He was an American military leader and the seventh President of the United States of America (1829 - 1837). Andrew ‘Old Hickory’ Jackson passed on in 1845.
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“When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.” -Dresden James
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“The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.” -Henry James, Junior
 
“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, Junior

Henry James, Junior was born on 15 April 1843 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He was an American novelist and critic. Henry James, Junior passed on at 72 years of age on 28 February 1916 in London, England.
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“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” -William James
 
“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help you create the fact.” -William James: “The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy” (1897)
 
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” -William James
 
“Every way of classifying a thing is but a way of handling it for some particular purpose.” -William James: “The Sentiment of Rationality” (1882)
 
“I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible, loving, human forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time, will rend the hardest monuments of pride.” -William James
 
“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll marvel at the energy that comes out of you.” -William James
 
“Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude, follow it.” -William James 
 
“Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity. Successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.” -William James
 
“The deepest principle in Human Nature is the craving to be appreciated.” -William James: letter (1896) to students who had sent him a plant for Easter
 
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” -William James: as attributed in Norman Vincent Peale: “The Power of Positive Thinking” (1952)
 
“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” -William James
 
“Tell him to live by yes and no - yes to everything good, no to everything bad.” -William James: as quoted in Ralph Barton Perry: “The Thought and Character of William James” (1935), Volume II, chapter 91
 
William James was born on 11 January 1842. A pioneering American psychologist and philosopher trained as a medical doctor, he wrote many influential books on the topics of psychology and mysticism. He was a founder of the American Society for Psychical Research, as well as a champion of alternative approaches to healing, and he challenged his professional colleagues not to let a narrow mindset prevent an honest appraisal of those phenomena. William James passed on at 68 years of age on 26 August 1910.
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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
 
“The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is - a miracle and unrepeatable.” -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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“The scars of others should teach us caution.” -Jerome: letter 54
 
Jerome was born as Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus in about C.E. 347 in Strido, Dalmatia (on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea). 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 Syrian desert where he continued his studies. He is best 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 away on 30 September 420. 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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“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 was a United States Congressman (2005 - 2008) and the 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 Purdue University President.
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“See everything; overlook much; correct a little.” -Pope John XXIII
 
Pope John XXIII was born as Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli.
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“And I saw the river over which every soul must pass to reach the kingdom of Heaven and the name of that river was Suffering: and I saw a boat which carries souls across the river and the name of that boat was Love.” -John of the Cross
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“The Air Force comes in every morning and says, ‘Bomb, bomb, bomb.’ And then the State Department comes in and says, ‘Not now, or not there, or too much, or not at all.’” -Lyndon B. Johnson
 
“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” -Lyndon B. Johnson
 
“You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.” -Lyndon B. Johnson
 
Lyndon B. Johnson was born in 1908. He was the thirty-sixth President of the United States of America (1963 - 1969). Lyndon B. Johnson passed on in 1973.
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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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“Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.” -Samuel Johnson
 
“It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.” -Samuel Johnson: “The Rambler” (English journal) (18 December 1750)
 
“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.” -Samuel Johnson 
 
“No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.” -Samuel Johnson: “Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain” (1756)
 
“Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.” -Samuel Johnson: “Rasselas” (1759)

“Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.” -Samuel Johnson
 
“We desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated; we desire something else and begin a new pursuit.” -Samuel Johnson: “The Rambler,” (7 April 1750), number 6

Samuel Johnson, also known as Doctor Johnson, was born in 1709. He was one of England’s best-known literary figures. He was an essayist, a poet, a biographer, a lexicographer, and a literary critic. He possessed great wit as a prose stylist and was well known for his aphorisms. Samuel Johnson passed on in 1784.
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“With knowledge comes opportunity. With perseverance comes success.” -J. C. Johnstone
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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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“If you’re going to play the game properly, you’d better know every rule.” -Barbara Jordan
 
Barbara Jordan was born in 1936. She was a politician. Barbara Jordan passed on in 1996.
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“Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.” -David Starr Jordan
 
“The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make people stronger.” -David Starr Jordan
 
David Starr Jordan was born on 19 January 1851. He was an ichthyologist (someone who studies fish) and an educator. He was a president of Indiana University and the founding president of Stanford University. David Starr Jordan passed on at 80 years of age on 19 September 1931.
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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
 
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” -Michael Jordan
 
“I’ve missed more than 9000 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 Jordan was born in 1963. He is an American professional basketball player.
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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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“A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.” -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 

“Eyes raised towards Heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.” -Joseph Joubert, as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
 
“Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.” [English translation]
“Le génie commence les beaux ouvrages, mais le travail seul les achève.” [original French]
-Joseph Joubert, as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
 
“Having found nothing worth more than emptiness, he leaves space vacant.” -Joseph Joubert, as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
 
“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)
 
“What we say is similar to what we are.” -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 was a moralist, a philosopher, and an essayist, best known for his posthumously published “Pensées” (“Thoughts”). Joseph Joubert passed on at 69 years of age on 4 May 1824.
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“You never fail until you stop trying.” -Florence Griffith Joyner
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“Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.” -Carl Gustav Jung
 
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” -Carl Gustav Jung
 
“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” -Carl Gustav Jung
 
Carl Gustav Jung was born on 26 July 1875 in Kesswil, Thurgau, Switzerland. He was a Swiss psychiatrist. Carl Gustav Jung passed on at 85 years of age on 6 June 1961 in Küsnacht, Zürich, Switzerland.
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“Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.” -Juvenal
 
“Who watches the watchmen?” [English translation]
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” [original Latin]
-Juvenal
 
Juvenal was born in about C.E. 55. He was a Roman satirist. Juvenal passed on in C.E. 130.
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Ka - Kz

1/21/2017

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“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.” -Okakura Kakuzo
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“Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination.” -Immanuel Kant: “Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics” (1785)
 
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Something to do,
Someone to love,
Something to hope for.
 
-Immanuel Kant (similar quotation attributed to Joseph Addison)
 
“So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.” -Immanuel Kant
 
“We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” -Immanuel Kant
 
Immanuel Kant was born on 22 April 1724 in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He was a Prussian-born German philosopher. Immanuel Kant passed on at 79 years of age on 12 February 1804 in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia)
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“While troubles will come, they are always temporary - nothing lasts forever. Thus, there is the famous legend that King Solomon, the wisest man of all times, had a ring inscribed with the words, ‘This too shall pass.’” -Aryeh Kaplan
 
Aryeh Kaplan is a rabbi.
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“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” -Danny Kaye
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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 England. He was 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 famous 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.
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“There is no such thing as failure, only results, with some more successful than others.” -Jeff Keller
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“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” -Frederick Keonig
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“The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best.” -Bob Kerry
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“Just as your fortune depends upon how your money is invested, so the success of your life depends upon how your time is invested.” -Leone Kester
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“Every great improvement has come after repeated failures. Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement.” -Charles F. Kettering: as attributed in “Science Education” (1961)
 
“Keep on going, and chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” -Charles F. Kettering
 
“No one would have ever crossed the ocean if they could have gotten off the ship in the storm.” -Charles F. Kettering
 
“One fails forward toward success.” -Charles F. Kettering
 
Charles Franklin Kettering was born on 29 August 1876. He was an American engineer, inventor, and business executive. Charles Franklin Kettering passed on at 82 years of age on 25 November 1958.
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“To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.” -Ken S. Keyes, Junior: “Handbook to Higher Consciousness” (1975)
 
Ken S. Keyes, Junior was born in 1921. He was a personal growth writer and lecturer. Ken S. Keyes, Junior passed on in 1995.
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“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” -Victor Kiam
 
Victor Kiam was born in 1926. He was a business leader. Victor Kiam passed on in 2001.
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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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“Be bold - and mighty forces will come to your aid.” -Basil King
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“Those who have succeeded at anything and don’t mention luck are kidding themselves.” -Larry King
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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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“Offer daily to be of use to the Lord.” -Kate L. Kirkham (12 April 1994)
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“If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.” -Henry Kissinger 
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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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“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.” -Robert T. Kiyosaki
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“Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. The little pinpricks of daily life when dwelt upon and magnified, may do great damage, but if ignored or dismissed from thought, will disappear from inanition. Most men have worried about things which never happened, and more men have been killed by worry than by hard work. Life is so great in its opportunities and possibilities, that you should rise confidently above the inevitable trifles incident to daily contact with the world. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. Ignore the inconsequential.” -Grenville Kleiser: “Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day” (1918), ‘May Thirty-One’
 
“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
 
Grenville Kleiser was born in 1868 in Toronto, Canada. He was an instructor in public speaking at the Yale Divinity School of Yale University, and a writer of humor and inspiration. Grenville Kleiser passed away 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
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“A man with God is always in the majority.” -John Knox: as quoted in the inscription on the Reformation Monument in Geneva, Switzerland
 
John Knox was born in about 1513 in Giffordgate, Haddington, Scotland. He was a Christian religious leader and a writer. John Knox passed on at about 58 or 59 years of age on 24 November 1572 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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“The freedom to fail is vital if you’re going to succeed, most successful men fail time and time again, 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 is an American publisher.
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“Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen carefully.” -Stu Krieger
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“It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.” -Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
 
“The opinion other people have of you is their problem, not yours.” -Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
 
“The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.” -Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
 
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was born in 1926. She was a Swiss-born American psychiatrist and writer. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross passed on in 2004.
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“The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask.” -Thomas Kuhn
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“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” -Charles Kuralt
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“In a mad world only the mad are sane.” -Akira Kurosawa
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“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 S. Kushner
 
“You don’t become happy by pursuing happiness. You become happy by living a life that means something.” -Harold S. Kushner
 
Harold Samuel Kushner was born on 3 April 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. He is a Jewish rabbi and a writer.
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La - Lz

1/20/2017

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“Up to a point a man’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, ‘This I am today, that I will be tomorrow.’” -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 was an American writer of Western fiction. 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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Were it not better to forget,
Than but remember and regret?
-Letitia Elizabeth Landon: “Ethel Churchill; Or, The Two Brides” (1837)
 
Letitia Elizabeth Landon was born in 1802. She was a British poet and novelist. Letitia Elizabeth Landon passed on in 1838.
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“Something constructive comes from every defeat.” -Tom Landry
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“Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?” -Danielle LaPorte
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“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” -Lucy Larcom
 
Lucy Larcom was born on about 5 March 1826. Lucy Larcom passed on at 67 years of age on 27 April 1893.
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“Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.” -Doug Larson
 
Doug Larson was born in 1902. He was an American journalist. Doug Larson passed on in 1981.
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“Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.” -Harold Joseph Laski
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“Your joy comes from what you give, not from what you accumulate.” -Frank Laubach
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“It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.” -Hugh Laurie
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“The great rule of moral conduct is, next to God, respect time.” -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
 
Johann Kaspar Lavater was born in 1741. He was a Swiss writer, Protestant pastor, and the founder of physiognomics. Johann Kaspar Lavater passed on in 1801.
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“Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.” -D. H. Lawrence
 
David Herbert Lawrence was born in 1885. He was an English novelist and poet. David Herbert Lawrence passed on in 1930.
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“Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.” -Myrna Lay
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“It may be that those who do most, dream most.” -Stephen Butler Leacock
 
Stephen Butler Leacock was born in 1869. He was a Canadian humorist. Stephen Butler Leacock passed on in 1944.
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“Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” -Michael LeBoeuf
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“He who limps is still walking.” -S. J. Lec
 
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec was born in 1909. He was a Polish writer. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec passed on in 1966.
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“Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.” -Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon: as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 444
 
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (Count of Buffon) was born on 7 September 1707 in Montbard, Burgundy, France. He was a French naturalist. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, passed on at 80 years of age on 16 April 1788 in Paris, France.
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“A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.” -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
 
Bruce Lee was born on 27 November 1940 in San Francisco, California, United States of America. He was a martial artist instructor and actor. Bruce Lee passed on at 32 years of age on 20 July 1973 in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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“Delete the adjectives and you’ll have the facts.” -Harper Lee
 
Harper Lee was born 1926. He is an American novelist.
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“Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.” -Robert E. Lee
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“It is by tiny steps that we ascend [to] the stars.” -Jack Leedstrom
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“It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” -Ursula K. LeGuin: “The Left Hand of Darkness” (1969)
 
“To oppose something is to maintain it.” -Ursula K. LeGuin
 
Ursula K. LeGuin was born in 1929. She is a novelist, poet, and essayist.
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“Nobody, I believe, will deny, that we are to form our judgment 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 desires of the best and wisest of the species.” -Robert Leighton: “Theological Lectures”
 
Robert Leighton was an archbishop.
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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
 
“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.” -Madeleine L’Engle
 
Madeleine L’Engle Camp.
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“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” -Barry LePatner
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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 in 1729. He was a German dramatist. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing passed on in 1781.
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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 tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.” -W. M. Lewis
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“What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!” -G. C. Lichtenberg
 
G. C. Lichtenberg was born in 1742. G. C. Lichtenberg passed on in 1799.
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“Our only security is our ability to change.” -John Lilly
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“All of life is learning; therefore education can never end.” -Eduard Lindemann 
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“Better late than never.” -Livy
 
Titus Livius, also known as Livy, was born in 59 B.C.E. He was a Roman historian. Titus Livius, also known as Livy, passed on in C.E. 17.
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“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” -John Locke: “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” (1690)

“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.” -John Locke
 
John Locke was born in 1632. He was an English political and educational philosopher. John Locke passed on in 1704.
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“Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it.” -George Horace Lorimer
 
George Horace Lorimer was born on 6 October 1867 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. He was an American journalist and writer; best known as the editor of “The Saturday Evening Post.” George Horace Lorimer passed on at 70 years of age on 22 October 1937 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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Happiness, to some elation;
Is to others, mere stagnation.
-Amy Lowell: “Happiness”
 
Amy Lowell was born in 1874. She was an American poet. Amy Lowell passed on in 1925.
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“Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed . . . if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons.” -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
 
James Russell Lowell was born on 22 February 1819. He was an American poet, essayist, critic, editor, and diplomat. James Russell Lowell passed on at 72 years of age on 12 August 1891.
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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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“In the final analysis there is no solution to man’s progress but the day’s honest work, the day’s honest decisions, the day’s generous utterances, and the day’s good deed.” -Clare Boothe Luce

Clare Boothe Luce was born on 10 March 1903 in New York City, New York. She was a writer, editor, playwright, and a United States diplomat to Italy. Clare Boothe Luce passed on at 84 years of age on 9 October 1987 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.
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“Continual dropping wears away a stone.” [English translation]
“Stilicidi casus lapidem cavat.” [original Latin]
-Titus Lucretius Carus: “De Rerum Natura” (“On the Nature of Things”), Book I, line 313
 
“Life is one long struggle in the dark.” [English translation]
“Omnis cum in tenebris praesertim vita laboret.”
-Titus Lucretius Carus: “De Rerum Natura” (“On the Nature of Things”), Book II, line 54
 
“Nothing can be created from nothing.” [English translation]
“Nil posse creari de nilo.” [original Latin]
-Titus Lucretius Carus, “De Rerum Natura” (“On the Nature of Things”), Book I, lines 155 and 156
 
“The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.” -Lucretius
 
“We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.” [English translation]
[original Latin] “Cum corpore et una crescere sentimus pariterque senescere mentem.”
-Lucretius: “De Rerum Natura,” III, 446

“Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.” [English translation]
“Circumretit enim vis atque iniuria quemque, atque, unde exortast, at eum plerumque revertit.” [original Latin]
-Titus Lucretius Carus: “De Rerum Natura” (“On the Nature of Things”), Book V, line 1152

“What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.” [English translation]
“Cedit item retro, de terra quod fuit ante, in terras.” [original Latin]
-Lucretius: “De Rerum Natura” (“On the Nature of Things”), Book II, line 999
 
Titus Lucretius Carus, also known simply as Lucretius, was born on about 15 October 99 B.C.E. He was a poet and philosopher of ancient Rome. Titus Lucretius Carus passed on at about 44 years of age in about 55 B.C.E.
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“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.” -Martin Luther
 
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” -Martin Luther

Martin Luther was born in 1483. He was a German Protestant theologian. Martin Luther passed on in 1546.
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“The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble; many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.” -John Lyly: “Euphues” (2 December 1578)
 
John Lyly was born in 1554. He was an English prose stylist and playwright. John Lyly passed on in 1606
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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. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.” -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 in 1800. He was an English politician and historian. Thomas Babington Macaulay passed on in 1859.
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“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” -Norman MacEwan
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“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” -Charles Mackay: “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” (1841)
 
Charles Mackay was born in 1814. He was a Scottish poet and newspaperman. Charles Mackay passed on in 1889.
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“Being rich isn’t about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game.” -Harvey Mackay
 
“Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.” -Harvey Mackay
 
“Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” -Harvey Mackay
 
“People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.” -Harvey Mackay

“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back.” -Harvey Mackay
 
Harvey B. Mackay
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“It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.” -James Mackintosh: as attributed in “The True Briton” (7 July 1853) magazine
 
James Mackintosh was born in 1765. He was a Scottish historian and statesman. James Mackintosh passed on in 1832.
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“There’s only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.” -Archibald MacLeish
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“The accusations really say more about the condition of the accusers than that of the accused.” -Roderick MacLeish
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“You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time.” -Horace Mann
 
Horace Mann was born in 1796. He was an American educator. Horace Mann passed on in 1859.
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“A will finds a way.” -Orison S. Marden
 
“Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made.” -Orison S. Marden
 
“Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.” -Orison S. Marden
 
“Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. They think it comes from doing something on a big scale, from a big fortune, or from some great achievement, when, in fact, it is derived from the simplest, the quietest, the most unpretentious things in the world.” -Orison S. Marden
 
“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” -Orison Swett Marden
 
“We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it, including the thorns.” -Orison S. Marden
 
Orison Swett Marden was born in 1850. He became an orphan at 7 years of age. Despite this, and having lived with several different guardians, he went on to achieve degrees in Medicine and Law at Harvard University. He was a writer and an editor; best known as the founder of “Success” magazine. Orison Swett Marden passed on in 1924.
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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 in 1852. He was an American poet and lecturer. Edwin Markham passed on in 1940.
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“An idea isn’t responsible for the people who believe in it.” -Don Marquis: as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow: “The Complete Toastmaster: A New Treasury for Speakers” (1960)

Don Marquis was born in 1878. He was an American poet and journalist. Don Marquis passed on in 1937.
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“Happiness is a choice, not a result.” -Ralph Marston
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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.
-Marcus Valerius Martial
 
Marcus Valerius Martialis, also known simply as Martial, was born in the month of March in one of the years between C.E. 38 and C.E. 41 in Augusta Bilbilis (now Calatayud, Spain). He was a Roman poet and satirist. Marcus Valerius Martialis, also known simply as Martial, passed on sometime between C.E. 102 and C.E. 104 in Rome.
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“Work hard. Do your best. Never give up.” -Helen Mason
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“As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time.” -John Mason
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“We conquer by continuing.” -George Matheson
 
George Matheson was born in 1842. He was a theologian and a hymn writer. George Matheson passed on in 1906.
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“The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.” -H. C. Mattern
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“If forty million people say a foolish thing, it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.” -W. Somerset Maugham: “A Writer’s Notebook” (1946), page 76: ‘1901’ (Often misquoted as, “If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing,” and variously misattributed to Bertrand Russell or Anatole France)
 
“It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” -W. Somerset Maugham
 
“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous, on the contrary, it makes them for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.” -W. Somerset Maugham
 
“To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.” -W. Somerset Maugham
 
William Somerset Maugham was born on 25 January 1874 at the United Kingdom’s embassy in Paris, France. He studied to be a physician, but after the great success of his first novel, “Liza of Lambeth” (1897), he decided to become a writer. He spent the next 65 years as a novelist, dramatist, and 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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“Life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I react to it.” -John C. Maxwell
 
“The secret of a person’s success is discovered in their daily agenda.” -John C. Maxwell
 
“The secret of successful people lies in their ability to discover their strengths and to organize their life so that these strengths can be applied.” -John C. Maxwell
 
John Calvin Maxwell was born on 20 February 1947 in Garden City, Michigan, United States of America. He is an American professional speaker, writer, and Christian pastor.
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“God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability!” -Neal A. Maxwell: “It’s Service, not Status, That Counts,” in “Ensign” (July 1975) magazine, page 7 (similar quotation attributed to Mary Kay Ash)
 
Neal Ash Maxwell was born on 6 July 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He was a soldier in World War 2, a religious missionary, a college professor, and a leader in the Latter Day Saints Church. Neal Ash Maxwell passed on at 78 years of age on 21 July 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
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“When you are completely absorbed or caught up in something, you become oblivious to things around you, or to the passage of time. It is this absorption in what you are doing that frees your unconscious and releases your creative imagination.” -Rollo May
 
Rollo May is a doctor.
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“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.” -Benjamin Mays: as quoted in “The Crisis” (October 1979)
 
Benjamin Elijah Mays was born on 1 August 1894 in Ninety Six, South Carolina, United States of America. He was a minister, an educator, and a president of Morehouse College. Benjamin Elijah Mays passed on at 89 years of age on 28 March 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
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“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Harold R. McAlindon (similar quotation attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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“Don’t dwell on reality; it will only keep you from greatness.” -Randall R. McBride
 
“Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success.” -Randall McBride, Junior
 
Randall R. McBride, Junior is a clergyman.
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“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” -Hanoch McCarty
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“Don’t let the fear of the unknown keep you from experiencing a life greater than you have ever known.” -Jeff McClung
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“The master has failed more times than the beginner has ever tried.” -Stephen McCranie
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“I am master of my own destiny, and I can make my life anything that I wish it to be.” -John Dennis McDonald
 
John Dennis McDonald Was born on 5 December 1906. He was a writer, an editor, fisherman, and a business historian. He wrote for “Fortune” magazine for thirty years. He also wrote books on business, game theory, and fly fishing. He is best known for his work “My Years with General Motors,” a memoir of Alfred P. Sloan, Junior’s fifty year career in the automobile industry. John Dennis McDonald passed on at 92 years of age on 23 December 1998.
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“Will is character in action.” -William McDougall
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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
 
“You will find that most of the reasons you are afraid to do something, are exactly the reasons why you should.” -Bryant McGill
 
Bryant H. McGill was born in 1969.
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“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” -Michael McGriffy
 
Michael McGriffy is a doctor.
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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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“The data stream has been corrupted, return to first principles.” -Terence McKenna
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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
 
“When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.” -Peter McWilliams (similar quotation attributed to Richard David Bach)
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“I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.” -Margaret Mead
 
“My grandmother wanted me to have an education, so she kept me out of school.” -Margaret Mead
 
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead: as attributed in the “Christian Science Monitor” (1 June 1989)
 
“The ability to learn is older - as it is also more widespread - than is the ability to teach.” -Margaret Mead 
 
Margaret Mead was born on 16 December 1901. She was an American anthropologist. Margaret Mead passed on at 76 years of age on 15 November 1978.
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“I believe in the power that created the Universe. I pray every morning. My prayer consists of one word: Help. That’s it - over and out. And then I get up and do something.” -Sam Meier
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“Bear in mind, if you are going to amount to anything, that your success does not depend upon the brilliancy and the impetuosity with which you take hold, but upon the everlasting and sanctified bulldoggedness with which you hang on after you have taken hold.” -A. B. Meldrum (Doctor)
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“About the only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way you use them.” -Bernard Meltzer
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“Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.” -Bernard Melzer
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“The man who runs may fight again.” -Menander of Athens: “Monostikoi”
 
Menander of Athens was born in 342 B.C.E. He was a Greek dramatist. Menander of Athens passed on in 291 B.C.E.
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“The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.” -Mencius: “Works,” book IV, part II, chapter XII
 
Mencius 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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“The biggest human temptation is . . . to settle for too little.” -Thomas Merton
 
Thomas Merton was born in 1915. He was a Catholic monk and a writer. Thomas Merton passed on in 1968.
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If every man’s internal care
Were written on his brow,
How many would our pity share
Who raise our envy now?
-Pietro Metastasio
 
Pietro Metastasio is a pseudonym of Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, who was born on 3 January 1698 in Rome, Papal States. He was an Italian writer, poet, and opera creator. Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi passed on at 84 years of age on 12 April 1782 in Vienna, Holy Roman Empire.
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“Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do.” -Paul Meyer
 
“Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.” -Paul J. Meyer
 
“The only honest measure of your success is what you are doing compared to your true potential.” -Paul J. Meyer
 
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” -Paul Meyer  
 
“Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon . . . must inevitably come to pass!” -Paul J. Meyer
 
Paul J. Meyer is a writer and an entrepreneur.
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“Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.” -Alice Meynell
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“Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.” -Adam Michnik
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“Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls, and interesting people. Forget yourself.” -Henry Miller
 
“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” -Henry Miller
 
Henry Miller was born in 1891. He was an essayist and a novelist whose works include the books “Tropic of Cancer” and “Tropic of Capricorn.” Henry Miller passed on in 1980.
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“Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it.” -Merle Miller
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“Energy follows thought; we move toward, but not beyond, what we can imagine.” -Dan Millman
 
“When we feel stuck, going nowhere - even starting to slip backward - we may actually be backing up to get a running start.” -Dan Millman
 
Dan Millman is a speaker and a writer.
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“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)
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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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“The key to success lies in creating a succession of little victories, each one empowering the next.” -Stu Mittleman
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“When you focus on what’s wrong, you get more of what’s wrong. Conversely, when you focus on what’s right, you get more of what’s right.” -Gina Mollicone-Long
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“Don’t save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.” -Thomas S. Monson
 
“Of this be sure: You do not find the happy life . . . you make it.” -Thomas S. Monson
 
Thomas S. Monson was born on 21 August 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He was a bishop and the sixteenth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.” -Alfred A. Montapert
 
Alfred A. Montapert is an American writer.
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“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” -Mary Tyler Moore
 
“You can’t learn how to be strong and patient and brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore
 
Mary Tyler Moore was born on 29 December 1937. She is an American actress.
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“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” -Hannah More (similar quotation attributed to Henry Ford)
 
“When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch, with the family our tempers, in company our tongues.” -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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“What is deferred is not avoided.” -Thomas More: “Utopia” (1516)
 
Thomas More was born on 7 February 1478 in London, England. Thomas More passed on at 57 years of age on 6 July 1535 in London, England.
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“A man always has two reasons for what he does - a good one, and the real one.” -John Pierpont Morgan, Senior: as attributed in Owen Wister: “Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship” (1930)
 
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.” -John Pierpont Morgan
 
John Pierpont Morgan, Senior was born in 1837. He was an American banker, financier, and benefactor of the arts. John Pierpont Morgan, Senior passed on in 1913.
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“Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.” -Christopher Morley
 
“Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.” -Christopher Morley: “Where the Blue Begins” (1922)
 
“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.” -Christopher Morley
 
“There is only one success . . . to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it.” -Christopher Morley: “Where the Blue Begins” (1922)
 
Christopher Darlington Morley was born on 5 May 1890 in Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was an American journalist, novelist, essayist, poet, lecturer, and producer of stage theater. He was one of the founders and a 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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“I believe the recipe for happiness to be just enough money to pay the monthly bills you acquire, a little surplus to give you confidence, a little too much work each day, enthusiasm for your work, a substantial share of good health, a couple of real friends, and a wife and children to share life’s beauty with you.” -J. Kenfield Morley
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“The secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life, and in elevating them to art.” -William Morris
 
William Morris is a poet, artist, and interior designer.
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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 W. Morrow was born in 1873. He was an American lawyer, banker, and diplomat. Dwight W. Morrow passed on in 1931.
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“You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.” -Kate Morton
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“You only get paid for done.” -Dax Moy: “The Magic Hundred” (14 September 2008) as published on 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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“The world is so overflowing with absurdity that it is difficult for the humorist to compete.” -Malcolm Muggeridge
 
Malcolm Muggeridge was born in 1903. He was a British writer, broadcaster, and journalist. Malcolm Muggeridge passed on in 1990.
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“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” -John Muir: “The Yosemite” (1912), page 256

“There is not a ‘fragment’ in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.” -John Muir: “A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf” (1916), page 164
 
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” -John Muir: “My First Summer in the Sierra” (1911), chapter 6, page 110

John Muir was born in 1838. He was a Scottish-born American naturalist and writer who advocated for the creation of the national parks system in the United States of America, including the Sequoia and Yosemite. John Muir passed on in 1914.
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“I understand life isn’t fair, but why couldn’t it just once be unfair in my favor?” -Christy Murphy
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“A lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.” -Patrick Murray
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Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets:
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!
-William H. Murray: “The Scottish Himalayan Expedition” (1951)
(The ‘Goethe couplet’ referred to is from an extremely loose translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Faust,” lines 214 through 30, as made by John Anster in 1835)
 
William H. Murray was a Scottish mountaineer.
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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
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Na - Nz

1/18/2017

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“When you win, nothing hurts.” -Joe Namath
 
Joe Namath was born in 1943. He is an American professional football player.
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“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” -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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“The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.” -Ernest Newman
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“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one would find fault with what he had done.” -John Henry Newman
 
“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
 
I sought to hear the voice of God
And climbed the topmost steeple,
But God declared: “Go down again -
I dwell among the people.”
-John Henry Newman
 
John Henry Newman was born in 1801. He was an English convert to Roman Catholicism, eventually becoming a cardinal. John Henry Newman passed on in 1890.
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“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.” -Howard W. Newton: as quoted in “Printers’ Ink” (1947)
 
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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“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
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“When you get down to the root of the meaning of the word ‘succeed,’ you will find it simply means to follow through.” -F. W. Nichols
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“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration . . . and expectation.” -Jack Nicklaus
 
Jack Nicklaus was born in 1940. He is an American professional golfer.
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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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“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
 
“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.” -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
 
“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.” -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
 
“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
 
“What does not kill me, makes me stronger.” [English translation]
“Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.” [original German]
-Friedrich Nietzsche: “Twilight of the Idols” (1888), ‘Maxims and Arrows,’ 8
 
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was born on 15 October 1844 in Röcken, Saxony, Prussia. He was German philosopher, classical scholar, poet, philologist (student of the history of language), and critic of culture. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche passed on at 55 years of age on 25 August 1900 in Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empire.
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“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.” -Earl Nightingale
 
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed.” -Earl Nightingale
 
“If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.” -Earl Nightingale
 
“It is in the expectations of happiness that much of happiness itself is found. And it takes courage to expect happiness.” -Earl Nightingale
 
“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.” -Earl Nightingale
 
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” -Earl Nightingale
 
“To become successful and outstanding at something, we don’t have to come up with something new; we need only find ways of doing it better.” -Earl Nightingale 
 
“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.” -Earl Nightingale
 
“What’s going on in the inside shows on the outside.” -Earl Nightingale
 
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” -Earl Nightingale
 
Earl Nightingale was born in 1921. He was an entrepreneur, writer, radio announcer, and motivational speaker. Earl Nightingale passed on in 1989.
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“Grant me the courage not to give up even though I think it is hopeless.” -Chester W. Nimitz
 
Chester W. Nimitz was born in 1885. He was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. Chester W. Nimitz passed on in 1966.
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“It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before, to test your limits, to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin
 
“There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.” -Anaïs Nin
 
“When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.” -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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“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” -Richard Nixon
 
“Only if you have been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.” -Richard Nixon
 
“Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.” -Richard Nixon: impromptu fair-well speech (9 August 1974), following his resignation as President of the United States of America
 
“The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you’re really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you’ve been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.” -Richard Nixon: impromptu fair-well speech (9 August 1974), following his resignation as President of the United States of America
 
Richard Milhous Nixon was born in 1913. He was the thirty-seventh President of the United States of America (1969 - 1974). Richard Milhous Nixon passed on in 1994.
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“A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.” -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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“You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.” -Charles C. Noble
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“Half the things that people do not succeed in, are through fear of making the attempt.” -James Northcote
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“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.” -Thomas Norton
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Oa - Oz

1/17/2017

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“The issue of time is not what we have done but what we have become. It soon becomes apparent that the critical element is progress, not longevity. The question is not how much time we have logged, but how far we have progressed.” -Dallin H. Oaks
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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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“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 art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.” -Kakuzo Okakura: “The Book of Tea” (1906)
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“You have to get talked about to have your work sell.” -Georgia O’Keeffe
 
Georgia Totto O’Keeffe was born on 15 November 1887 in Town of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States of America. She was an American artist. Georgia Totto O’Keeffe passed on at 98 years of age on 6 March 1986 in Sante Fe, New Mexico, United States of America.
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“But, the natural world is the old river that runs through everything, and I think poets will forever fish along its shores.” -Mary Oliver
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“The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.” -Tillie Olsen: “Tell Me a Riddle” (1980)
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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 was a short story writer, 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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“Live your life so that if someone says ‘Be yourself,’ it’s good advice.” -Robert Orben
 
Robert Orben was born in 1927. He is an American magician and 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 in 1844. He was an Irish-born poet and journalist. John Boyle O’Reilly passed on in 1890.
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“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!” -P. J. O’Rourke
 
“Never fight an inanimate object.” -P. J. O’Rourke
 
P. J. O’Rourke was born in 1947. He is an American political satirist.
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“Whatever the thinker thinks, the prover proves.” -Leonard Orr
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“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 in 1883. He was a Spanish philosopher. José Ortega y Gasset passed on in 1955.
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“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” -George Orwell
 
George Orwell is a pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, who was born on 25 June 1903 in Bihar, India. He was an English novelist. Eric Arthur Blair, also known by his pen name George Orwell, passed on at 46 years of age on 21 January 1950 in London, England.
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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 E. Osborn is a reverend.
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“Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.” -Alexander Osburn
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“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.” -William Osler
 
“The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.” -William Osler
 
“To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.” -William Osler
 
“We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from 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. He was a physician, medical historian, and scientist. William Osler passed away on 29 December 1919.
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“Act like you are blessed. Talk like you are blessed. Walk like you are blessed. Put actions behind your faith and one day you will see it become a reality.” -Joel Osteen


“Do all you can to make your dreams come true.” -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
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“A false vision was better than none.” -Martha Ostenso
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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 Ottl
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When you walk to the edge of all the light you have
And you take the first step into the darkness of the unknown
You must believe that one of two things will happen
There will be something solid for you to stand upon
Or you will be taught to fly.
-Patrick Overton (similar quotation attributed to Barbara J. Winter)
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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
 
Jesse Owens was born in 1913. He was an American athlete. In 1935, Jesse Owens set six track and field world records in less than one hour. Jesse Owens passed on in 1980.
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Pa - Pz

1/16/2017

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“My life is like one long obstacle course with me being the chief obstacle.” -Jack Paar
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“Judgment comes from experience, and great judgment comes from bad experience.” -Robert Packwood
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“Never grow a wishbone . . . where your backbone ought to be.” -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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“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.” -Satchel Paige
 
Leroy Robert ‘Satchel’ Paige was born in 1906. He was an American baseball player who pitched in several different leagues, including Major League Baseball. Leroy Robert ‘Satchel’ Paige passed on in 1982.
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“We have it in our power to begin the world again.” -Thomas Paine
 
Thomas Paine (spelled ‘Pane’ before 1774) was born in 1737. He was a British-born American political theorist, writer, and political pamphleteer; author of “Common Sense” (1776). Thomas Paine passed on in 1809.
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“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” -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
 
Dorothy Parker was born as Dorothy Rothschild on 22 August 1893 in Long Beach, New Jersey, United States of America. She was an American short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, humorist, 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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“I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.” -Dolly Parton
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“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.” -Blaise Pascal: “Pensées” (“Thoughts”) (1670), number 680
 
“The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his every-day conduct.” -Blaise Pascal: as attributed in James Comper Gray: “The Biblical Museum: Old Testament” (1876), volume I
 
Blaise Pascal was born in 1623. He was a French mathematician, physicist, writer, moralist, and theologian. Blaise Pascal passed on in 1662.
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“Man is born to live, not to prepare to live.” -Boris Pasternak
 
Boris Pasternak was born in 1890. He was a Russian writer. Boris Pasternak passed on in 1960.
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“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” -Louis Pasteur
 
Louis Pasteur was born in 1822. He was a French chemist and microbiologist. He was the inventor of the pasteurization process. Louis Pasteur passed on in 1895.
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“To stand still on the summit of perfection is difficult, and in the natural course of things, what cannot go forward - slips back.” -Gaius V. Paterculus
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“Always do more than is required of you.” -George S. Patton
 
“Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man.” -George S. Patton
 
“I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.” -George S. Patton
 
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” -George S. Patton
 
“When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.” -George S. Patton
 
“You must be single-minded. Drive for one thing on which you have decided.” -George S. Patton
 
“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.” -George S. Patton
 
George Smith Patton, Junior was born in 1885. He was a General in the United States Army during World War 2. George Smith Patton, Junior passed on in 1945.
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“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” -Paul: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Letter to the Philippians’ (between about C.E. 50 and C.E. 60), chapter 4, verse 8
 
“God loves a cheerful giver.” -Paul: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Second Corinthians,’ chapter 9, verse 2
 
“Test everything and hold fast to that which is good.” -Paul: as quoted in “The Bible”
 
Paul, originally known as Saul of Tarsus, was an early Christian theologian and leader, and one of the original twelve apostles of Jesus Christ.
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“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s.” -Jean Paul
 
“Courage consists, not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing and conquering it.” -Jean Paul: as attributed in Henry Southgate, editor: “Many Thoughts of Many Minds” (1862)
 
“Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear.” -Jean Paul
 
“Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven.” -Jean Paul: as attributed in “The Argosy” (April 1897)
 
Jean Paul is a pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, who was born on 21 March 1763 in Wunsiedel, Holy Roman Empire. He was a novelist. Johann Paul Friedrich Richter passed on at 62 years of age on 14 November 1825 in Bayreuth, German Federation.
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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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“Dare to be what you ought to be; dare to be what you dream to be; dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds . . .” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“Learn to expect, not to doubt. In so doing, you bring everything into the realm of possibility.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It’s no use. I can’t go on. If you do you’re licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they’re always there.” -Norman Vincent Peale

“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.” -Norman Vincent Peale

“Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“The only way to make strong people is through struggle. One grows tough mentally and spiritually by putting up a strong resistance to hardship, to obstacles, to suffering. This is the disciplinary value of a problem in the development of a person. It enhances his insights, his strengths, and his general capability to live constructively.” -Norman Vincent Peale: “You Can If You Think You Can” (1987)
 
“The tests of life are not meant to break you, but to make you.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“To change your circumstances, first start thinking differently. Do not passively accept unsatisfactory circumstances, but form a picture in your mind of circumstances as they should be. Believe and succeed.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented, and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
“When every physical and mental resource is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.” -Norman Vincent Peale
 
Norman Vincent Peale was born 31 May 1898 in Bowersville, Ohio, United States of America. He was a Christian minister in the Reformed Church in America, a professional speaker, and a writer. He is remembered as the author of “The Power of Positive Thinking” (1952). Norman Vincent Peale passed on at 95 years of age on 24 December 1993 in Prawling, New York, United States of America.
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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, who was born on 25 October 1912.
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“The end depends upon the beginning.” -Finis Argena Pendant
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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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“He conquers who endures.” -Persius
 
Aulus Persius Flaccus, also known simply as Persius, was born on C.E. 4 December 34 in Volterra, Italy. He was a Roman poet and a satirist. Aulus Persius Flaccus, also known simply as Persius, passed on in C.E. 62 in Rome, Italy.
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“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” -Tom Peters
 
“Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low.” -Tom Peters
 
Tom J. Peters was born in 1942. He is a writer and a speaker.
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“Wear the old coat and buy the new book.” -Austin Phelps
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“One, on God’s side, is a majority.” -Wendell Phillips: “Harper’s Ferry” (1 November 1859) lecture in Brooklyn, New York
 
“The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.” -Wendell Phillips
 
Wendell Phillips was born in 1811. He was an American abolitionist and reformer. Wendell Phillips passed on in 1884.
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“I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.” -Mary Pickford
 
Mary Pickford was born as Gladys Louise Smith on 8 April 1893 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, later becoming Gladys Marie Pickford, and eventually becoming known by her stage name, Mary Pickford. She was a Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter. Mary Pickford passed on at 87 years of age on 29 May 1979 in Beverly Hills, California, United States of America.
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“Five minutes, just before going to sleep, given to a bit of directed imagination regarding achievement possibilities of the morrow, will steadily and increasingly bear fruit, particularly if all ideas of difficulty, worry or fear are resolutely ruled out and replaced by those of accomplishment and smiling courage.” -Frederick Pierce 
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“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.” -Arthur Wing Pinero
 
Arthur Wing Pinero was born in 1855. He was a British playwright. Arthur Wing Pinero passed on in 1934.
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“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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“Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind.” -Isaac Pitman
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“Perseverance is more prevailing than violence, and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.” -Plutarch

“The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.” -Plutarch

“The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore, to use it, not to misuse it.” -Plutarch
 
Plutarch was born in about C.E. 46. He was a Greek philosopher, essayist, and biographer. Plutarch passed on in about C.E. 120.
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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 was an essayist. Alfred Polgar passed on in 1955.
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“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” -Mary Pettibone Poole: “A Glass Eye at a Keyhole” (1938), ‘Made in Manhattan’; type of work: book of aphorisms and apothegms
 
Mary Pettibone Poole was a writer.
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“A little learning is a dangerous thing.” -Alexander Pope: “Essay on Criticism”
 
“An obstinate man does not hold opinions; they hold him.” -Alexander Pope
 
“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.” -Alexander Pope: “Epilogue to the Satires” (1738)
 
“Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.” -Alexander Pope: “Essay on Man” (1733), epistle II, line 104

Teach me to feel another’s woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me.
-Alexander Pope: “The Universal Prayer” (1738)
 
“While we live we must make the best of life.” -Alexander Pope
 
Alexander Pope was born in 1688. He was an English poet remembered for his use of the heroic couplet and best known for his satirical verse and his translation of “Homer.” Alexander Pope passed away on 30 May 1744.
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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
 
Antonio Porchia was born in 1885. He was an Italian poet. Antonio Porchia passed on in 1968.
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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 was an American expatriate poet and critic. His contribution to poetry began with his promotion of Imagism, a movement that derived its technique from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision, and economy of language. 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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“Knowledge, ability, experience are of little avail in reaching high success if courtesy be lacking. Courtesy is the one passport that will be accepted without question in every land, in every office, in every home, in every heart in the world. For nothing commends itself so well as kindness; and courtesy is kindness.” -George D. Powers
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“Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.” -Hugh Prather
 
Hugh Edmondson Prather III was born in 1938. He was an American self-help writer, lay minister, and counselor, remembered for his first book, “Notes to Myself” (1970). Hugh Edmondson Prather III passed on in 2010.
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“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 Dennison Prentice
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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); type of work: television show series
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“The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves.” -Bob Proctor
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“Often it is just lack of imagination that keeps a man from suffering very much.” -Marcel Proust
 
“The real act of discovery is not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.” -Marcel Proust
 
Marcel Proust was born in 1871. He was a French novelist. Marcel Proust passed on in 1922.
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“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.” -Joseph Pulitzer: as quoted in “Speaker’s Desk Book of Quips, Quotes, and Anecdotes” (1966)
 
Joseph Pulitzer was born in 1847. He was a Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher. Joseph Pulitzer passed on in 1911.
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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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“Fear and worry is just the misuse of the creative powers we originally got to dream.” -Jannie Putter
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“Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.” -Pythagoras

“Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.” -Pythagoras
 
“No man is free who cannot control himself.” -Pythagoras
 
“Number rules the Universe.” -Pythagoras
 
Pythagoras of Samos was born in about 570 B.C.E. in Samos. He was a Greek mathematician and philosopher. Pythagoras of Samos passed on at about 75 years of age in about 495 B.C.E. in Metapontum.
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“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 
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Qa - Qz

1/15/2017

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“If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying; walking exercises the body, praying exercises the 
soul, fasting cleanses both.” -Francis Quarles: as quoted in Charles Baldwyn: “Enchyridion” (1822)
 
Francis Quarles was born in 1592. He was an English poet. 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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“When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.” -Josiah Quincy
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“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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“An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.” -Quintilian: as attributed in J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward, editors: “The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations” (1882), page 521
 
Marcus Fabius Quintilian, also known simply as Quintilian, was born in about C.E. 35. He was a Roman orator and rhetorician. Marcus Fabius Quintilian, also known simply as Quintilian, passed on in about C.E. 90.
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Ra - Rz

1/14/2017

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“Nature abhors a vacuum.” -François Rabelais
 
François Rabelais was born in 1494. He was a French monk, satirist, and physician. François Rabelais passed on in 1553.
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“If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it’s not a problem. Maybe it’s a fact.” -Yitzhak Rabin
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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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“As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
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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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“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.” -Ayn Rand: “The Fountainhead” (1943)
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“Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be.” -Diana Rankin
 
“It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success.” -Diana Rankin
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“The only competition you will ever have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.” -James A. Ray
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“Not a day passes over the Earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.” -Charles Reade: “The Cloister and the Hearth” (1861)

Charles Reade was born in 1814. He was an English novelist and playwright. Charles Reade passed on in 1884.
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“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” -Christopher Reeve
 
“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” (2002)
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“You can if you think you can.” -George Reeves (similar quotation attributed to Henry Ford)
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“Happiness is not a string of miscellaneous adventures or experiences but an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” -Francesca Reigler
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“In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.” -Karl Reiland
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“If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.” -Jules Renard
 
“It is not how old you are but how you are old.” -Jules Renard
 
“There are moments when everything goes well; don’t be frightened, it won’t last.” -Jules Renard: as attributed in “Defense Management Journal” (1974), volume 10, issue 5
 
Pierre-Jules Renard, also known as Jules Renard, was born on 22 February 1864 in
Châlons-du-Maine, Mayenne, France. He was a novelist and a dramatist. Pierre-Jules Renard, also known as Jules Renard, passed on at 46 years of age on 22 May 1910 in Paris, France.
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“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.” -Agnes Repplier
 
Agnes Repplier was born in 1855. She was an American writer. Agnes Repplier passed on in 1950.
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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 Retton is an American Olympic gymnast.
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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 Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. He was a British businessman, diamond mining magnate, and Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890 - 1896). Cecil 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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“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” -Norman B. Rice
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“Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.” -Ann Richards
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“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.” -Edward V. Rickenbacker
 
“The four cornerstones of character on which this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality, and Independence.” -Edward V. Rickenbacker

Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker was born on 8 October 1890 in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. He was 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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“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 A. Riis was born in 1849. He was a photographer and a reporter. Jacob A. Riis passed on in 1914.
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“The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.” -James Whitcomb Riley
 
James Whitcomb Riley was born on 7 October 1849. He was on the staff of the “Indianapolis Journal” newspaper, and was known as the ‘poet laureate of democracy.’ James Whitcomb Riley passed on at 66 years of age on 22 July 1916.
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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
 
“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
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“Be patient towards all that is unresolved in your heart, and try to love the questions themselves.” -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 was a poet and a novelist. René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, also known as Rainer Maria Rilke, passed on at 51 years of age on 29 December 1926 in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland.
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“I am no longer willing to drive into the future using my rearview mirror as my tool of navigation.” -Anthony Robbins 
 
“If you want to be successful, find someone who achieved the results you want and copy what they do, and you’ll achieve the same results.” -Anthony Robbins
 
“It’s in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” -Anthony Robbins
 
Anthony ‘Tony’ Robbins was born in 1960. He is an American actor, writer, and professional speaker.
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How a minority,
Reaching majority,
Seizing authority,
Hates a minority.
-Leonard H. Robbins: “Minorities”
 
Leonard H. Robbins was born in 1877. He was an American writer. Leonard H. Robbins passed on in 1947.
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“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” -Tom Robbins: “Still Life with Woodpecker” (October 1980)
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“There are no limitations to the self except those you believe in.” -Jane 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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“Life is not a spectator sport . . . If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.” -Jackie Robinson
 
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919. He was an American professional baseball player. Jackie Robinson passed on in 1972.
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“I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.” -John D. Rockefeller, as quoted in Orison Swett Marden: “How They Succeeded” (1901)
 
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” -John D. Rockefeller: as quoted in Zig Ziglar: “Steps to the Top” (1985), page 16
 
“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 industrialist and a philanthropist. John Davison Rockefeller, Senior passed on at 97 years of age on 23 May 1937.
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“The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it; every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.” -John D. Rockefeller III
 
John Davison Rockefeller III was born on 21 March 1906. He was a philanthropist. John D. Rockefeller III passed on at 72 years of age on 10 July 1978.
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“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” -Carl Rogers
 
Carl Rogers was born in 1902. Carl Rogers passed on in 1987.
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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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“Accuracy builds credibility.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Days are expensive. When you spend a day, you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Develop a childlike fascination with life and people.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge; let your learning lead to action.” -Jim Rohn

“Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.” -Jim Rohn

“Earn as much money as you possibly can and as quickly as you can. The sooner you get money out of the way, the sooner you will be able to get to the rest of your problems in style.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Here’s one problem with drifting: you can’t drift your way to the top of the mountain.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes.” -Jim Rohn
 
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan.” -Jim Rohn
 
“If you learn to set a good sail, the wind that blows will always take you to the dreams you want, the income you want, and the treasures of mind, purse, and soul you want.” -Jim Rohn
 
“It’s easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It’s easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you.” -Jim Rohn
 
“It’s not the matter you cover so much as it is the manner in which you cover it.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Managers help people see themselves as they are; leaders help people to see themselves as better than they are.” -Jim Rohn
 
“‘No’ puts distance between you and the wrong influence.” -Jim Rohn
 
“One of the best places to start to turn your life around is by doing whatever appears on your mental ‘I should’ list.” -Jim Rohn
 
“One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Sophistication is understanding the difference between trinkets and treasures.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Success is not so much what we have, as it is what we are.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.” -Jim Rohn
 
“The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. 
What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.” -Jim Rohn

“The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.” -Jim Rohn
 
“The most important question to ask on the job is not, “What am I getting?” The most important question to ask on the job is, ‘What am I becoming?’” -Jim Rohn: “Jim Rohn’s Weekly E-zine” (11 February 2003)
 
“The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy.” -Jim Rohn
 
“There are no new fundamentals. You’ve got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, “I’ve got a new fundamental.” That’s like someone inviting you to tour a factory where they are manufacturing antiques.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” -Jim Rohn
 
“To have more than you’ve got, become more than you are.” -Jim Rohn
 
“We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve not need.” -Jim Rohn
 
“We must teach our children not to spend their money a dollar at a time. If you spend your money a dollar at a time, you’ll wind up with trinkets instead of treasures. You can’t buy much of value a dollar at a time.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.” -Jim Rohn

“You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” -Jim Rohn
 
“You don’t have to change that much for it to make a great deal of difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life works out in the next 90 days, let alone in the next 12 months or the next 3 years.” -Jim Rohn
 
“You have to do more than you get paid for because that’s where the fortune is.” -Jim Rohn
 
“You must get good at one of two things; planting in the spring or begging in the fall.” -Jim Rohn
 
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” -Jim Rohn
 
Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn was born on 17 September 1930 in Yakima, Washington, United States of America. He was an American writer, motivational speaker, philosopher, and entrepreneur. His rags to riches story played a large part in his work, which influenced others in the personal development field. Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn passed on at 79 years of age on 5 December 2009.
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“The ones who don’t do anything are always the ones who try to pull you down.” -Henry Rollins
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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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“When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.” -Andy Rooney
 
Andrew Aitken ‘Andy’ Rooney was born on 14 January 1919 in Albany, New York, United States of America. He was a news commentator, a producer, and a writer. Andrew Aitken ‘Andy’ Rooney passed on at 92 years of age on 4 November 2011 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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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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“There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important.” -Ruth Ross
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Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
-Christina Rossetti: “Goblin Market” (1862), ‘Remember’
 
Christina Georgina Rossetti was born on 5 December 1830 in London, England. She was a poet. Christina Georgina Rossetti passed on at 64 years of age on 29 December 1894 in London, England.
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“A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.” -Jean Rostand
 
Jean Rostand was born in 1894. He was a French biologist and philosopher. Jean Rostand passed on in 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: “Passions and Prejudices” (1978)
 
“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” -Leo Rosten: “Captain Newman, M.D.” (1963)
 
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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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.” -J. K. Rowling: line spoken by fictional character Albus Dumbledore
 
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!” -J. K. Rowling: “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (8 July 2000); line spoken by character Professor Dumbledore
 
“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)

“We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” -J. K. Rowling: in a speech (2008) to Harvard Alumni Association
 
J. K. Rowling was born in 1966. She is a Scottish novelist.
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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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“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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“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” -Margaret Runbeck: “Time for Each Other” (1944)
 
Margaret Lee Runbeck was born on about 25 January 1900 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States of America. She was a teacher, lecturer, and author of 16 novels. Margaret Lee Runbeck passed on at 56 years of age on 30 September 1956 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
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“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil.” -John Ruskin
 
“Every noble life leaves its fiber interwoven forever in the work of the world.” -John Ruskin
 
“In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.” -John Ruskin

“In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.” -John Ruskin
 
“Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.” -John Ruskin
 
“The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.” -John Ruskin
 
“There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.” -John Ruskin
 
“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.” -John Ruskin
 
John Ruskin was born in 1819. He was an English art critic, social critic, poet, and writer. He organized the Society of Friends of Living Creatures to prevent cruelty to animals. John Ruskin passed on in 1900.
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“I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.” -Bertrand Russell

“No great achievement is possible without persistent work.” -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
 
Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born in Britain in 1872. He was a philosopher, writer, logician, mathematician, and social reformer. He taught at leading British and American universities. Bertrand Arthur William Russell passed on in 1970.
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Sa - Sz

1/13/2017

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“The only known cure for fear is faith.” -Lena Kellogg Sadler
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“Never assume the obvious is true.” -William Safire  
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“The well-meaning contention that all ideas have equal merit seems to me little different from the disastrous contention that no ideas have any merit.” -Carl Sagan: “Broca’s Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science” (1979)
 
Carl Edward Sagan was born on 9 November 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. He was an American astronomer and science writer. Carl Edward Sagan passed on at 62 years of age on 20 December 1996 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
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“I have had dreams and I have had nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams.” -Jonas Salk
 
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” -Jonas Salk
 
“Your dreams tell you what to do; your reason tells you how to do it.” -Jonas Salk
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“Every man is the architect of his own future.” -Sallust

Gaius Sallust Crispus, also known simply as Sallust, was born in about 86 B.C.E. He was a Roman historian. Sallust passed on in 35 or 34 B.C.E.
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“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” -Carl Sandburg
 
Carl Sandburg was born on 6 January 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States of America. He was a journalist, a historian, a poet, and a novelist. Carl 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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“Work is the basis of living. I’ll never retire. A man’ll rust out quicker than he’ll wear out.” -Harland Sanders
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“Honesty is the best policy.” -Edwin Sandys: “Europae Speculum” (1605)
 
Edwin Sandys was born in 1561. He was an English statesman. Edwin Sandys passed on in 1629.
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“Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.” -George Santayana: “The Life of Reason” (1906), volume V: ‘Reason in Science’
 
“Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable: what it is or what it means can never be said.” -George Santayana: “The Sense of Beauty” (1896), page 267
 
“I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.” -George Santayana: “Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies” (1922), ‘The Irony of Liberalism’
 
George Santayana was born on 16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain. He was a Spanish-born American philosopher, essayist, novelist, and poet. George Santayana 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.” -William Saroyan
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“Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.” -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 Sartre was born in 1905. He was a French philosopher, novelist, dramatist, and critic. Jean-Paul Sartre passed on in 1980.
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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” -Allen Saunders: as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (January 1957)
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“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” -Adam Savage
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“When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.” -George Savile: “Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections” (1750), ‘Of Prerogative, Power and Liberty’
 
George Savile was born on 11 November 1633. He was an English politician and essayist. George Savile passed on at 61 years of age on 5 April 1695.
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“Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.” -Ruth Ann Schabacker
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“Every important new idea, when it first appears, is ridiculed.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
 
“The finest thought runs the risk of being irrevocably forgotten if we do not write it down.” -Arthur Schopenhauer: “Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer” (as translated by T. Bailey Saunders (1851)), ‘The Art of Literature: On Thinking for One’s Self’
 
Arthur Schopenhauer was born in 1788. He was a German philosopher. Arthur Schopenhauer passed on in 1860.
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“Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.” -Carl Schurz
 
“Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right.” -Carl Schurz
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“If you can’t join them, beat them.” -Julian Schwinger (1965)
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“Happiness comes from what we are, not what we have.” -Richard G. Scott
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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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“Ah, the clock is always slow, it is later than you think.” -Robert Service
 
Robert William Service was born in 1874. He was an English poet. Robert William Service passed on in 1958.
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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 was a writer. Julia Seton passed on in 1975.
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“Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.” -Maurice Setter
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“There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down - until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.” -George Sheehan
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“Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are.” -John B. Sheerin
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“Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, whole-heartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.” -William H. Sheldon
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“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.” -Percy Bysshe Shelly
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“Sometimes the only available transportation is a leap of faith.” -Margaret Shepard
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“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.” -Earl Shoaf (similar quotation attributed to Jim Rohn)
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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
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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
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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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“We know what a person thinks, not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer: as quoted in the “New York Times Magazine” (26 November 1978)
 
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1904. He was a Polish-American novelist. Isaac Bashevis Singer passed on in 1991.
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“It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.” -Samuel Smiles
 
“Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.” -Samuel Smiles (similar quotation attributed to William James and Henry James)
 
“Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.” -Samuel Smiles
 
“With will one can do anything.” -Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles was born in 1812. He was a Scottish physician and writer. He was the author of “Self-Help” (1859), “Character” (1871), “Thrift” (1875), and “Duty” (1880). Samuel Smiles passed on in 1904.
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“It is not what we receive that enriches our lives, it is what we give.” -George Albert Smith
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“Each one of us can work for a small change in the world around us.” -Lamar S. Smith
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“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
 
Logan Pearsall Smith was born on 18 October 1865 in Millville, New Jersey, United States of America. He was an essayist and critic. Logan Pearsall Smith passed on at 80 years of age on 2 March 1946 in London, England.
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“I am as my Creator made me and since He is satisfied, so am I.” -Minnie Smith
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“Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.” -Sydney Smith
 
Sydney Smith was born in 1771. He was an English clergyman and essayist; in 1802, he cofounded “The Edinburgh Review.” Sydney Smith passed on in 1845.
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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
 
“What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.” -Ralph W. Sockman
 
Ralph Washington Sockman was born on 1 October 1889 in Mount Vernon. He was the senior pastor of the 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
 
“I returned, and saw under the Sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill - but time and chance happens to them all.” -Solomon, in “The Bible,” ‘Ecclesiastes,’ chapter 9, verse 11
 
Solomon was the tenth century B.C.E. King of ancient Israel and the reputed author of three of the books in “The Bible.”
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“I grow old learning something new every day.” -Solon
 
“If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.” -Solon (similar quotation attributed to Socrates)
 
Solon was born in 636 B.C.E. He was a lawmaker and lyric poet of ancient Greece. Solon passed on in 558 B.C.E.
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“A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy.” -Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918)
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“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” -Susan Sontag
 
Susan Sontag was born as Susan Rosenblatt on 16 January 1933 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She was an American essayist, critic, and novelist. Susan Sontag passed on at 71 years of age on 28 December 2004 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“A short saying oft contains much wisdom.” -Sophocles
 
“It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.” -Sophocles
 
“One must learn by doing the thing. For though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.” -Sophocles
 
“Success is dependent on effort.” -Sophocles
 
“Success, remember, is the reward of toil.” -Sophocles
 
“Time eases all things.” -Sophocles
 
Sophocles was born in 496 B.C.E. He was a tragedian of ancient Greece. Sophocles passed on in 406 B.C.E.
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“It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.” -Robert Southey
 
“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” -Robert Southey
 
“There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken - the manner, the place, and the time.” -Robert Southey: as attributed in S. Austin Allibone: “Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay” (1880)
 
Robert Southey was born in 1774. He was an English poet. Robert Southey passed on in 1843.
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“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.” -Herbert Spencer: “Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative” (1891), Volume III, ‘State Tampering with Money and Banks’
 
“We have unmistakable proof that throughout all past time, there has been a ceaseless devouring of the weak by the strong.” -Herbert Spencer: “First Principles” (1861)
 
Herbert Spencer was born on 27 April 1820 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. He was an English philosopher. Herbert Spencer passed on at 83 years of age on 8 December 1903 in Brighton, Sussex, England.
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“Above all, challenge yourself. You may well surprise yourself at what strengths you have, what you can accomplish.” -Cecile Springer
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“The way we live outweighs any words we may profess to follow.” -Delbert L. Stapley
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Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
-Pamela Vaull Starr
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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
 
Ben Stein was born in 1944. He is an American lawyer, law professor, and a White House speechwriter early in his career. Following those endeavors, he became a writer, commentator, actor, comedian, and game show host.
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“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.” -John Steinbeck
 
John Ernst Steinbeck was born in 1902. He was an American novelist. John Ernst Steinbeck passed on in 1968.
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“Beauty is the promise of happiness.” -Stendhal
 
Stendhal is a pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle, who was born on 23 January 1783 in Grenoble, France. He was a writer. Marie-Henri Beyle passed on at 59 years of age on 23 March 1842 in Paris, France.
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“Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.” -Casey Stengel
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“The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.” -Wallace Stevens
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“All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.” -Adlai Stevenson
 
“I profoundly believe that there is on this horizon, as yet only dimly perceived, a new dawn of conscience. In that purer light, people will come to see themselves in each other, which is to say they will make themselves known to one another by their similarities rather than by their differences. Man’s knowledge of things will begin to be matched by man’s knowledge of self. The significance of a smaller world will be measured not in terms of military advantage, but in terms of advantage for the human community. It will be the triumph of the heartbeat over the drumbeat.” -Adlai Stevenson
 
Adlai E. Stevenson was born on 5 February 1900. He was an American politician and the twenty-third Vice President of the United States of America. Adlai E. Stevenson passed on at 65 years of age on 14 July 1965.
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“Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.” -W. Clement Stone
 
“To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.” -W. Clement Stone
 
“With every victory over adversity, you grow in wisdom, stature, and experience. You become a better, bigger person each time you meet a problem.” -W. Clement Stone
 
W. Clement Stone was born in 1902. He was the founder of the Combined Insurance Company. W. Clement Stone passed on in 2002.
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“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” -Tom Stoppard
 
Tom Stoppard was born as Tomáš Straussler on 3 July 1937 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia. He is a British playwright and screenwriter.
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“A clay pot sitting in the Sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.” -Mildred Wite Stouven
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“They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, to shoot low, and aspire not at all. They are always wrong. Follow your dreams. Make your wishes. Create the future. And above all, believe in yourself.” -J. Michael Straczynski
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“Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.” -Igor Stravinsky
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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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“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.” -Leon J. Suenes
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“People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.” -Anne Sullivan
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“Success is a journey, not a destination.” -Ben Sweetland
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“Each moment, as it passes, is the meeting place of two eternities.” -Madame Swetchine
 
Anne Sophie Swetchine, also known simply as Madame Swetchine, was born as Sofia Petrovna Soymonova (spelling variants Soïmonov and Soymanof) on 22 November 1782 in Moscow. She was a Russian-born French writer and had a salon in Paris. Anne Sophie Swetchine passed on in 1857.
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“The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or until you know how to do it, is one of the greatest burglars of joy. Be deliberate, but once you’ve made up your mind - jump in.” -Charles R. Swindoll: “Living on the Ragged Edge” (1985), page 110

“The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence.” -Charles R. Swindoll
 
Charles R. Swindoll was born in 1934. He is an American evangelical Christian pastor.
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“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.” -Herbert Bayard Swope
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“Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.” -Publilius Syrus
 
“Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.” -Publilius Syrus: “Moral Sayings,” ‘Maxims,’ number 633

“Every madman thinks all other men are mad.” -Publilius Syrus: “Maxims”
 
“It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.” [English translation]
“Stultum est timere quod vitare no potes.” [original Latin]
-Publilius Syrus
 
“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.” -Publilius Syrus
 
“Many receive advice - only the wise profit by it.” -Publilius Syrus
 
“Never find your delight in another’s misfortune.” -Publilius Syrus
 
“Practice is the best of all instructors.” -Publilius Syrus
 
“Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.” -Publilius Syrus: “Maxims,” number 301
 
“Speech is a mirror of the soul: As a man speaks, so he is.” -Publilius Syrus
 
“Take care that no one hates you justly.” -Publilius Syrus: “Maxims”
 
“The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.” -Publilius Syrus
 
Publilius Syrus was born in 85 B.C.E. He was a Syrian-born Roman writer of mimes who was at one time a slave. Publilius Syrus passed on in 43 B.C.E.
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“A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi
 
“The key to happiness is not to get more, but to enjoy what we have and to fill the empty frame of our lives instead of enlarging it.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi
 
Albert Szent-Györgyi was born in 1893. Albert Szent-Györgyi passed on in 1986.
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“Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.” -William Howard Taft: “Popular Government” (1913), chapter 3

William Howard Taft was born in 1857. He was the 27th President of the United States of America (1909 - 1913) and Chief Justice of the United States (1921 - 1930). William Howard Taft passed on 1930.
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“Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.” -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
 
“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.” -Rabindranath Tagore
 
“The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.” -Rabindranath Tagore: “Stray Birds” (1916)
 
Rabindranath Tagore, also known as Ravīndranātha Thākura, was born as Rabindranath Thakur on 7 May 1861 in Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a Bengali poet, short story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter. He was the author of “Gitanjali,” “Gora,” “Ghare-Baire,” “Jana Gana Mana,” “Amar Shonar Bangla,” and other works. Rabindranath (Thakur) Tagore passed on at 80 years of age on 7 August 1941 in Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India.
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“You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.” -William D. Tammeus
 
William D. ‘Bill’ Tammeus was a reporter and editorial page columnist for “The Kansas City Star” newspaper.
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“If you are having one of those days, when life feels like one big struggle, breathe and focus on this moment now. This moment right here. Read this. We want you to know that you are a blessing in the world and who you are and what you do matters. Promise.” -Anna 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
 
Bayard Taylor was born on 11 January 1825 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was an American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author. Bayard Taylor passed on at 53 years of age on 19 December 1878 in Germany.
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“The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.” -Harold Taylor
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“The beaten path is the safest, but the traffic’s terrible.” -Jeff Taylor
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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
 
“Life is but thought.” -Sara Teasdale
 
Sara Trevor Teasdale was born on 8 August 1884 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America. She was a lyrical poet. Sarah Trevor Teasdale 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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“Come my friends, ’tis not too late to seek a newer world.” -Alfred Tennyson

“More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” -Alfred Tennyson: “The Passing of Arthur,” line 415
 
’Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
-Alfred Tennyson: “In Memoriam A.H.H.” (1849; A.H.H. was Arthur Henry Hallam, the fiancé of Tennyson’s sister Emily, and he had passed on suddenly at 22 years of age on 15 September 1833)
 
Alfred Tennyson, also known as Lord Tennyson, was born on 6 August 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England. With his brother, he wrote “Poems by Two Brothers” (1828). He was the nation’s poet laureate from 1850 until his passing. Alfred Tennyson passed on at 83 years of age on 6 October 1892 in Lurgashall, Sussex, England.
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“Fortune favors the brave.” -Terence
 
“Moderation in all things.” -Terence
 
“While there’s life, there’s hope.” -Terence: “Heuton timoroumenos,” line 981
 
Publius Terentius Afer, also known as Terence, was born in 185 B.C.E. He was a comic dramatist of ancient Rome. Publius Terentius Afer, also known as Terence, passed on in 159 B.C.E.
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“To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.” -Teresa of Avila (Saint)
 
Teresa of Avila was born as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada on 28 March 1515 in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile (now Spain). She was a Roman Catholic nun, a writer, and the founder of the Discalced Carmelites (1560 - 1562). Teresa of Avila passed on at 67 years of age on 4 October 1582 in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain. She was made a saint on 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV, and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1970; her feast day is on 15 October of each year. 
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“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” -Teresa of Calcutta
 
“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.” -Teresa of Calcutta
 
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” -Teresa of Calcutta

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.” -Teresa of Calcutta
 
“We sometimes feel that what we do is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” -Teresa of Calcutta
 
Teresa of Calcutta was born as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on 26 August 1910 in Üksüb, a town in the Ottoman Empire’s province of Kosovo Vilayet (present day Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia). She became known as Teresa of Calcutta when she undertook a religious mission to India, where she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation serving the poor in 133 countries. Teresa of Calcutta passed on at 87 years of age on 5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. On 19 October 2003, the Roman Catholic Church granted her beatification (the first step toward canonization, or sainthood).
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“Where our joy is, there should our work be.” -Tertullian
 
Tertullian was born in C.E. 160. He was a citizen of ancient Rome. Tertullian passed on in C.E. 240.
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“To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.” -William Makepeace Thackeray
 
William Makepeace Thackeray was born in 1811. He was an English novelist. William Makepeace Thackeray passed on in 1863.
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“Know thyself.” [English translation]
“Nosce te ipsum.” [original Latin]
-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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“Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” -Danny Thomas
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“I proclaim that justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger.” -Thrasymachus
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“Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.” -Thucydides: “History of the Peloponnesian War”
 
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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“Let us not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness.” -James Thurber
 
James Thurber was born in 1894. He was an American humorist and cartoonist. James Thurber passed on in 1961.
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“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” -J. R. R. Tolkien: “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954)
 
“Little by little, one travels far.” -J. R. R. Tolkien
 
“The world is not in your books and maps. It’s out there.” -J. R. R. Tolkien: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (28 November 2012) movie; words spoken by character Gandalf
 
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in 1892. He was a South African-born English novelist. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien passed on in 1973.
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“Instead of fighting the darkness, you bring in the light.” -Eckhart Tolle
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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” -Leo Tolstoy
 
“Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.” -Leo Tolstoy
 
“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.” -Leo Tolstoy
 
“The more is given, the less people will work for themselves, and the less they work, the more their poverty will increase.” -Leo Tolstoy: “Help for the Starving” (1892)
 
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy, was born on 9 September 1828. He was a Russian novelist, and the author of “War and Peace” (1869). Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy, passed on at 82 years of age on 20 November 1910.
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“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” -Lily Tomlin
 
“The road to success is always under construction.” -Lily Tomlin
 
Lily Tomlin was born in 1939. She is an American actress and comedian.
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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 “Nautilus Magazine,” in which she published many articles by Wallace Wattles. She was also a Methodist prior to becoming a new thought writer and publisher. Elizabeth Towne passed on in 1965.
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“Be a lifelong student. The more you learn, the more you earn and the more self-confidence you have.” -Brian Tracy
 
“Be positive, pleasant, patient, and easygoing - no matter how busy you really are.” -Brian Tracy
 
“Circumstances do not make the man or woman, they merely reveal them.” -Brian Tracy
 
“Concentrate on one thing, the most important thing, and stay with it until it’s complete.” -Brian Tracy
 
“Do what you love to do and commit yourself to doing it in an excellent fashion.” -Brian Tracy
 
“Most people engage in activities that are tension-relieving rather than goal-achieving.” -Brian Tracy
 
“The most successful people in our society think the furthest into the future. They are willing to make sacrifices in the short-term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long-term.” -Brian Tracy
 
“The one human quality that must be developed is self-discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.” -Brian Tracy
 
“The quality of your life is determined by how you feel at any given moment. How you feel is determined by how you interpret what is happening around you, not by the events themselves.” -Brian Tracy

“The very best way to design and shape your character and personality is for you to act as if you were already the kind of person you would want to be.” -Brian Tracy

“What is your vision for yourself and your life? Where do you want to be in five years?” -Brian Tracy
 
“What steps could you take right now to begin turning your dreams into realities?” -Brian Tracy

“You can develop any quality that you desire to achieve any goal that you set for yourself.” -Brian Tracy
 
“You have the ability, right now, to exceed all your previous levels of accomplishment.” -Brian Tracy
 
“Your decision to be, have, and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.” -Brian Tracy
 
Brian Tracy was born on 5 January 1944 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He is an American self-help writer, motivational speaker, and businessman. He serves as the chairman of Brian Tracy International, a human resource company based in Solana Beach, California, with affiliates throughout the United States and thirty-one other nations.
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“Trust to hard work, perseverance, and determination. The best motto for a long march is: ‘Don’t grumble. Plug on!’” -Thomas Treves
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“Fear, too, is a type of faith - faith that it won’t work out.” -Mary Tricky (similar quotation attributed to Elizabeth David)
 
Mary Tricky is possibly a Sister in a religious order or in the more general sense of belonging to a religion.
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“Life is not an easy matter . . . You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.” -Leon Trotsky: “Diary in Exile” (1935), ‘3 April 1935’
 
Leon Trotsky was born in 1940. He was a Russian revolutionary. Leon Trotsky passed on in 1940.
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“As long as you’re going to think anyway, think big.” -Donald Trump: as quoted in Merrit Malloy: “The Quotable Quote Book” (1990), page 141
 
Donald Trump was born in 1946. He is a real estate developer, a business executive, an entrepreneur, a television personality, and a President of the United States of America.
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“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” -Dale Turner
 
Dale Turner is a writer.
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Sweet April showers
Do spring May flowers.
-Thomas Tusser: “A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry” (1557), ‘April’s Husbandry’
 
Thomas Tusser was born in about 1524. He was an English agricultural writer and poet. Thomas Tusser passed on in 1580.
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“When I was younger, I thought that the key to success was just hard work. But the real foundation is faith. Faith - the idea that ‘I can do it’ - is the opposite of fear (‘What if I fail?’). And faith creates motivation, which in turn leads to commitment, hard work, preparation . . . and eventually success.” -Howard Twilley
 
Howard Twilley was born on 25 December 1943 in Houston, Texas, United States of America. He was a professional football player for the Miami Dolphins and the Minnesota Vikings.
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“Fear is a reaction, courage is a decision.” -Joe Tye 
 
“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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“Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than two sides.” -Frank Tyger
 
“There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.” -Frank Tyger
 
“When you like your work, every day is a holiday.” -Frank Tyger
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Ua - Uz

1/11/2017

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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
 
“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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“Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.” -John Updike
 
“We are most alive when we’re in love.” -John Updike
 
John Hoyer Updike was born on 18 March 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was a novelist known for his “Rabbit” series of books; he also wrote poetry, children’s books, novels, short stories, and non-fiction; he was a literary critic and art critic. John Hoyer Updike passed on at 76 years of age on 27 January 2009 in Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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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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“It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.” -Peter Alexander Ustinov: as quoted in “Iron and Steel” (1969)
 
Peter Alexander Ustinov was born in 1921. He was a British entertainer and writer. Peter Alexander Ustinov passed on in 2004.
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Va - Vz

1/10/2017

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“Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.” - Paul Valéry
 
“What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.” -Paul Valéry
 
Paul Valéry was born in 1871. He was a French poet and critic. Paul Valéry passed on in 1945.
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Maturity is:
The ability to stick with a job until it’s finished;
The ability to do a job without being supervised;
The ability to carry money without spending it; and
The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
-Abigail Van Buren: as quoted in Carolyn Warner: “The Last Word: A Treasury of Women’s Quotes” (1992), page 24
 
“The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.” -Abigail Van Buren
 
Abigail Van Buren is a pseudonym of Pauline Esther Friedman, who was born on 4 July 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America. She was an American newspaper advice columnist. Pauline Esther Friedman passed on at 94 years of age on 16 January 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America.
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“It’s easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.” -Martin Van Buren
 
Martin Van Buren was a governor of New York.
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“The future turns to present, and present turns to past. Thus it seems that time is ever-ending, yet never-ending.” -Richard van der Merwe          
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“It is better to be good than to be original.” -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Four things a man must learn to do
If he would make his record true:
To think without confusion clearly;
To love his fellow-men sincerely;
To act from honest motives purely;
To trust in God and Heaven securely.
-Henry van Dyke
 
Not to the swift, the race.
Not to the strong, the fight.
-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
 
“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” -Henry van Dyke
 
Henry Jackson van Dyke, Junior was born on 10 November 1852. He was an American clergyman, educator, short story writer, poet, and essayist. Henry Jackson van Dyke, Junior passed on at 80 years of age on 10 April 1933.
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“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” -Vincent van Gogh
 
“I cannot help it that my pictures do not sell. Nevertheless the time will come when people will see that they are worth more than the price of the paint.” -Vincent van Gogh: in a letter (20 October 1888) to his brother Theo
 
“I wish they would only take me as I am.” -Vincent van Gogh
 
“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent van Gogh
 
“I’m always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” -Vincent van Gogh
 
“The best way to know God is to love many things.” -Vincent van Gogh
 
“The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting.” -Vincent van Gogh
 
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands. He was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color, had a far-reaching influence on twentieth century art. His works include “Fourteen Sunflowers” (August 1888), “The Starry Night” (June 1889), and “Almond Blossom” (1890). Vincent Willem van Gogh passed on at 37 years of age on 29 July 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
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“We have all been placed on this Earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else’s idea of life.” -James van Praagh
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“Dear God, Please untie the nots. All of the can nots, should nots, may nots and have nots. Please erase from my mind the thoughts that I am not good enough.” -Iyanla Vanzant
 
“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
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“Believe one who has tried it.” -Vergil
 
“Fortune favors the brave.” [English translation]
“Fortune favors the bold.” [variant English translation]
“Audaces fortuna iuvat.” [original Latin]
-Vergil: “The Aeneid” (about 29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), book 10, line 284
 
“Maybe one day it will be cheering to remember even these things.” -Vergil: “The Aeneid” (about 29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), book I, line 203; variously translated as “Perhaps someday it will be pleasant to remember even this.” -Vergil
 
“The greatest wealth is health.” -Vergil
 
“They are able because they think they are able.” -Vergil: “The Aeneid” (about 29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), verse 231; variously translated as “They can because they think they can.”

“Time bears away all things.” -Vergil
 
“Too happy would you be, did you but know your own advantages!” -Vergil
 
“Trust one who has proved it.” [English translation]
“Experto credite.” [original Latin]
-Vergil
 
“We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.” -Vergil
 
Publius Vergilius Maro, also known as Vergil or Virgil, was born in 70 B.C.E. He was a writer and poet of ancient Rome. Publius Vergilius Maro passed on in 19 B.C.E.
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“Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.” -Jules Verne
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“We must take great care never to do anything before having said our morning prayers . . . The Devil once declared that if he could have the first moment of the day, he was sure of all the rest.” -John Vianney
 
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, also known by the anglicized John Vianney, was born on 8 May 1786 in Dardilly, Lyonnais, Kingdom of France. He was a Christian parish priest. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney passed on at 73 years of age on 4 August 1859 in Ars-sur-Formans, Ain, France.
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“The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is giving your gift away.” -David Viscott
 
David Viscott is a psychiatrist and a writer.
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“Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.” -Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
 
“In youth we learn; in age we understand.” -Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
 
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach was born on 13 September 1830. She was an Austrian novelist. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach passed on at 85 years of age on 12 March 1916.
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“A person hears only what they understand.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.” -attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Everyone hears only what he understands.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Everything that happens to us leaves some trace behind; everything contributes imperceptibly to make us what we are.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Knowing is not enough; we must act. Willing is not enough; we must do.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Let us not forget that a man can never get away from himself.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Talents are best nurtured in solitude; character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Torquato Tasso” (1790), I, ii
 
“The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: as quoted in Johann Peter Eckermann: “Conversations with Goethe” (17 March 1830), as quoted in Bill Swainson, editor: “Encarta Book of Quotations” (2000)
 
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“We should quietly hear both sides.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in August 1749. He was a German poet, novelist, dramatist (playwright), natural philosopher, and diplomat. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe passed on at 82 years of age in March 1832.
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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.” -Karl 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 von Humboldt, also known as Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt, was born on 22 June 1767 in Potsdam, Prussia. He was a German statesman and a philologist. Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt passed on at 67 years of age on 8 April 1835 in Tegel, Prussia.
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“I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have lived and loved.” -Johann von Schiller
 
“The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.” -Johann von Schiller: “Mary Stuart” (1800), II, iii

“Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.” -Johann von Schiller
 
“Who reflects too much will accomplish little.” -Johann von Schiller
 
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was born in 1759. He was a German dramatist, essayist, historian, and poet. He is the author of the plays “The Robbers” (1781), “Don Carlos” (1787), “William Tell” (1804), the trilogy “Wallenstein” (1796), and the poem “Ode to Joy.” Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller passed on in 1805.
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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 von Szent-Györgyi was born in 1893. He was a Hungarian-born biochemist. Albert von Szent-Györgyi passed on in 1992.
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“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, Junior
 
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” -Kurt Vonnegut, Junior
 
Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was born on 11 November 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. He was a novelist, a short story writer, and an essayist. Kurt Vonnegut, Junior passed on at 84 years of age on 11 April 2007 in 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
 
“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.” -Marilyn vos Savant
 
Marilyn vos Savant was born in 1946. She is an American lecturer, writer, and magazine columnist under the heading “Ask Marilyn.”
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Wa - Wz

1/9/2017

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“A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?” -attributed to Jane Wagner
 
“All my life I’ve always wanted to be somebody. But I see now I should have been more specific.” -Jane Wagner: “The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe” (1985)
 
Jane Wagner was born in 1935. She is an American writer, director, and producer.
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“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” -Richard Wagner (1813)
 
Wilhelm Richard Wagner.
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“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful.” -Denis Waitley
 
“People waste most of their waking hours every day going through the motions, chatting idly, shuffling paper, putting off decisions, reacting, majoring in minors, and concentrating on trivia. They spend their time in low priority tension relieving, rather than high priority goal-achieving activities.” -Denis Waitley 
 
“Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad.” -Denis Waitley
 
“Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.” -Denis Waitley
 
“The patient person accepts a certain amount of failure knowing that it is as important a thread in the fabric of life as is success. Great individuals make great successes out of failure.” -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 is a direct relationship between joy and effort. The joy of success is in ratio to the amount of effort expended to achieve it.” -Denis Waitley
 
Denis E. Waitley was born in 1933. He is an American motivational speaker, speaker trainer, and writer of self-help books.
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“Just when you think you’ve graduated from the school of experience, someone thinks up a new course.” -Mary H. Waldrip
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“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” -Alice Walker
 
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” -Alice Walker
 
Alice Walker was born in 1944. She is an American writer, poet, and essayist.
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“Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go.” -Margaret Walker
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“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.” -Horace Walpole

Horace Walpole was born in 1717. He was an English writer. Horace Walpole passed on in 1797.
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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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“Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.” -J. Donald Walters
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“Everything seems an echo of something else.” -Robert Penn Warren
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“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
 
“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.” -Booker T. Washington
 
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know you trust him.” -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
 
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” -attributed to 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 while trying to succeed.” -Booker T. Washington
 
Booker T. Washington was born in 1856. He was an American educator, writer, orator, and political leader. Booker T. Washington passed on in 1915.
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Do not loiter or shirk,
Do not falter or shrink
But just think out your work
And then work out your think.
-Nixon Waterman
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“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” -Thomas J. Watson
 
“If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.” -Thomas J. Watson
 
“Would you like me to give you a formula for . . . success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all . . . you can be discouraged by failure - or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that’s where you’ll find success. On the far side.” -Thomas J. Watson

Thomas J. Watson, Senior was born in 1874. He was an American industrialist and the founder and chairman of International Business Machines (IBM). Thomas J. Watson, Senior passed on in 1956.
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“You can render to humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself.” -Wallace D. Wattles
 
Wallace Delois Wattles was born as Wallace Delois Walters in 1860 in Illinois, United States of America. For many years, he lived and worked as a laborer on his parents’ farm in Nunda Township, McHenry County, Illinois. Mr. Wattles’ early life was filled with failures, which led him to develop the principles that later emerged in his most famous work, “The Science of Getting Rich” (1910). His success came about, in his daughter Florence’s words, when he “formed a mental picture” or visual image, and then “worked toward the realization of this vision.” Among his other best-known books in the New Thought and Self-Help fields are “The Science of Being Well” (1910) and “The Science of Being Great” (1911). He claimed to have personally tested the principles he described, and they appeared to have been effective, for although he had lived most of his life in poverty, by his later years he was prosperous. Wallace Delois Wattles passed on at 51 years of age on 7 February 1911 in Ruskin, Tennessee, United States of America, and rests in Elwood, Indiana, United States of America.
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“Man suffers because of his craving to possess and keep forever things which are impermanent.” -Alan Watts
 
“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.” -Alan Watts
 
Alan Wilson Watts.
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I’ll not willingly offend,
Nor be easily offended;
What’s amiss I’ll strive to mend,
And endure what can’t be mended.
-Isaac Watts: “Moral Songs” (1715), page 53, ‘Good Resolutions,’ stanza 8
 
Isaac Watts was born in 1674. He was an English hymn writer. Isaac Watts passed on in 1748.
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“There’s always room at the top.” -Daniel Webster
 
Daniel Webster was born in 1782. He was an American orator and politician. Daniel Webster passed on in 1852.
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“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” -Flavia Weedn: “Flavia and the Dream Maker” (1998)
 
Flavia Marie Weedn was born on 19 February 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. She was an artist, a poet, and a writer. Flavia Marie Weedn passed on at 86 years of age on 10 June 2015 in Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.
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“Exercise your mind as well as your body.” -Andrew Weil
 
Andrew Weil is a doctor.
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“A true friend is someone who is there for you when they would rather be someplace else.” -Len Wein
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“Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a 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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“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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“Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.” -Arthur Wellesley
 
Arthur Wellesley, also known as the Duke of Wellington, was born on 1 May 1769 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a military leader and a statesman. Arthur Wellesley passed on at 83 years of age on 14 September 1852 in Kent, England.
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“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” -H. G. Wells
 
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” -H. G. Wells
 
“If we don’t end war, war will end us.” -H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells was born on 21 September 1866 in Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom. He was a novelist, a teacher, a historian, and a sociologist. Herbert George Wells passed on at 79 years of age on 13 August 1946 in Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom.
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“Make all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.” -John Wesley
 
John Wesley was born on 28 June 1703 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. He was a preacher and a theologian who served in both the Anglican and Methodist Churches. With his brother Charles, he founded the Methodist movement in the Church of England. John Wesley passed on at 87 years of age on 2 March 1791 in London, England.
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“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on days you feel good.” -Jerry West
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“Every failure is a step to success.” -William Whewell
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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
 
Alfred North Whitehead was born in 1861. He was a British philosopher and mathematician. Alfred North Whitehead passed on in 1947.
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“Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for it.” -Katharine Whitehorn
 
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn was born in 1928 in Hendon, North London, England. She is a journalist.
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For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: “It might have been!”
-John Greenleaf Whittier: “Maud Muller” (1854), stanza 53
 
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power;
Let fortune’s bubbles rise and fall;
Who sows a field, or trains a flower,
Or plants a tree, is more than all.
-John Greenleaf Whittier: “A Song of Harvest” (1858)
 
“The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.” -John Greenleaf Whittier
 
John Greenleaf Whittier was born on 17 December 1807 in Massachusetts, United States of America. He was a self-educated Quaker and a poet. Mr. Whittier published his first book, “Legends of New England in Prose and Verse,” in 1831. His most popular book, “Snow-Bound,” was published in 1866. John Greenleaf Whittier passed on at 84 years of age on 7 September 1892.
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“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.” -Dennis Wholey
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“Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.” -Benjamin Lee Whorf: “Language, Thought, and Reality” (1964)
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“Evaluation of the past is the first step toward vision for the future.” -Chris Widener
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“To get the viewpoint of the other person appreciatively and profoundly and reconcile it with his own so far as possible is the supreme achievement of man and his highest vocation.” -Henry Nelson Wieman
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Four Lessons on Life
 
1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up.
2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy.
3. Don’t complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher.
4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

-Warren Wiersbe
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“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the Universe.” -Elie Wiesel: “The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident” (1960)
 
Eliezer ‘Elie’ Wiesel was born in Transylvania in 1928. He was a Romanian Jew and a Holocaust survivor. He became an American citizen in 1963. He was the author of several humanitarian books and established the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, which seeks to promote and aid the nurturing and inspiration of young people to build a more harmonious and humane world.
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“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
 
Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867. She was an American writer; author of the “Little House on the Prairie” series of novels. Laura Ingalls Wilder passed on in 1957.
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“Seek the lofty by reading, hearing, and seeing great work at some moment every day.” -Thornton Wilder
 
“The best thing about animals is that they don’t talk much.” -Thornton Wilder
 
Thornton Wilder was born in 1897. He was an American novelist and dramatist. Thornton Wilder passed on in 1975.
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“Where you end up isn’t the most important thing. It’s the road you take to get there. The road you take is what you’ll look back on and call your life.” -Tim Wiley
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“In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work, and iron resolution.” -Wendall L. Wilkie
 
Wendell L. Wilkie was born in 1892. He was an American lawyer. Wendell L. Wilkie passed on in 1944.
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“It is better to wear out than to rust out.” -Frances E. Willard (similar quotation attributed to others)
 
“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 was 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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“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
 
“We can always choose to perceive things differently. We can focus on what’s wrong in our life, or we can focus on what’s right.” -Marianne Williamson
 
Marianne Williamson was born in July 1952. She is an American author and lecturer on spirituality.
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“Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.” -Earl Wilson
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“Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.” -Sloan Wilson
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“Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.” -Tom Wilson
 
Tom Wilson is the creator of the cartoon strip “Ziggy.”
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“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” -Walter Winchell
 
“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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“When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught how to fly.” -Barbara J. Winter (similar quotation attributed to Patrick Overton)
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“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.” -Jonathan Winters
 
Jonathan Winters was born as Jonathan Harshman Winters III on 11 November 1925 in Bellbrook, Greene County, Ohio, United States of America. He was a United States Marine Corps drill instructor, an artist, an actor, and a comedian. Jonathan Winters passed on at 87 years of age on 11 April 2013 in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California, United States of America.
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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
 
“It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 -1951): ‘Journal entry (1 May 1915)’ from “Notebooks 1914 - 1916,” as translated by Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, first edition (1961) and second edition (1984)
 
“My difficulty is only an - enormous - difficulty of expression.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein: ‘Journal entry (8 March 1915)’ page 40; from “Notebooks 1914 - 1916,” as translated by Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe (1961)
 
“What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein: journal entry (12 October 1916), page 84
 
“Words are deeds.” [English translation]
“Worte sind Taten.” [original German]
-Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Vermischte Bemerkungen” (1977), as translated by Peter Winch, page 50
 
Ludwig Wittgenstein was born on 26 April 1889. He was an Austrian-born philosopher who spent much of his life in England. Ludwig Wittgenstein passed on at 62 years of age on 29 April 1951.
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“You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.” -Thomas Wolfe
 
Thomas Wolfe was born in 1900. Thomas Wolfe passed on in 1938.
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“If you observe a really happy man, you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden, or looking for dinosaur eggs in the Gobi desert. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator. He will not be striving for it as if it were a goal in itself, nor will he be seeking for it among the nebulous wastes of metaphysics . . . To find happiness, we must seek for it in a focus outside ourselves.” -W. Beran Wolfe
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“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” -John Wooden: “They Call Me Coach”
 
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” -John Wooden
 
“If you go as far as you can see, you will then see enough to go even farther.” -John Wooden
 
“Never mistake activity for achievement.” -John Wooden
 
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you are capable.” -John Wooden
 
“You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” -John Wooden
 
John R. Wooden was born in 1910. He was an American basketball player, college basketball coach, and writer. John R. Wooden passed on in 2010.
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“What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.” -Virginia Woolf: “A Room of One’s Own” (1929)
 
Adeline Virginia ‘Virginia’ Woolf was born as Adeline Virginia Stephen on 25 January 1882 in Kensington, Middlesex, England. She was a novelist, essayist, publisher, and critic. Her notable works include “To the Lighthouse” (1927), “Mrs. Dalloway” (1925), “Orlando” (1928), and “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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“That best portion of a good man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” -William Wordsworth
 
“Wisdom is oft times nearer when we stoop than when we soar.” -William Wordsworth
 
William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770. He was an English romantic poet who helped launch and influence the Romantic Age in English literature, and was poet laureate from 1843 until he passed on. William Wordsworth passed on at 80 years of age on 23 April 1850.
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“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” -Frank Lloyd Wright
 
Frank Lloyd Wright was born Frank Lincoln Wright on 8 June 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States of America. He was an architect, interior designer, writer, and educator. 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
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Xa - Zz

1/8/2017

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“Only by great risks can great results be achieved.” -Xerxes I (519 B.C.E. - 465 B.C.E.)
 
Xerxes I was born in 519 B.C.E. He was 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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Ya - Yz
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“You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” -Isoroku Yamamoto
 
Isoroku Yamamoto was a Japanese admiral.
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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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“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” -William Butler Yeats (similar quotation attributed to William B. Sprague)
 
“If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.” -William Butler Yeats
 
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” -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 - 2
 
William Butler Yeats was born in 1865. He was an Irish poet and dramatist, and a revivalist of Irish literature. He wrote his more important poems between the ages of 50 and 75. William Butler Yeats passed on in 1939.
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“You can build a throne out of bayonets, but you can’t sit on them long.” -Boris Yeltsin
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“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.” -Paramahansa Yogananda
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“And all may do what has by man been done.” -Edward Young
 
Edward Young was born in 1683. He was 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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“The greatness of a man can nearly always be measured by his willingness to be kind.” -George W. Young
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“Life is a precious gift. Use your days wisely.” -Jenni Young
 
“Pause and remember - You deserve peace! So, don’t feel bad for one moment about walking away from people, jobs, and situations that keep you from having peace of mind.” -Jenni Young
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“The principle is competing against yourself.” -Steve Young
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“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.” -Lin Yutang (1895 - 1976): “The Importance of Living” (1937)
 
“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 was a Chinese writer and philologist. Lin Yutang passed on in 1976.
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Za - Zz
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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
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“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can’t do. They don’t know what they want because they don’t know what’s available for them.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed. Realistically, the more problems we have and the larger they are, the greater our value to our employer.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.” -Zig Ziglar

“The most influential person who will talk to you all day is you, so you should be very careful about what you say to you!” -Zig Ziglar
 
“The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won’t work - if you won’t.” -Zig Ziglar

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“When things seem bad, look to see if you’re not facing the wrong direction . . . When the outlook isn’t good, try the uplook - it’s always good.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“Will you look back on life and say, ‘I wish I had’ or ‘I’m glad I did’?” -Zig Ziglar
 
“You can get anything you want in this life if you help other people get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.” -Zig Ziglar
 
“You’ve got to be before you can do, and you’ve got to do before you can have.” -Zig Ziglar

Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar was born on 6 November 1926 in Coffee County, Alabama, United States of America. He was an author, salesman, and motivational speaker. Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar passed on at 86 years of age on 28 November 2012 in Plano, Texas, United States of America.
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“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 (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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“One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that’s the important half, for without discipline you wouldn’t know what to do with luck.” -Carl Zuckmeyer
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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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Authors Unknown

1/7/2017

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“Always do more than is required of you.” -Author Unknown
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“An unexpected turn could become a lifelong path.” -Author Unknown
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“Count the cost before you do or say something.” -Author Unknown
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“Do more of what works and less of what doesn’t.” -Author Unknown
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“Don’t ask the Lord to guide your footsteps unless you are willing to move your feet.” -Author Unknown
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“Don’t be the same, be better!” -Author Unknown
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“Don’t give up. Moses was once a basket case.” -Author Unknown
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“Don’t think you’re on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path.” -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 things to get easier, simpler, better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now. Otherwise, you’ll run out of time.” -Author Unknown
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“Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be; you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.” -Author Unknown
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“Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think.” -Author Unknown
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“Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.” -Author Unknown
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“Every moment is another chance to make your dreams come true.” -Author Unknown
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“Every moment is golden.” -Author Unknown: English proverb
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“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to charge you because you are a vegetarian.” -Author Unknown
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“Few wishes come true by themselves.” -Author unknown
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“Give and forget. Receive and remember.” -Author Unknown
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“Happiness is not having what you want. It’s wanting what you have.” -Author Unknown
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“How to be happy: Ignore people who think they know more about you than you do.” -Author Unknown
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“I am a member of the rabble, in good standing.” -Author Unknown
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“I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.” -Author Unknown
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“I can’t be late . . . I just got here.” -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 you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.” -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 stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” -Author Unknown
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“If you live your life out of memory, you live out of your history. That’s what once was. If you live out of your imagination, you live out of your potential. That’s what can be.” -Author Unknown
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“It is neither wealth or splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which gives happiness.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s not how many times you fall, it’s how many times you get back up.” -Author Unknown
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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 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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“Joy is not in what we own . . . it’s in what we are.” -Author Unknown
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“Leave everything a bit better than you found it.” -Author Unknown
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“Love life and help others to love life. Be happy and make others happy.” -Author Unknown
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“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.” -Author Unknown
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“‘Merry’ is a word for Christmas . . . ‘happy’ is a word for New Year’s . . . ‘thanks’ is a word for all year long.” -Author Unknown
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“Money lost can be replaced, but time lost is gone forever.” -Author Unknown
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“Most of this world’s useful work is done by people who are pressed for time, or are tired, or don’t feel well.” -Author Unknown
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“My nerves are strung like telephone wires, between the City of Yes, and the City of No.” -Author Unknown: Soviet poet
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“Never let a stumble in the road be the end of the journey.” -Author Unknown
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“Never make troubles of trifles.” -Author Unknown
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“Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles.” -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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“One of the best ways to get in the mood for working is to start working.” -Author Unknown
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“Remember what you have been given and forget what you have given.” -Author Unknown
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“Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.” -Author Unknown
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“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” -Author Unknown
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“Some people think that to be strong is to never feel pain. In reality, the strongest people are the ones who feel it, understand it, and accept it.” -Author Unknown
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“Some people want a big house, a fast car, and lots of money. Some people want a tiny cabin in the woods away from those kinds of people.” -Author Unknown
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“Sometimes holding on makes you stronger; sometimes it’s letting go.” -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 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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“Speak well of others, if you speak of them at all.” -Author Unknown
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“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right.” -Author Unknown
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“Stop saying, ‘I wish,’ and start saying, ‘I will.’” -Author Unknown
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“Strive to be first: first to nod, first to smile, first to compliment, and first to forgive.” -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 enlightened take things lightly.” -Author Unknown: “Principia Discordia”
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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 measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” -Author Unknown
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“The only ones who truly fail are those that never try.” -Author Unknown
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“The only thing in life achieved without effort is failure.” -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 supply of time is a daily miracle. Each day twenty-four hours are given to us to do with as we wish. It is the most precious possession we have, so live it daily and take advantage of every opportunity.” Author Unknown
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“The trouble with life is, that you’re halfway through it before you realize that it’s a ‘do it yourself’ thing.” -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 full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one!” -Author Unknown
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“There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart . . . pursue those.” -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 no failure, except in no longer trying; no defeat, except from within; no insurmountable barrier, except our own inherent weakness of purpose.” -Author Unknown
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“Time flies whether you’re having fun or not. The choice is yours.” -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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“Time is the scarcest resource, and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” -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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To oppose something is to maintain it.
Everything you are against weakens you.
Everything you are for empowers you.
What you are in favor of strengthens you.
-Author Unknown
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“We become not only what we think, but what we do.” -Author Unknown
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“We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.” -Author Unknown
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“We must be self-made or never made.” -Author Unknown
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“We rise by lifting others.” -Author Unknown
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“You don’t have to be crazy to work here. We’ll train you.” -Author Unknown
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“You get what you work for, not what you wish for.” -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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“You will find time for anything if you really want it.” -Author Unknown
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“Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, you 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 struggle may be lasting, but it is not everlasting.” -Author unknown
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