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“The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.” -Hamilton Wright Mabie
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“Those who compare the age in which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in imagination, may talk of degeneracy and decay; but no man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.” -Thomas Babington Macaulay: “History of England” (1849 - 1861), volume I, chapter 1
Thomas Babington Macaulay was born on 25 October 1800 in Leicestershire, England. He became a historian, a politician, a statesman, an essayist, and a poet. Thomas Babington Macaulay passed on at 59 years of age on 28 December 1859 in London, England.
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The smallest effort is not lost,
Each wavelet on the ocean tost
Aids in the ebb-tide or the flow;
Each rain-drop makes some floweret blow;
Each struggle lessens human woe.
-Charles Mackay: “Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics” (1857): ‘The Old and the New’
Charles Mackay was born on 27 March 1814 in Perth, Scotland. He became a newspaper editor, a poet, a writer, an anthologist, a novelist, and a songwriter. He is known for his book “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” (1841). Charles Mackay passed on at 75 years of age on 24 December 1889 in London, England.
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“Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.” -Harvey B. Mackay
“If you have no destination, you’ll never get there.” -Harvey B. Mackay
“Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.” -Harvey B. Mackay
“You don’t have to know everything, as long as you know people who know the things you don’t.” -Harvey B. Mackay
Harvey B. Mackay was born in 1932 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He is a syndicated columnist, writer, speaker, and businessman.
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“It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.” -James Mackintosh
James Mackintosh was born on 24 October 1765 in Aldourie, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He became a historian and a statesman. James Mackintosh passed on at 66 years of age on 30 May 1832 in London, England.
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“There’s only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.” -Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish was born on 7 May 1892 in Glencoe, Illinois, United States of America. He was married to Ada Hitchcock in 1916. He became a poet, a playwright, an essayist, and a lawyer. He lived in Europe (1923 - 1928), was an editor of “Fortune Magazine” (1929 - 1938) in New York, and a professor at Harvard University (1949 - 1962). Archibald MacLeish passed on at 89 years of age on 20 April 1982 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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“When the answer to all questions is yes, you enter a new world, a world of action, possibility, and adventure.” -Patricia Ryan Madson
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Better guide the young than reclaim them when old
For the voice of true wisdom is calling
To rescue the fallen is good but ’tis best
To prevent other people from falling
Better close up the source of temptation and crime
Than deliver from dungeon or gallery
Better put a strong fence round the top of the cliff
Than an ambulance down in the valley.
-Joseph Malins
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“Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.” -Maxwell Maltz
“We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.” -Maxwell Maltz
Maxwell Maltz was born on 10 March 1899 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a cosmetic surgeon and a writer. He is known as the author of “Psycho-Cybernetics” (1960). Maxwell Maltz passed on at 76 years of age on 7 April 1975.
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“Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.” -Benoit Mandelbrot
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“You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time.” -Horace Mann
Horace Mann was born on 4 May 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a lawyer and an educator. Horace Mann passed on at 63 years of age on 2 August 1859 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States of America.
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“No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.” -Thomas Mann
“Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.” -Thomas Mann
Paul Thomas ‘Thomas’ Mann was born in 1875. He was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, and essayist. When World War II broke out in 1939, he immigrated to the United States of America, and then located to Switzerland in 1952. Paul Thomas ‘Thomas’ Mann passed on in 1955.
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“How would your life be different if . . . You stopped focusing on what you didn’t want and started focusing on what you do want? Let today be the day . . . You establish a clear intent, make a plan, and take actions towards your intent.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 31
“I’ve learned that if someone threatens my peace of mind, self-respect, or self-worth . . . I must walk away. I owe it to myself . . . I owe it to my future.” -Steve Maraboli
“It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.” -Steve Maraboli
“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.” -Steve Maraboli
“Never confuse someone else’s inability to do something with its inability to be done.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 16
“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” -Steve Maraboli: “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (1999)
Steve Maraboli was born on 18 April 1975. He is a professional speaker and a writer. Website https://stevemaraboli.net/.
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“Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?” -Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau was born in 1923.
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“Consumers are statistics. Customers are people.” -Stanley Marcus
Stanley Marcus was born in 1905. He became a chief executive officer of Neiman Marcus. Stanley Marcus passed on in 2002.
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“It is not what you were, it’s what you are today.” -David Marion
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There is a destiny that makes us brothers,
None goes his way alone;
All that we send into the lives of others,
Comes back into our own.
-Edwin Markham: “A Creed” (1900)
Edwin Markham was born on 23 April 1852 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States of America. He became a poet and a lecturer. Edwin Markham passed on at 87 years of age on 7 March 1940 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.” -Peter Marshall
“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.” -Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall was born in 1902. He was a Scottish-born American preacher, a writer, and a chaplain of the United States Senate. Peter Marshall passed on in 1949.
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“There is no limit to what you can imagine. And with commitment, with effort, what you can imagine you can become. Put your mind to work for you. Believe that you can do it. The world will tell you that you can’t. Yet in your belief you’ll find the strength, you’ll find the ability to do it anyway.” -Ralph Marston
“You don’t need anyone else’s permission to be happy. Your life is magnificent not because someone says it is, but because you choose to see it as such.” -Ralph Marston
“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” -Ralph Marston
Ralph Seymour Marston, Junior was born on 18 January 1955. He is an American writer. Author website https://greatday.com/.
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Defer not joys thou mayst not win from fate:
Judge only what is past to be thine own.
Cares with a linked chain of sorrows wait.
Mirth tarries not; but soon on wings is flown -
With both hands hold it - clasped in full embrace,
Still from thy heart it oft will glide away!
To say, “I mean to live” is folly’s place:
Tomorrow’s life comes late; live, then, today.
-Martial
“Each day provides its own gifts.” -Martial
“Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.” -Martial
Marcus Valerius Martialis, also known simply as Martial, was born in March in a year between C.E. 38 and C.E. 41 in Augusta Bilbilis (now Calatayud, Spain). He became a Roman poet, epigrammatist, and a satirist. He is known for his twelve books of epigrams, or short witty poems, published in Rome between C.E. 86 and C.E. 103. He wrote 1,561 epigrams, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. Marcus Valerius Martialis passed on sometime between C.E. 102 and C.E. 104 in Rome.
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“Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.” -Miss Manners: “Miss Manner’s Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior” (1982)
“Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you’re a hermit on a mountain, you don’t have to worry about etiquette; if somebody comes up the mountain, then you’ve got a problem. It matters because we want to live in reasonably harmonious communities.” -Miss Manners
Judith Martin, also known by the pseudonym Miss Manners, was born as Judith Perlman on 13 September 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. She became a newspaper columnist and an etiquette proponent.
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“Excellence in any art or profession is attained only by hard and persistent work. Never believe that you are perfect. When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins.” -Theodore Martin
Theodore Martin was born in 1816. He was a Scottish poet, biographer, and translator. Theodore Martin passed on in 1909.
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“There is no human life so poor and small as not to hold many a divine possibility.” -James Martineau
James Martineau was born on 21 April 1805 in Norwich, England. James Martineau passed on at 94 years of age on 11 January 1900 in London, England.
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“The great lesson . . . is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s back yard.” -Abraham Maslow
“There are no perfect human beings. Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers . . . even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.” -Abraham Maslow
Abraham Harold Maslow was born on 1 April 1908 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a psychologist and a professor of psychology, and is best known for creating ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,’ a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority. He stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in people, as opposed to treating them as a ‘bag of symptoms.’ Abraham Harold Maslow passed on at 62 years of age on 8 June 1970 in Menlo Park, California, United States of America.
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“As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time.” -John Mason
John Mason was born in 1706. John Mason passed on in 1773.
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“The difficulties, hardships, and trials of life, the obstacles one encounters on the road to fortune, are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance. Peril is the element in which power is developed.” -William Mathews
William Mathews was born in 1818. William Mathews passed on in 1909.
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“Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.” -W. Somerset Maugham
“There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.” -W. Somerset Maugham
“Whatever anguish she suffered she concealed. She saw shrewdly that the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.” -W. Somerset Maugham: “The Moon and Sixpence” (1919), Chapter 16
William Somerset Maugham, also known as W. Somerset Maugham, was born on 25 January 1874 at the United Kingdom’s embassy in Paris, France. He was married to Syrie Wellcome in 1917. He studied to be a physician, but after the great success of his first novel, “Liza of Lambeth” (1897), he decided to become a novelist, a short-story writer, and a playwright. He spent the next 65 years as a novelist, a dramatist (playwright), and a short story writer. William Somerset Maugham passed on at 91 years of age on 16 December 1965 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
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“He who wants to do everything will never do anything.” -André Maurois
“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.” -André Maurois
André Maurois was born as Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, who was born on 26 July 1885 in Elbeuf, France. He became a French writer. André Maurois passed on at 82 years of age on 9 October 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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“Look upon the sunny side of each word and thought, and you shall be satisfied, you shall lack for naught.” -Julia Harris May: “The Sunny Side”
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“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” -Foster C. McClellan
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The cricket’s gone; we only hear machines
In erg and atom they exact their pay.
And life is largely lived on silver screens.
-David McCord
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“People don’t ever seem to relate that doing what’s right is no guarantee against misfortune.” -William McFee: “Casuals of the Sea” (1916)
William McFee was born in 1881. He was an English writer of tales of the sea. William McFee passed on in 1966.
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“If you want good things to happen in your life, you first have to believe good things are possible for yourself. Quit allowing negative and cynical thinking to get in the way of the good life you deserve.” -Bryant McGill
“The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars, and the selfish hide in high places.” -Bryant McGill
Bryant H. McGill was born in 1969.
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“Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.” -Alan Loy McGinnis
“Nearly every one of us is starving to be appreciated, and, when someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way.” -Alan Loy McGinnis: “Bringing Out the Best in People”
“People never get to laugh as much as they’d like, or have as much fun as they want. If you can construct your class, your team, or your committee so that laughter brakes out frequently, you’ll have people clamoring to join your group.” -Alan Loy McGinnis: “Bringing Out the Best in People”
“There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone succeed.” -Alan Loy McGinnis
Alan Loy McGinnis was born on 10 November 1933 in Friendswood, Texas, United States of America. He was a writer, a speaker, a Christian family therapist, and the found of the Valley Counseling Center in Glendale, California. Alan Loy McGinnis passed on at 71 years of age on 9 January 2005 in Glendale, California, United States of America.
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“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” -Tim McGraw
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“Joy is increased by spreading it to others.” -Robert Murray M’Cheyne: letter (27 June 1839)
Robert Murray M’Cheyne, sometimes spelled McCheyne, was born on 21 May 1813 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He became a poet and a minister (1835 - 1843) in the Church of Scotland. Robert Murray M’Cheyne passed on at 29 years of age on 25 March 1843 in Dundee, Scotland.
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“The Lord’s Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, and there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence. Yet government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26,911 words.” -David McIntosh
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“Accept the pain, cherish the joys, resolve the regrets; then can come the best of benedictions - ‘If I had my life to live over, I’d do it all the same.’” -Joan McIntosh
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“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.” -David O. McKay
David Oman McKay was born on 8 September 1873 in Huntsville, Utah, United States of America. He became a religious leader and an educator who served as the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1951 - 1970). David Oman McKay passed on at 96 years of age on 18 January 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
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“No one really listens to anyone else and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.” -Mignon McLaughlin
“‘Pull yourself together’ is seldom said to anyone who can.” -Mignon McLaughlin: “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
Mignon McLaughlin was born on 6 June 1913 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. She became a journalist, a short story writer, and an aphorist. Mignon McLaughlin passed on at 70 years of age on 20 December 1983 in Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America.
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“You can be a rooster one day and a feather duster the next.” -Frank McManus: as quoted in the “Sydney Morning Herald” (28 December 1974), commenting on politics
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“After you’ve heard two eyewitnesses of a motor accident, you begin to worry about history.” -John McNab
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“It’s your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious.” -Peter McWilliams
“Learn to ask for what you want . . . The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for - which is precisely where you were before you asked.” -Peter McWilliams
Peter Alexander McWilliams was born on 5 August 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. He became a writer of self-help books, a poet, and a photographer. Peter Alexander McWilliams passed on at 50 years of age on 14 June 2000 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Website: http://www.PeterMcWilliams.org.
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“I learned the value of hard work by working hard.” -Margaret Mead
“I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to his or her fellow human beings.” -Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead was born on 16 December 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She became an anthropologist. Margaret Mead passed on at 76 years of age on 15 November 1978 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.” -Jayne Meadows
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If you don’t like life, it’s the way you’re livin’
A little less takin’, a bit more givin’;
A little less hatin’, a little more lovin’;
A little more helpin’, not so much shovin’;
A little more smilin’, not so much strife,
And soon you will be in love with life.
-J. W. T. Meehan
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“He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.” -Menander of Athens
“The man who runs may fight again.” -Menander of Athens: “Monostikoi”
Menander of Athens was born in 342 B.C.E. in Kifissia, Athens, Greece. He was a dramatist of ancient Greece. Menander of Athens passed on at about 51 years of age in 291 B.C.E. in Piraeus, Athens, Greece.
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“Don’t do what should not be done, and don’t desire what should not be desired. Abide by this one precept, and everything else will follow.” -Mencius
“The great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.” -Mencius
Mencius, born Mèng kē or Mengzi and also known as Meng-tse, was born in about 372 B.C.E. He was a Chinese philosopher. Mencius passed on in about 289 B.C.E.
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“It is infinitely more exciting to live a life of catastrophic failures than a life of could-haves, should-haves and would-haves.” -M. H. Meng
Moh Hon Meng.
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“What’s done to children, they will do to society.” -Karl Menninger
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“A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.” -Robert G. Menzies
Robert G. Menzies was born in 1894. Robert G. Menzies passed on in 1978.
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“You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.” -Angela Merici
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“Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally.” -Thomas Merton
“The biggest human temptation is . . . to settle for too little.” -Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton, also known as Father Louis, was born on 31 January 1915 in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. He became a writer, a poet, a priest, and a Catholic Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, United States of America. He is known for the book, “Seven Storey Mountain” (1948). In 1949, he became an ordained priest and was given the name Father Louis. Thomas Merton passed on at 53 years of age on 10 December 1968 in Samut Prakan, Thailand.
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“The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have.” -Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner was born on 17 September 1944 in Brixen, Italy. He is an alpinest, or a mountaineer who does difficult climbs.
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“All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.” -John Stuart Mill
“His eminence was due to the flatness of the surrounding landscape.” -John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was born on 20 May 1806 in Pentonville, London, England. He became a philosopher, a political economist, and a civil servant. John Stuart Mill passed on at 66 years of age on 8 May 1873 in Avignon, France.
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“If you analyze anything, you destroy it.” -Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller was born on 17 October 1915 in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a playwright, a novelist, a short story writer, and an essayist. Among his plays are “All My Sons,” “The Crucible,” and “A View from the Bridge.” He also wrote the screenplay for the film, “The Misfits.” Arthur Asher Miller passed on at 89 years of age on 10 February 2005 in Roxbury, Connecticut, United States of America.
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“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.” -Henry Miller
“One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.” -Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller was born on 26 December 1891 in Yorkville, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became an essayist, a travel memoirist, a literary critic, a watercolor painter, and a novelist. His works include the books, “Tropic of Cancer” and “Tropic of Capricorn.” He lived in Europe from 1930 to 1940. Henry Valentine Miller passed on at 88 years of age on 7 June 1980 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
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“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” -John Homer Miller
John Homer Miller was born in 1839. John Homer Miller passed on in 1913.
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“If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don’t; then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.” -Matt D. Miller
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“Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it.” -Merle Miller
Merle Miller was born on 17 May 1919 in Montour, Iowa, United States of America. He became a writer. Merle Miller passed on at 67 years of age on 10 June 1986 in Danbury, Connecticut, United States of America.
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“They also serve who only stand and wait.” -John Milton
John Milton was born on 9 December 1608 in Bread Street, London, England. He became a poet, a pamphleteer, and a civil servant. He went blind in 1652, and wrote his epic blank verse poem, “Paradise Lost” in 1667. John Milton passed on at 65 years of age on 8 November 1674 in Bunhill Row, London, England.
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“Specialists get paid well, while those who know a little about many things make good conversation at parties.” -Mark Minervini
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“Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the ‘best’ in your chosen field, whatever it is.” -Donald Grant Mitchell
Donald Grant Mitchell was born in 1822. He was an American writer. Donald Grant Mitchell passed on in 1908.
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Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I’ve looked at love that way.
-Joni Mitchell “Both Sides Now” (1969) song
I’ve looked at life from both sides now,
From up and down, and still somehow,
It’s life’s illusions I recall . . .
I really don’t know life at all.
-Joni Mitchell: “Both Sides Now” (1969) song
Roberta Joan Anderson ‘Joni’ Mitchell.
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“It’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do about it that makes the difference.” -W. Mitchell
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“Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.” -Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal is an Indian-born steel magnate.
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“It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.” -Moliere: “Le Misanthrope” (1666), Act V, Scene iv
“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” -Molière
“Things are only worth what you make them worth.” -Molière
Molière is a pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, who was born on 15 January 1622 in Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, France. He became a playwright, an actor, a director, and a poet. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin passed on at 51 years of age on 17 February 1673 in Rue de Richelieu, Paris, France.
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“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” -Claude Monet
Oscar-Claude ‘Claude’ Monet was born in 1840. The term “Impressionism” is derived from the title of his painting, “Impression, soleil levant,” which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon de Paris. Oscar-Claude ‘Claude’ Monet passed on in 1926.
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“Fight the good fight with all thy might.” -J. S. B. Monsell
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“The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.” -Thomas S. Monson
Thomas Spencer Monson was born on 21 August 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He became a bishop and the sixteenth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thomas Spencer Monson passed on at 90 years of age on 2 January 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
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“I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there be no redress.” -Elizabeth Montagu
Elizabeth Montagu was born as Elizabeth Robinson on 2 October 1718 in Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth Montagu passed on at 77 years of age on 25 August 1800 in London, England.
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“A good example is far better than a good precept.” -Dwight L. Moody
“The only way to keep a broken vessel full is to keep it always under the tap.” -Dwight L. Moody
“True will-power and courage are not on the battlefield, but in everyday conquests over our inertia, laziness, and boredom.” -Dwight L. Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody, also known as D. L. Moody, was born on 5 February 1837 in Northfield, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a Christian evangelist and a publisher, connected with the Holiness Movement. He is known as the founder of the Moody Church, Northfield School, and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, as well as the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. Dwight Lyman Moody passed on at 62 years of age on 22 December 1899 in Northfield, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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“A great artist is always before his time or behind it.” -George Moore
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” -George Moore
George Augustus Moore was born in on 24 February 1852. He was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist, and dramatist. George Augustus Moore passed on at 80 years of age on 21 January 1933.
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“I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s.” -Henry Moore
“The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.” -Henry Moore
Henry Moor was born in 1898. He was an English sculptor. Henry Moore passed on in 1986.
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“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.” -Marianne Craig Moore
“The heart that gives, gathers.” -Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moore was born on 15 November 1887 in Kirkwood, Missouri, United States of America. Marianne Craig Moore passed on at 84 years of age on 5 February 1972 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore was born on 29 December 1937. She was an American actress. Mary Tylor Moore passed on at 79 years of age on 25 January 2017.
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“How goodness heightens beauty!” -Hannah More
“We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.” -Hannah More
Hannah More was born on 2 February 1745. She was an English religious writer and social reformer. Hannah More passed on at 88 years of age on 7 September 1833.
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“The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.” -Morell
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“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” -J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan, Senior, also known as J. P. Morgan, was born on 17 April 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. He became a banker, a financier, an art collector, and a philanthropist. In 1892, he arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company, to form General Electric. After financing the creation of the Federal Steel Company, he merged it in 1901 with the Carnegie Steel Company and several other steel and iron businesses, including Consolidated Steel and Wire Company, to form the United States Steel Corporation. John Pierpont Morgan, Senior passed on at 75 years of age on 31 March 1913 in Rome, Italy.
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“In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.” -Christopher Morley
“Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you’re not really interested in order to get where you’re going.” -Christopher Morley
“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.” -Christopher Morley
“There is only one rule for being a good talker: learn to listen.” -Christopher Morley
Christopher Darlington Morley was born on 5 May 1890 in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He became a journalist, a novelist, an essayist, a poet, a lecturer, and a playwright. He was a founder and long-time contributing editor of the “Saturday Review of Literature.” Christopher Darlington Morley passed on at 66 years of age on 28 March 1957 in Roslyn, New York, United States of America.
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“Life’s a balancing act. You have multiple roles and goals, and you can do it all - just not all at once.” -Denise Morrison
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“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” -Dwight Morrow: as quoted in the “San Francisco News” (1 June 1949) (similar quotation attributed to Milton Friedman)
Dwight Whitney Morrow was born on 11 January 1873 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America. He became a lawyer, a banker, and a diplomat. Dwight Whitney Morrow passed on at 58 years of age on 5 October 1931 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States of America.
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“You are destined to fly, but that cocoon has to go.” -Nelle Morton
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“You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.” -Kate Morton
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“We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.” -Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott was born in 1793. Lucretia Mott passed on in 1880.
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“You only get paid for done.” -Dax Moy: “The Magic Hundred” (14 September 2008) as published at http://magichundred.blogspot.com/2008/09/you-only-get-rewards-for-done.html
Dax Moy was born on 20 September 1970. He is a British physical fitness trainer.
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“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence, nor imagination, nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, full name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfangus Theophilus Mozart, was born on 27 January 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He became a musician and a music composer. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart passed on at 35 years of age on 5 December 1791 in Vienna, Austria.
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“You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big, bold, righteous, and eternal.” -Barry Munro
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“Men will spend their health getting wealth; then, gladly pay all they have earned to get health back.” -Mike Murdock
Michael Dean ‘Mike’ Murdock was born on 18 April 1946 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America. He is a proponent of prosperity theology, pastor of the Wisdom Center ministry in Fort Worth, Texas, and host of the “Wisdom Keys with Mike Murdock” television program.
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“No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.” -Francois Muriac
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“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” -Elon Musk
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“Every life has a purpose. We need to let go of the past. Live in the present. Do not waste today worrying about what will happen tomorrow. Embrace your true spirit, embrace and listen to grace, and you will be transformed in the moment. Do not fixate on what you want but give thanks for what you have.” -Caroline Myss
Caroline Myss was born in 1952.
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“The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.” -Hamilton Wright Mabie
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“Those who compare the age in which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in imagination, may talk of degeneracy and decay; but no man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.” -Thomas Babington Macaulay: “History of England” (1849 - 1861), volume I, chapter 1
Thomas Babington Macaulay was born on 25 October 1800 in Leicestershire, England. He became a historian, a politician, a statesman, an essayist, and a poet. Thomas Babington Macaulay passed on at 59 years of age on 28 December 1859 in London, England.
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The smallest effort is not lost,
Each wavelet on the ocean tost
Aids in the ebb-tide or the flow;
Each rain-drop makes some floweret blow;
Each struggle lessens human woe.
-Charles Mackay: “Voices from the Crowd, and Town Lyrics” (1857): ‘The Old and the New’
Charles Mackay was born on 27 March 1814 in Perth, Scotland. He became a newspaper editor, a poet, a writer, an anthologist, a novelist, and a songwriter. He is known for his book “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” (1841). Charles Mackay passed on at 75 years of age on 24 December 1889 in London, England.
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“Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.” -Harvey B. Mackay
“If you have no destination, you’ll never get there.” -Harvey B. Mackay
“Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.” -Harvey B. Mackay
“You don’t have to know everything, as long as you know people who know the things you don’t.” -Harvey B. Mackay
Harvey B. Mackay was born in 1932 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He is a syndicated columnist, writer, speaker, and businessman.
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“It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.” -James Mackintosh
James Mackintosh was born on 24 October 1765 in Aldourie, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He became a historian and a statesman. James Mackintosh passed on at 66 years of age on 30 May 1832 in London, England.
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“There’s only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.” -Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish was born on 7 May 1892 in Glencoe, Illinois, United States of America. He was married to Ada Hitchcock in 1916. He became a poet, a playwright, an essayist, and a lawyer. He lived in Europe (1923 - 1928), was an editor of “Fortune Magazine” (1929 - 1938) in New York, and a professor at Harvard University (1949 - 1962). Archibald MacLeish passed on at 89 years of age on 20 April 1982 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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“When the answer to all questions is yes, you enter a new world, a world of action, possibility, and adventure.” -Patricia Ryan Madson
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Better guide the young than reclaim them when old
For the voice of true wisdom is calling
To rescue the fallen is good but ’tis best
To prevent other people from falling
Better close up the source of temptation and crime
Than deliver from dungeon or gallery
Better put a strong fence round the top of the cliff
Than an ambulance down in the valley.
-Joseph Malins
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“Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.” -Maxwell Maltz
“We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.” -Maxwell Maltz
Maxwell Maltz was born on 10 March 1899 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a cosmetic surgeon and a writer. He is known as the author of “Psycho-Cybernetics” (1960). Maxwell Maltz passed on at 76 years of age on 7 April 1975.
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“Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.” -Benoit Mandelbrot
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“You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time.” -Horace Mann
Horace Mann was born on 4 May 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a lawyer and an educator. Horace Mann passed on at 63 years of age on 2 August 1859 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States of America.
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“No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.” -Thomas Mann
“Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.” -Thomas Mann
Paul Thomas ‘Thomas’ Mann was born in 1875. He was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, and essayist. When World War II broke out in 1939, he immigrated to the United States of America, and then located to Switzerland in 1952. Paul Thomas ‘Thomas’ Mann passed on in 1955.
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“How would your life be different if . . . You stopped focusing on what you didn’t want and started focusing on what you do want? Let today be the day . . . You establish a clear intent, make a plan, and take actions towards your intent.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 31
“I’ve learned that if someone threatens my peace of mind, self-respect, or self-worth . . . I must walk away. I owe it to myself . . . I owe it to my future.” -Steve Maraboli
“It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.” -Steve Maraboli
“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.” -Steve Maraboli
“Never confuse someone else’s inability to do something with its inability to be done.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 16
“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” -Steve Maraboli: “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (1999)
Steve Maraboli was born on 18 April 1975. He is a professional speaker and a writer. Website https://stevemaraboli.net/.
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“Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?” -Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau was born in 1923.
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“Consumers are statistics. Customers are people.” -Stanley Marcus
Stanley Marcus was born in 1905. He became a chief executive officer of Neiman Marcus. Stanley Marcus passed on in 2002.
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“It is not what you were, it’s what you are today.” -David Marion
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There is a destiny that makes us brothers,
None goes his way alone;
All that we send into the lives of others,
Comes back into our own.
-Edwin Markham: “A Creed” (1900)
Edwin Markham was born on 23 April 1852 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States of America. He became a poet and a lecturer. Edwin Markham passed on at 87 years of age on 7 March 1940 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.” -Peter Marshall
“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.” -Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall was born in 1902. He was a Scottish-born American preacher, a writer, and a chaplain of the United States Senate. Peter Marshall passed on in 1949.
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“There is no limit to what you can imagine. And with commitment, with effort, what you can imagine you can become. Put your mind to work for you. Believe that you can do it. The world will tell you that you can’t. Yet in your belief you’ll find the strength, you’ll find the ability to do it anyway.” -Ralph Marston
“You don’t need anyone else’s permission to be happy. Your life is magnificent not because someone says it is, but because you choose to see it as such.” -Ralph Marston
“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” -Ralph Marston
Ralph Seymour Marston, Junior was born on 18 January 1955. He is an American writer. Author website https://greatday.com/.
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Defer not joys thou mayst not win from fate:
Judge only what is past to be thine own.
Cares with a linked chain of sorrows wait.
Mirth tarries not; but soon on wings is flown -
With both hands hold it - clasped in full embrace,
Still from thy heart it oft will glide away!
To say, “I mean to live” is folly’s place:
Tomorrow’s life comes late; live, then, today.
-Martial
“Each day provides its own gifts.” -Martial
“Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.” -Martial
Marcus Valerius Martialis, also known simply as Martial, was born in March in a year between C.E. 38 and C.E. 41 in Augusta Bilbilis (now Calatayud, Spain). He became a Roman poet, epigrammatist, and a satirist. He is known for his twelve books of epigrams, or short witty poems, published in Rome between C.E. 86 and C.E. 103. He wrote 1,561 epigrams, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. Marcus Valerius Martialis passed on sometime between C.E. 102 and C.E. 104 in Rome.
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“Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.” -Miss Manners: “Miss Manner’s Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior” (1982)
“Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you’re a hermit on a mountain, you don’t have to worry about etiquette; if somebody comes up the mountain, then you’ve got a problem. It matters because we want to live in reasonably harmonious communities.” -Miss Manners
Judith Martin, also known by the pseudonym Miss Manners, was born as Judith Perlman on 13 September 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. She became a newspaper columnist and an etiquette proponent.
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“Excellence in any art or profession is attained only by hard and persistent work. Never believe that you are perfect. When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins.” -Theodore Martin
Theodore Martin was born in 1816. He was a Scottish poet, biographer, and translator. Theodore Martin passed on in 1909.
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“There is no human life so poor and small as not to hold many a divine possibility.” -James Martineau
James Martineau was born on 21 April 1805 in Norwich, England. James Martineau passed on at 94 years of age on 11 January 1900 in London, England.
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“The great lesson . . . is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s back yard.” -Abraham Maslow
“There are no perfect human beings. Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers . . . even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.” -Abraham Maslow
Abraham Harold Maslow was born on 1 April 1908 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a psychologist and a professor of psychology, and is best known for creating ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,’ a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority. He stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in people, as opposed to treating them as a ‘bag of symptoms.’ Abraham Harold Maslow passed on at 62 years of age on 8 June 1970 in Menlo Park, California, United States of America.
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“As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time.” -John Mason
John Mason was born in 1706. John Mason passed on in 1773.
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“The difficulties, hardships, and trials of life, the obstacles one encounters on the road to fortune, are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance. Peril is the element in which power is developed.” -William Mathews
William Mathews was born in 1818. William Mathews passed on in 1909.
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“Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.” -W. Somerset Maugham
“There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.” -W. Somerset Maugham
“Whatever anguish she suffered she concealed. She saw shrewdly that the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.” -W. Somerset Maugham: “The Moon and Sixpence” (1919), Chapter 16
William Somerset Maugham, also known as W. Somerset Maugham, was born on 25 January 1874 at the United Kingdom’s embassy in Paris, France. He was married to Syrie Wellcome in 1917. He studied to be a physician, but after the great success of his first novel, “Liza of Lambeth” (1897), he decided to become a novelist, a short-story writer, and a playwright. He spent the next 65 years as a novelist, a dramatist (playwright), and a short story writer. William Somerset Maugham passed on at 91 years of age on 16 December 1965 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
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“He who wants to do everything will never do anything.” -André Maurois
“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.” -André Maurois
André Maurois was born as Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, who was born on 26 July 1885 in Elbeuf, France. He became a French writer. André Maurois passed on at 82 years of age on 9 October 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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“Look upon the sunny side of each word and thought, and you shall be satisfied, you shall lack for naught.” -Julia Harris May: “The Sunny Side”
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“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” -Foster C. McClellan
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The cricket’s gone; we only hear machines
In erg and atom they exact their pay.
And life is largely lived on silver screens.
-David McCord
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“People don’t ever seem to relate that doing what’s right is no guarantee against misfortune.” -William McFee: “Casuals of the Sea” (1916)
William McFee was born in 1881. He was an English writer of tales of the sea. William McFee passed on in 1966.
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“If you want good things to happen in your life, you first have to believe good things are possible for yourself. Quit allowing negative and cynical thinking to get in the way of the good life you deserve.” -Bryant McGill
“The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars, and the selfish hide in high places.” -Bryant McGill
Bryant H. McGill was born in 1969.
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“Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.” -Alan Loy McGinnis
“Nearly every one of us is starving to be appreciated, and, when someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way.” -Alan Loy McGinnis: “Bringing Out the Best in People”
“People never get to laugh as much as they’d like, or have as much fun as they want. If you can construct your class, your team, or your committee so that laughter brakes out frequently, you’ll have people clamoring to join your group.” -Alan Loy McGinnis: “Bringing Out the Best in People”
“There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone succeed.” -Alan Loy McGinnis
Alan Loy McGinnis was born on 10 November 1933 in Friendswood, Texas, United States of America. He was a writer, a speaker, a Christian family therapist, and the found of the Valley Counseling Center in Glendale, California. Alan Loy McGinnis passed on at 71 years of age on 9 January 2005 in Glendale, California, United States of America.
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“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” -Tim McGraw
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“Joy is increased by spreading it to others.” -Robert Murray M’Cheyne: letter (27 June 1839)
Robert Murray M’Cheyne, sometimes spelled McCheyne, was born on 21 May 1813 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He became a poet and a minister (1835 - 1843) in the Church of Scotland. Robert Murray M’Cheyne passed on at 29 years of age on 25 March 1843 in Dundee, Scotland.
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“The Lord’s Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, and there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence. Yet government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26,911 words.” -David McIntosh
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“Accept the pain, cherish the joys, resolve the regrets; then can come the best of benedictions - ‘If I had my life to live over, I’d do it all the same.’” -Joan McIntosh
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“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.” -David O. McKay
David Oman McKay was born on 8 September 1873 in Huntsville, Utah, United States of America. He became a religious leader and an educator who served as the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1951 - 1970). David Oman McKay passed on at 96 years of age on 18 January 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
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“No one really listens to anyone else and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.” -Mignon McLaughlin
“‘Pull yourself together’ is seldom said to anyone who can.” -Mignon McLaughlin: “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
Mignon McLaughlin was born on 6 June 1913 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. She became a journalist, a short story writer, and an aphorist. Mignon McLaughlin passed on at 70 years of age on 20 December 1983 in Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America.
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“You can be a rooster one day and a feather duster the next.” -Frank McManus: as quoted in the “Sydney Morning Herald” (28 December 1974), commenting on politics
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“After you’ve heard two eyewitnesses of a motor accident, you begin to worry about history.” -John McNab
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“It’s your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious.” -Peter McWilliams
“Learn to ask for what you want . . . The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for - which is precisely where you were before you asked.” -Peter McWilliams
Peter Alexander McWilliams was born on 5 August 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. He became a writer of self-help books, a poet, and a photographer. Peter Alexander McWilliams passed on at 50 years of age on 14 June 2000 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Website: http://www.PeterMcWilliams.org.
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“I learned the value of hard work by working hard.” -Margaret Mead
“I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to his or her fellow human beings.” -Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead was born on 16 December 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She became an anthropologist. Margaret Mead passed on at 76 years of age on 15 November 1978 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.” -Jayne Meadows
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If you don’t like life, it’s the way you’re livin’
A little less takin’, a bit more givin’;
A little less hatin’, a little more lovin’;
A little more helpin’, not so much shovin’;
A little more smilin’, not so much strife,
And soon you will be in love with life.
-J. W. T. Meehan
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“He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.” -Menander of Athens
“The man who runs may fight again.” -Menander of Athens: “Monostikoi”
Menander of Athens was born in 342 B.C.E. in Kifissia, Athens, Greece. He was a dramatist of ancient Greece. Menander of Athens passed on at about 51 years of age in 291 B.C.E. in Piraeus, Athens, Greece.
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“Don’t do what should not be done, and don’t desire what should not be desired. Abide by this one precept, and everything else will follow.” -Mencius
“The great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.” -Mencius
Mencius, born Mèng kē or Mengzi and also known as Meng-tse, was born in about 372 B.C.E. He was a Chinese philosopher. Mencius passed on in about 289 B.C.E.
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“It is infinitely more exciting to live a life of catastrophic failures than a life of could-haves, should-haves and would-haves.” -M. H. Meng
Moh Hon Meng.
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“What’s done to children, they will do to society.” -Karl Menninger
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“A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.” -Robert G. Menzies
Robert G. Menzies was born in 1894. Robert G. Menzies passed on in 1978.
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“You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.” -Angela Merici
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“Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally.” -Thomas Merton
“The biggest human temptation is . . . to settle for too little.” -Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton, also known as Father Louis, was born on 31 January 1915 in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. He became a writer, a poet, a priest, and a Catholic Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, United States of America. He is known for the book, “Seven Storey Mountain” (1948). In 1949, he became an ordained priest and was given the name Father Louis. Thomas Merton passed on at 53 years of age on 10 December 1968 in Samut Prakan, Thailand.
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“The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have.” -Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner was born on 17 September 1944 in Brixen, Italy. He is an alpinest, or a mountaineer who does difficult climbs.
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“All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.” -John Stuart Mill
“His eminence was due to the flatness of the surrounding landscape.” -John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was born on 20 May 1806 in Pentonville, London, England. He became a philosopher, a political economist, and a civil servant. John Stuart Mill passed on at 66 years of age on 8 May 1873 in Avignon, France.
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“If you analyze anything, you destroy it.” -Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller was born on 17 October 1915 in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became a playwright, a novelist, a short story writer, and an essayist. Among his plays are “All My Sons,” “The Crucible,” and “A View from the Bridge.” He also wrote the screenplay for the film, “The Misfits.” Arthur Asher Miller passed on at 89 years of age on 10 February 2005 in Roxbury, Connecticut, United States of America.
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“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.” -Henry Miller
“One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.” -Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller was born on 26 December 1891 in Yorkville, New York City, New York, United States of America. He became an essayist, a travel memoirist, a literary critic, a watercolor painter, and a novelist. His works include the books, “Tropic of Cancer” and “Tropic of Capricorn.” He lived in Europe from 1930 to 1940. Henry Valentine Miller passed on at 88 years of age on 7 June 1980 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
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“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” -John Homer Miller
John Homer Miller was born in 1839. John Homer Miller passed on in 1913.
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“If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don’t; then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.” -Matt D. Miller
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“Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it.” -Merle Miller
Merle Miller was born on 17 May 1919 in Montour, Iowa, United States of America. He became a writer. Merle Miller passed on at 67 years of age on 10 June 1986 in Danbury, Connecticut, United States of America.
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“They also serve who only stand and wait.” -John Milton
John Milton was born on 9 December 1608 in Bread Street, London, England. He became a poet, a pamphleteer, and a civil servant. He went blind in 1652, and wrote his epic blank verse poem, “Paradise Lost” in 1667. John Milton passed on at 65 years of age on 8 November 1674 in Bunhill Row, London, England.
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“Specialists get paid well, while those who know a little about many things make good conversation at parties.” -Mark Minervini
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“Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the ‘best’ in your chosen field, whatever it is.” -Donald Grant Mitchell
Donald Grant Mitchell was born in 1822. He was an American writer. Donald Grant Mitchell passed on in 1908.
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Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I’ve looked at love that way.
-Joni Mitchell “Both Sides Now” (1969) song
I’ve looked at life from both sides now,
From up and down, and still somehow,
It’s life’s illusions I recall . . .
I really don’t know life at all.
-Joni Mitchell: “Both Sides Now” (1969) song
Roberta Joan Anderson ‘Joni’ Mitchell.
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“It’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do about it that makes the difference.” -W. Mitchell
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“Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.” -Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal is an Indian-born steel magnate.
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“It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.” -Moliere: “Le Misanthrope” (1666), Act V, Scene iv
“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” -Molière
“Things are only worth what you make them worth.” -Molière
Molière is a pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, who was born on 15 January 1622 in Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, France. He became a playwright, an actor, a director, and a poet. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin passed on at 51 years of age on 17 February 1673 in Rue de Richelieu, Paris, France.
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“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” -Claude Monet
Oscar-Claude ‘Claude’ Monet was born in 1840. The term “Impressionism” is derived from the title of his painting, “Impression, soleil levant,” which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon de Paris. Oscar-Claude ‘Claude’ Monet passed on in 1926.
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“Fight the good fight with all thy might.” -J. S. B. Monsell
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“The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.” -Thomas S. Monson
Thomas Spencer Monson was born on 21 August 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He became a bishop and the sixteenth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thomas Spencer Monson passed on at 90 years of age on 2 January 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
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“I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there be no redress.” -Elizabeth Montagu
Elizabeth Montagu was born as Elizabeth Robinson on 2 October 1718 in Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth Montagu passed on at 77 years of age on 25 August 1800 in London, England.
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“A good example is far better than a good precept.” -Dwight L. Moody
“The only way to keep a broken vessel full is to keep it always under the tap.” -Dwight L. Moody
“True will-power and courage are not on the battlefield, but in everyday conquests over our inertia, laziness, and boredom.” -Dwight L. Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody, also known as D. L. Moody, was born on 5 February 1837 in Northfield, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a Christian evangelist and a publisher, connected with the Holiness Movement. He is known as the founder of the Moody Church, Northfield School, and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, as well as the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. Dwight Lyman Moody passed on at 62 years of age on 22 December 1899 in Northfield, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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“A great artist is always before his time or behind it.” -George Moore
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” -George Moore
George Augustus Moore was born in on 24 February 1852. He was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist, and dramatist. George Augustus Moore passed on at 80 years of age on 21 January 1933.
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“I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s.” -Henry Moore
“The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.” -Henry Moore
Henry Moor was born in 1898. He was an English sculptor. Henry Moore passed on in 1986.
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“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.” -Marianne Craig Moore
“The heart that gives, gathers.” -Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moore was born on 15 November 1887 in Kirkwood, Missouri, United States of America. Marianne Craig Moore passed on at 84 years of age on 5 February 1972 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore was born on 29 December 1937. She was an American actress. Mary Tylor Moore passed on at 79 years of age on 25 January 2017.
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“How goodness heightens beauty!” -Hannah More
“We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.” -Hannah More
Hannah More was born on 2 February 1745. She was an English religious writer and social reformer. Hannah More passed on at 88 years of age on 7 September 1833.
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“The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.” -Morell
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“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” -J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan, Senior, also known as J. P. Morgan, was born on 17 April 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. He became a banker, a financier, an art collector, and a philanthropist. In 1892, he arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company, to form General Electric. After financing the creation of the Federal Steel Company, he merged it in 1901 with the Carnegie Steel Company and several other steel and iron businesses, including Consolidated Steel and Wire Company, to form the United States Steel Corporation. John Pierpont Morgan, Senior passed on at 75 years of age on 31 March 1913 in Rome, Italy.
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“In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.” -Christopher Morley
“Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you’re not really interested in order to get where you’re going.” -Christopher Morley
“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.” -Christopher Morley
“There is only one rule for being a good talker: learn to listen.” -Christopher Morley
Christopher Darlington Morley was born on 5 May 1890 in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He became a journalist, a novelist, an essayist, a poet, a lecturer, and a playwright. He was a founder and long-time contributing editor of the “Saturday Review of Literature.” Christopher Darlington Morley passed on at 66 years of age on 28 March 1957 in Roslyn, New York, United States of America.
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“Life’s a balancing act. You have multiple roles and goals, and you can do it all - just not all at once.” -Denise Morrison
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“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” -Dwight Morrow: as quoted in the “San Francisco News” (1 June 1949) (similar quotation attributed to Milton Friedman)
Dwight Whitney Morrow was born on 11 January 1873 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America. He became a lawyer, a banker, and a diplomat. Dwight Whitney Morrow passed on at 58 years of age on 5 October 1931 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States of America.
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“You are destined to fly, but that cocoon has to go.” -Nelle Morton
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“You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.” -Kate Morton
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“We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.” -Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott was born in 1793. Lucretia Mott passed on in 1880.
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“You only get paid for done.” -Dax Moy: “The Magic Hundred” (14 September 2008) as published at http://magichundred.blogspot.com/2008/09/you-only-get-rewards-for-done.html
Dax Moy was born on 20 September 1970. He is a British physical fitness trainer.
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“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence, nor imagination, nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, full name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfangus Theophilus Mozart, was born on 27 January 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He became a musician and a music composer. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart passed on at 35 years of age on 5 December 1791 in Vienna, Austria.
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“You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big, bold, righteous, and eternal.” -Barry Munro
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“Men will spend their health getting wealth; then, gladly pay all they have earned to get health back.” -Mike Murdock
Michael Dean ‘Mike’ Murdock was born on 18 April 1946 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America. He is a proponent of prosperity theology, pastor of the Wisdom Center ministry in Fort Worth, Texas, and host of the “Wisdom Keys with Mike Murdock” television program.
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“No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.” -Francois Muriac
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“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” -Elon Musk
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“Every life has a purpose. We need to let go of the past. Live in the present. Do not waste today worrying about what will happen tomorrow. Embrace your true spirit, embrace and listen to grace, and you will be transformed in the moment. Do not fixate on what you want but give thanks for what you have.” -Caroline Myss
Caroline Myss was born in 1952.
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