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“To be a person of truth, be swayed neither by approval nor disapproval. Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.” -Nachman of Breslov
“You are never given an obstacle you cannot overcome.” -Nachman of Breslov
Nachman of Breslov was born in 1772 in Medzeboz, Ukraine. He was a great-grandson of Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. He became a “Torah” sage, teacher of Hasidic Judaism, and the founder of the Breslov Hasidic sect. Believers of the Breslov Hasidic sect endeavor to develop a blissful relationship with God and believe in prayer as the principle expression of religious life. Nachman of Breslov is known as the author of the work, “Likutey Moharan,” composed partially by himself and partially by his chief disciple, Rabbi Nossan Sternhartz. Nachman of Breslov passed on at 38 years of age in 1810 in Uman, Ukraine.
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“All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.” -Rose Namajunas
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“It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.” -George Jean Nathan
George Jean Nathan was born in 1882. He was an American drama critic, social critic, and editor. He worked closely with H. L. Mencken, bringing the literary magazine, “The Smart Set,” to prominence as an editor, and co-founding and editing “The American Mercury” and “The American Spectator.” George Jean Nathan passed on in 1958.
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“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against not with the wind. No man ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm.” -John Neal
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“I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren’t more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them in line. Most people have gotten it wrong because our culture says being hard on yourself is the way to be.” -Kristen Neff
“Unlike self-criticism, which asks if you’re good enough, self-compassion asks, ‘What’s good for you?’” -Kristin Neff
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“Most things, except agriculture, can wait.” -Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru was born in 1889. He was an Indian statesman. Jawaharlal Nehru passed on in 1964.
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“Of those who say nothing few are silent.” -Thomas Neil
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“There is no conflict between science and religion. Conflict only arises from an incomplete knowledge of either science or religion, or both.” -Russell M. Nelson
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“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” -Willie Nelson
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” -Willie Nelson
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“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.” -Mabel Newcomber
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“Fear not that life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.” -John Henry Newman
“Growth is the only evidence of life.” -John Henry Newman
“In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” -John Henry Newman
“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” -John Henry Newman: “The Development of Christian Doctrine” (1834)
John Henry Newman, also known as Cardinal Newman, was born on 21 February 1801 in London, England. He became a minister in the Church of England in 1824. In 1845, he converted to Roman Catholicism, become an ordained priest in 1848, and then become a cardinal in 1879. He wrote two novels, “Loss and Gain,” and “Callista.” John Henry Newman passed on at 89 years of age on 11 August 1890 in Birmingham, England.
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“If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years, where the necessities of life come without severe strain, where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered.” -A. Edward Newton
A. Edward Newton is Alfred Edward Newton.
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“People forget how fast you did a job but they remember how well you did it.” -Howard W. Newton
“The thoughtless are rarely wordless.” -Howard W. Newton
“When a man blames others for his failures, it’s a good idea to credit others with his successes.” -Howard W. Newton
Howard W. Newton was born in 1903. He was an American advertising executive and magazine columnist. Howard W. Newton passed on in 1951.
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Thro’ many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
-John Newton
“We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.” -John Newton
John Newton was born in 1725. John Newton passed on in 1807.
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“The discovery of the Square was a great event to the primitive mystics of the Nile. Very early it became an emblem of truth, justice, and righteousness, and it remains to this day through unaccountable ages have passed.” -J. F. Newton
“People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” -J. F. Newton
“We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us, how we can take it, what we do with it, and that is what really counts in the end. How to take the raw stuff of life and make it a thing of worth and beauty that is the test of living.” -J. F. Newton
Joseph Fort Newton, also known as J. F. Newton, was born in 1878. Joseph Fort Newton passed on in 1949.
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“I think being happy keeps you looking young.” -Olivia Newton-John
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“If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” -Kevin Ngo
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“To dig in one’s own earth with one’s own spade, does life hold anything better?” -Beverly Nichols
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“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” -Ralph Nichols
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“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration . . . and expectation.” -Jack Nicklaus
“Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them.” -Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus was born in 1940. He is an American professional golfer.
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“A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. They surround the worlds ignorance and press for admission.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“It is better to create than to be learned; creating is the true essence of life.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do however virtuous can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
Karl Paul Reinhold ‘Reinhold’ Niebuhr was born in 1892. He was an American theologian, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary. Among his most influential books are “Moral Man and Immoral Society” and “The Nature and Destiny of Man.” Karl Paul Reinhold ‘Reinhold’ Niebuhr passed on in 1971.
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“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard and then succeed on purpose.” -G. K. Nielson
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“A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.” -Chester W. Nimitz
Chester William Nimitz was born in 1885. He was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. Chester William Nimitz passed on in 1966.
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“Dreams are necessary to life.” -Anaïs Nin
“The function of art is to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” -Anaïs Nin
“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.” -Anaïs Nin
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin
“When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.” -Anaïs Nin
“When you possess light within, you see it externally.” -Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin was born on 21 February 1903 as Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell. She was a French-born American writer and diarist. She became famous for her published journals, which span several decades. Anaïs Nin passed on at 73 years of age on 14 January 1977.
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“If my heart can become pure and simple like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.” [translation to English]
“Jika hati saya dapat menjadi murni dan sederhana, seperti hati seorang anak, saya pikir mungkin tidak ada kebahagiaan yang lebih besar dari ini.” [original Japanese]
-Kitaro Nishida
Kitarō Nishada was born on 19 May 1870 in Unokema, Ishikawa, Japan. He became a moral philosopher and a religious scholar. He is known as the founder of the Kyoto School of philosophy. Kitarō Nishada passed on at 75 years of age on 7 June 1945 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.
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“Every winner has scars.” -Robert N. C. Nix
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“A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar.” -Louis Nizer
“True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.” -Louis Nizer
“Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.” -Louis Nizer
Louis Nizer was born in 1902. He was an English-born American lawyer. Louis Nizer passed on in 1994.
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“Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.” -Alex Noble
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“And I was afraid because I knew I had outgrown my past before I could see a path to my future.” -Han Nolan
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“Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, and troubadours, for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.” -Jacob Nordby
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“Anything, everything, little or big, becomes an adventure then the right person shares it.” -Kathleen Norris
“In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.” -Kathleen Norris
“Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.” -Kathleen Norris
“Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.” -Kathleen Norris: “Hands Full of Living”
“Life is easier to take than you’d think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable.” -Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Thompson ‘Kathy’ Norris was born on 16 July 1880 in San Francisco, California, United States of America. She became a novelist and a newspaper columnist. Kathleen Thompson ‘Kathy’ Norris passed on at 85 years of age on 18 January 1966 in San Francisco, California, United States of America.
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“Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features.” -James Northcote: as quoted originally in “New Monthly Magazine” (1826 - 1827) and later in James Northcote and William Hazlitt: “Conversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A.” (1830)
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“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” -Christiane Northrup
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“The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.” -Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton was born in 1937.
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“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” -Henri Nouwen
“This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.” -Henri Nouwen
Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen was born on 24 January 1932 in Nijkerk, Netherlands. He became a Dutch Catholic priest, a professor, a writer, and a theologian. Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen passed on at 64 years of age on 21 September 1996 in Hilversum, Netherlands.
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“Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.” -Michael Novak
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“I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.” -Novalis: “Heinrich von Ofterdingen” (1802), book 2
Novalis is a pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, who was born on 2 May 1772 in Wiederstedt, Electorate of Saxony. He became a poet, a writer, a civil engineer, and a mineralogist. Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg passed on at 28 years of age on 25 March 1801 in Weissenfels, Electorate of Saxony.
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“It is the job of the people to question the right to rule, not the job of those who rule to question the rights of the people.” -Justin Nutt
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“I am willing to put myself through anything - temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers - an often painful process.” -Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad is a long-distance swimmer.
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“Be virtuous and you will be happy, but you will be lonesome sometimes.” -Edgar Wilson Nye
Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye was born in 1850. He was an American humorist. Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye passed on in 1896.
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“To be a person of truth, be swayed neither by approval nor disapproval. Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.” -Nachman of Breslov
“You are never given an obstacle you cannot overcome.” -Nachman of Breslov
Nachman of Breslov was born in 1772 in Medzeboz, Ukraine. He was a great-grandson of Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. He became a “Torah” sage, teacher of Hasidic Judaism, and the founder of the Breslov Hasidic sect. Believers of the Breslov Hasidic sect endeavor to develop a blissful relationship with God and believe in prayer as the principle expression of religious life. Nachman of Breslov is known as the author of the work, “Likutey Moharan,” composed partially by himself and partially by his chief disciple, Rabbi Nossan Sternhartz. Nachman of Breslov passed on at 38 years of age in 1810 in Uman, Ukraine.
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“All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.” -Rose Namajunas
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“It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.” -George Jean Nathan
George Jean Nathan was born in 1882. He was an American drama critic, social critic, and editor. He worked closely with H. L. Mencken, bringing the literary magazine, “The Smart Set,” to prominence as an editor, and co-founding and editing “The American Mercury” and “The American Spectator.” George Jean Nathan passed on in 1958.
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“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against not with the wind. No man ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm.” -John Neal
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“I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren’t more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them in line. Most people have gotten it wrong because our culture says being hard on yourself is the way to be.” -Kristen Neff
“Unlike self-criticism, which asks if you’re good enough, self-compassion asks, ‘What’s good for you?’” -Kristin Neff
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“Most things, except agriculture, can wait.” -Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru was born in 1889. He was an Indian statesman. Jawaharlal Nehru passed on in 1964.
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“Of those who say nothing few are silent.” -Thomas Neil
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“There is no conflict between science and religion. Conflict only arises from an incomplete knowledge of either science or religion, or both.” -Russell M. Nelson
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“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” -Willie Nelson
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” -Willie Nelson
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“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.” -Mabel Newcomber
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“Fear not that life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.” -John Henry Newman
“Growth is the only evidence of life.” -John Henry Newman
“In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” -John Henry Newman
“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” -John Henry Newman: “The Development of Christian Doctrine” (1834)
John Henry Newman, also known as Cardinal Newman, was born on 21 February 1801 in London, England. He became a minister in the Church of England in 1824. In 1845, he converted to Roman Catholicism, become an ordained priest in 1848, and then become a cardinal in 1879. He wrote two novels, “Loss and Gain,” and “Callista.” John Henry Newman passed on at 89 years of age on 11 August 1890 in Birmingham, England.
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“If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years, where the necessities of life come without severe strain, where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered.” -A. Edward Newton
A. Edward Newton is Alfred Edward Newton.
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“People forget how fast you did a job but they remember how well you did it.” -Howard W. Newton
“The thoughtless are rarely wordless.” -Howard W. Newton
“When a man blames others for his failures, it’s a good idea to credit others with his successes.” -Howard W. Newton
Howard W. Newton was born in 1903. He was an American advertising executive and magazine columnist. Howard W. Newton passed on in 1951.
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Thro’ many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
-John Newton
“We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.” -John Newton
John Newton was born in 1725. John Newton passed on in 1807.
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“The discovery of the Square was a great event to the primitive mystics of the Nile. Very early it became an emblem of truth, justice, and righteousness, and it remains to this day through unaccountable ages have passed.” -J. F. Newton
“People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” -J. F. Newton
“We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us, how we can take it, what we do with it, and that is what really counts in the end. How to take the raw stuff of life and make it a thing of worth and beauty that is the test of living.” -J. F. Newton
Joseph Fort Newton, also known as J. F. Newton, was born in 1878. Joseph Fort Newton passed on in 1949.
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“I think being happy keeps you looking young.” -Olivia Newton-John
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“If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” -Kevin Ngo
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“To dig in one’s own earth with one’s own spade, does life hold anything better?” -Beverly Nichols
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“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” -Ralph Nichols
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“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration . . . and expectation.” -Jack Nicklaus
“Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them.” -Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus was born in 1940. He is an American professional golfer.
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“A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. They surround the worlds ignorance and press for admission.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“It is better to create than to be learned; creating is the true essence of life.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do however virtuous can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
“The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
Karl Paul Reinhold ‘Reinhold’ Niebuhr was born in 1892. He was an American theologian, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary. Among his most influential books are “Moral Man and Immoral Society” and “The Nature and Destiny of Man.” Karl Paul Reinhold ‘Reinhold’ Niebuhr passed on in 1971.
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“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard and then succeed on purpose.” -G. K. Nielson
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“A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.” -Chester W. Nimitz
Chester William Nimitz was born in 1885. He was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. Chester William Nimitz passed on in 1966.
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“Dreams are necessary to life.” -Anaïs Nin
“The function of art is to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” -Anaïs Nin
“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.” -Anaïs Nin
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin
“When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.” -Anaïs Nin
“When you possess light within, you see it externally.” -Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin was born on 21 February 1903 as Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell. She was a French-born American writer and diarist. She became famous for her published journals, which span several decades. Anaïs Nin passed on at 73 years of age on 14 January 1977.
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“If my heart can become pure and simple like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.” [translation to English]
“Jika hati saya dapat menjadi murni dan sederhana, seperti hati seorang anak, saya pikir mungkin tidak ada kebahagiaan yang lebih besar dari ini.” [original Japanese]
-Kitaro Nishida
Kitarō Nishada was born on 19 May 1870 in Unokema, Ishikawa, Japan. He became a moral philosopher and a religious scholar. He is known as the founder of the Kyoto School of philosophy. Kitarō Nishada passed on at 75 years of age on 7 June 1945 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.
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“Every winner has scars.” -Robert N. C. Nix
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“A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar.” -Louis Nizer
“True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.” -Louis Nizer
“Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.” -Louis Nizer
Louis Nizer was born in 1902. He was an English-born American lawyer. Louis Nizer passed on in 1994.
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“Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.” -Alex Noble
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“And I was afraid because I knew I had outgrown my past before I could see a path to my future.” -Han Nolan
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“Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, and troubadours, for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.” -Jacob Nordby
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“Anything, everything, little or big, becomes an adventure then the right person shares it.” -Kathleen Norris
“In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.” -Kathleen Norris
“Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.” -Kathleen Norris
“Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.” -Kathleen Norris: “Hands Full of Living”
“Life is easier to take than you’d think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable.” -Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Thompson ‘Kathy’ Norris was born on 16 July 1880 in San Francisco, California, United States of America. She became a novelist and a newspaper columnist. Kathleen Thompson ‘Kathy’ Norris passed on at 85 years of age on 18 January 1966 in San Francisco, California, United States of America.
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“Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features.” -James Northcote: as quoted originally in “New Monthly Magazine” (1826 - 1827) and later in James Northcote and William Hazlitt: “Conversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A.” (1830)
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“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” -Christiane Northrup
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“The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.” -Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton was born in 1937.
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“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” -Henri Nouwen
“This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.” -Henri Nouwen
Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen was born on 24 January 1932 in Nijkerk, Netherlands. He became a Dutch Catholic priest, a professor, a writer, and a theologian. Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen passed on at 64 years of age on 21 September 1996 in Hilversum, Netherlands.
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“Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.” -Michael Novak
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“I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.” -Novalis: “Heinrich von Ofterdingen” (1802), book 2
Novalis is a pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, who was born on 2 May 1772 in Wiederstedt, Electorate of Saxony. He became a poet, a writer, a civil engineer, and a mineralogist. Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg passed on at 28 years of age on 25 March 1801 in Weissenfels, Electorate of Saxony.
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“It is the job of the people to question the right to rule, not the job of those who rule to question the rights of the people.” -Justin Nutt
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“I am willing to put myself through anything - temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers - an often painful process.” -Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad is a long-distance swimmer.
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“Be virtuous and you will be happy, but you will be lonesome sometimes.” -Edgar Wilson Nye
Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye was born in 1850. He was an American humorist. Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye passed on in 1896.
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