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“Nature abhors a vacuum.” -François Rabelais
François Rabelais was born in 1494. He was a French monk, satirist, and physician. François Rabelais passed on in 1553.
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“As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” -Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner was born in 1946. She was an American actress and comedienne. Gilda Radner passed on in 1989.
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“Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love, light, and compassion. Life will be beautiful.” -Amit Ray
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“This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.” -Scott Reed
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“Some people have such open minds that nothing stays in them long.” -J. Tudor Rees
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“If you take care of the little things the big things take care of themselves.” -R. Reese
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“Once you choose hope, anything is possible.” -Christopher Reeve
“You make a choice or set a goal and let people know about it. Then just getting started leads to the discovery of internal resources that help us to go further than we ever thought we could.” -Christopher Reeve: “Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life” (2002)
Christopher D’Olier Reeve was born on 25 September 1952 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became an actor. He is known for his portrayal of the fictional character Superman. Christopher D’Olier Reeve passed on at 52 years of age on 10 October 2004 in Mount Kisco, New York, United States of America.
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“You can if you think you can.” -George Reeves (similar quotation attributed to Henry Ford)
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“Our work-a-day lives are filled with opportunities to bless others. The power of a single glance or an encouraging smile must never be underestimated.” -G. Richard Reiger: as quoted in “Attitudes of Gratitude,” page 39
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“I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.” -Jules Renard
“If you are afraid of being lonely, don’t try to be right.” -Jules Renard
“The truly free man is the one who will turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.” -Jules Renard
Jules Renard was born in 1864. Jules Renard passed on in 1920.
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“The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.” -Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier was born in 1858. Agnes Repplier passed on in 1950.
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“I’m very determined and stubborn. There’s a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.” -Mary Lou Retton
“Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.” -Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton is an American Olympic gymnast.
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“I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.” -Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. He was a British businessman, diamond mining magnate, and Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890 - 1896). Cecil Rhodes passed on at 48 years of age on 26 March 1902 in Muizenberg, Cape Colony (now South Africa).
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“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.” -Anne Rice: “The Witching Hour” (1990)
Anne Rice was born in 1941. She is an American writer.
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“It doesn’t matter where you came from. It only matters where you’re going.” -Condoleezza Rice
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“Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.” -Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice was born in 1880. He was an American journalist and sports writer. Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice passed on in 1954.
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“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” -Norman B. Rice
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“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s.” -Jean Paul Richter
“A scholar knows no boredom.” -Jean Paul Richter
“Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.” -Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul is a pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, who was born on 21 March 1763 in Wunsiedel, Holy Roman Empire (now Wunsiedel, Germany). He became a humor novelist. Johann Paul Friedrich Richter passed on at 62 years of age on 14 November 1825 in Bayreuth, German Confederation (now Bayreuth, Germany).
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“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.” -Edward V. Rickenbacker
Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker was born on 8 October 1890 in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. He became an American fighter pilot with the rank of captain during World War 1, and later a businessman. Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker passed on at 82 years of age on 23 July 1973 in Zürich, Switzerland.
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“To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.” -James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley was born on 7 October 1849 in a two-room cabin in Greenfield, Indiana, United States of America. He became a writer and a poet. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that he wrote, the majority are in dialect. His best-known works include “Little Orphant Annie” and “The Raggedy Man.” He served on the staff of the “Indianapolis Journal” newspaper. James Whitcomb Riley passed on at 66 years of age on 22 July 1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.
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“Don’t let other people tell you what you want.” -Pat Riley
“Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.” -Pat Riley
“Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won’t get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.” -Pat Riley
Pat Riley is a basketball coach.
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“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” -Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, also known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was born on 4 December 1875 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He became a German poet and novelist. René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke passed on at 51 years of age on 29 December 1926 in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland.
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“I am no longer willing to drive into the future using my rearview mirror as my tool of navigation.” -Tony Robbins
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” -Tony Robbins
“Keep your goals in front of you and your fears behind you.” -Tony Robbins
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” -Tony Robbins
“Successful people ask better questions and as a result they get better answers.” -Anthony Robbins
Anthony Jay ‘Tony’ Robbins was born on 29 February 1960 in North Hollywood, California, United States of America. He is an actor, a self-help writer, and a motivational speaker.
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How a minority,
Reaching majority,
Seizing authority,
Hates a minority.
-Leonard H. Robbins: “Minorities”
Leonard H. Robbins was born in 1877. He was an American writer. Leonard H. Robbins passed on in 1947.
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“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” -Cavett Robert
Cavett Robert was born 14 November 1907 in Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America. In 1973, he founded the National Speakers Association. Cavett Robert passed on at 89 years of age on 15 September 1997.
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“Shared grief diminishes, but shared joy increases.” -Spider Robinson
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“Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it’s letting go.” -Sylvia Robinson
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“There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet; but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.” -Victor Robinson
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“Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.” -John D. Rockefeller, Junior
“I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common, not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.” -John D. Rockefeller, Junior
John Davison Rockefeller, Junior was born on 29 January 1874. He was an American financier and philanthropist. John Davison Rockefeller, Junior passed on at 86 years of age on 11 May 1960.
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“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” -John D. Rockefeller
“I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.” -John D. Rockefeller, as quoted in Orison Swett Marden: “How They Succeeded” (1901)
“I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere moneymaking has never been my goal. I had an ambition to build.” -John D. Rockefeller, Senior: as quoted in Allen Nevins: “Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller,” volume 1
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” -John D. Rockefeller: as quoted in Zig Ziglar: “Steps to the Top” (1985), page 16
“Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” -John D. Rockefeller: as attributed in Peter Collier and David Horowitz: “The Rockefellers” (1976)
“When work goes out of style, we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.” -John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller, Senior was born on 8 July 1839. He became an industrialist and a philanthropist. In 1870, he co-founded the Standard Oil Company. John Davison Rockefeller, Senior passed on at 97 years of age on 23 May 1937.
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“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” -Rikki Rogers
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“Within most human beings lies a great resource normally untapped, but there, waiting to be summoned up in moments of stress. Call it strength, courage - whatever it is, it pulls us through against the longest odds.” -Ruth Roman: commenting after the rescue at sea of herself and her son, following the sinking of the ship “Andrea Doria”
Ruth Roman was born in 1922. She was an American actress. Ruth Roman passed on in 1999.
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“At the right time, in the right light, everything is extraordinary.” -Aaron Rose
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“Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many you brought with you.” -Will Rose
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“Great nations and great empires only live so long as they are thrifty; the moment they begin to waste or disburse their resources, the day of their end is at hand.” -Lord Rosebery
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“Money doesn’t bring happiness and creativity. Your creativity and happiness brings money.” -Sam Rosen
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“All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination.” -Ruth Ross
“There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important.” -Ruth Ross (similar quotation attributed to Jim Rohn)
Ruth Miriam Ross, also known as Ruth Miriam Burnard, was born as Ruth Miriam Guscott in 1920 in Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand. She became a historian. Ruth Miriam Ross passed away on 30 August 1982.
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“A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.” -Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand was born in 1894. He was a French biologist and philosopher. Jean Rostand passed on in 1977.
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“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” -Leo Rosten
Leo Rosten was born in 1908. He was a Polish-born American writer and social scientist. Leo Rosten passed on in 1997.
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“There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is really only one way to be a loser, and that is to fail and not look beyond the failure.” -Kyle Rote, Junior
Kyle Rote, Junior is a soccer player.
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“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.” -Joseph Roux
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.” -J. K. Rowling: line spoken by fictional character Albus Dumbledore
“It is impossible to live without failing, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.” -J. K. Rowling
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” -J. K. Rowling: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (1997)
J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith are pseudonyms of Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling, who was born on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She is a novelist and a screenwriter known as the author of the “Harry Potter” children’s books.
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“There is no disgrace to get knocked down - so long as you get back up.” -Darell Royal
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“One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we act because of the way we feel, we often feel because of the way we act. So an almost uncanny way to change your feelings is to act the way you wish you felt.” -Gretchen Rubin
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“Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.” -Don Miguel Ruiz
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“Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.” -Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was born in 1746. Benjamin Rush passed on in 1813.
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“If you don’t pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes, and the first thing you know, the periphery is the center.” -Dean Rusk
Dean Rusk was born in 1909. He was an American politician. Dean Rusk passed on in 1994.
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“Every great man is always being helped by everybody; for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.” -John Ruskin
“I believe that the first test of a truly great man is his humility. Really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, incredibly merciful.” -John Ruskin
“In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.” -John Ruskin
“It is a great and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there; never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend.” -John Ruskin
“The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.” -John Ruskin
“There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.” -John Ruskin
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” -John Ruskin
John Ruskin was born in 1819 in London, England. He became an art critic, a social critic, a poet, a writer, a draftsman, a watercolorist, a patron of the arts, and a philanthropist. He is known for his detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation. He organized the Society of Friends of Living Creatures to prevent cruelty to animals. John Ruskin passed on in 1900.
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“Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a genius I feel quite sure that joy and happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet, when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite; joy and happiness is just around the corner.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“Man needs for his happiness not only the enjoyment of this or that but hope and enterprise and change.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” -Bertrand A. Russell: “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1914 - 1944” (1968), volume II, chapter 5
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.” -Bertrand A. Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born in Monmouthshire, Wales in 1872. He became an essayist, a logician, a mathematician, a historian, a philosopher, and a social critic. He taught at leading British and American universities. Bertrand Arthur William Russell passed on in 1970.
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“The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” -David Russell
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“What creates the beauty of the world is the love we have for it.” -Roma Ryan
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“Nature abhors a vacuum.” -François Rabelais
François Rabelais was born in 1494. He was a French monk, satirist, and physician. François Rabelais passed on in 1553.
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“As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” -Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner was born in 1946. She was an American actress and comedienne. Gilda Radner passed on in 1989.
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“Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love, light, and compassion. Life will be beautiful.” -Amit Ray
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“This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.” -Scott Reed
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“Some people have such open minds that nothing stays in them long.” -J. Tudor Rees
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“If you take care of the little things the big things take care of themselves.” -R. Reese
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“Once you choose hope, anything is possible.” -Christopher Reeve
“You make a choice or set a goal and let people know about it. Then just getting started leads to the discovery of internal resources that help us to go further than we ever thought we could.” -Christopher Reeve: “Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life” (2002)
Christopher D’Olier Reeve was born on 25 September 1952 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became an actor. He is known for his portrayal of the fictional character Superman. Christopher D’Olier Reeve passed on at 52 years of age on 10 October 2004 in Mount Kisco, New York, United States of America.
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“You can if you think you can.” -George Reeves (similar quotation attributed to Henry Ford)
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“Our work-a-day lives are filled with opportunities to bless others. The power of a single glance or an encouraging smile must never be underestimated.” -G. Richard Reiger: as quoted in “Attitudes of Gratitude,” page 39
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“I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.” -Jules Renard
“If you are afraid of being lonely, don’t try to be right.” -Jules Renard
“The truly free man is the one who will turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.” -Jules Renard
Jules Renard was born in 1864. Jules Renard passed on in 1920.
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“The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.” -Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier was born in 1858. Agnes Repplier passed on in 1950.
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“I’m very determined and stubborn. There’s a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.” -Mary Lou Retton
“Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.” -Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton is an American Olympic gymnast.
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“I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.” -Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. He was a British businessman, diamond mining magnate, and Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890 - 1896). Cecil Rhodes passed on at 48 years of age on 26 March 1902 in Muizenberg, Cape Colony (now South Africa).
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“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.” -Anne Rice: “The Witching Hour” (1990)
Anne Rice was born in 1941. She is an American writer.
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“It doesn’t matter where you came from. It only matters where you’re going.” -Condoleezza Rice
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“Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.” -Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice was born in 1880. He was an American journalist and sports writer. Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice passed on in 1954.
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“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” -Norman B. Rice
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“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s.” -Jean Paul Richter
“A scholar knows no boredom.” -Jean Paul Richter
“Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.” -Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul is a pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, who was born on 21 March 1763 in Wunsiedel, Holy Roman Empire (now Wunsiedel, Germany). He became a humor novelist. Johann Paul Friedrich Richter passed on at 62 years of age on 14 November 1825 in Bayreuth, German Confederation (now Bayreuth, Germany).
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“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.” -Edward V. Rickenbacker
Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker was born on 8 October 1890 in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. He became an American fighter pilot with the rank of captain during World War 1, and later a businessman. Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker passed on at 82 years of age on 23 July 1973 in Zürich, Switzerland.
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“To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.” -James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley was born on 7 October 1849 in a two-room cabin in Greenfield, Indiana, United States of America. He became a writer and a poet. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that he wrote, the majority are in dialect. His best-known works include “Little Orphant Annie” and “The Raggedy Man.” He served on the staff of the “Indianapolis Journal” newspaper. James Whitcomb Riley passed on at 66 years of age on 22 July 1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.
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“Don’t let other people tell you what you want.” -Pat Riley
“Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.” -Pat Riley
“Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won’t get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.” -Pat Riley
Pat Riley is a basketball coach.
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“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” -Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, also known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was born on 4 December 1875 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He became a German poet and novelist. René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke passed on at 51 years of age on 29 December 1926 in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland.
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“I am no longer willing to drive into the future using my rearview mirror as my tool of navigation.” -Tony Robbins
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” -Tony Robbins
“Keep your goals in front of you and your fears behind you.” -Tony Robbins
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” -Tony Robbins
“Successful people ask better questions and as a result they get better answers.” -Anthony Robbins
Anthony Jay ‘Tony’ Robbins was born on 29 February 1960 in North Hollywood, California, United States of America. He is an actor, a self-help writer, and a motivational speaker.
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How a minority,
Reaching majority,
Seizing authority,
Hates a minority.
-Leonard H. Robbins: “Minorities”
Leonard H. Robbins was born in 1877. He was an American writer. Leonard H. Robbins passed on in 1947.
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“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” -Cavett Robert
Cavett Robert was born 14 November 1907 in Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America. In 1973, he founded the National Speakers Association. Cavett Robert passed on at 89 years of age on 15 September 1997.
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“Shared grief diminishes, but shared joy increases.” -Spider Robinson
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“Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it’s letting go.” -Sylvia Robinson
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“There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet; but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.” -Victor Robinson
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“Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.” -John D. Rockefeller, Junior
“I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common, not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.” -John D. Rockefeller, Junior
John Davison Rockefeller, Junior was born on 29 January 1874. He was an American financier and philanthropist. John Davison Rockefeller, Junior passed on at 86 years of age on 11 May 1960.
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“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” -John D. Rockefeller
“I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.” -John D. Rockefeller, as quoted in Orison Swett Marden: “How They Succeeded” (1901)
“I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere moneymaking has never been my goal. I had an ambition to build.” -John D. Rockefeller, Senior: as quoted in Allen Nevins: “Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller,” volume 1
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” -John D. Rockefeller: as quoted in Zig Ziglar: “Steps to the Top” (1985), page 16
“Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” -John D. Rockefeller: as attributed in Peter Collier and David Horowitz: “The Rockefellers” (1976)
“When work goes out of style, we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.” -John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller, Senior was born on 8 July 1839. He became an industrialist and a philanthropist. In 1870, he co-founded the Standard Oil Company. John Davison Rockefeller, Senior passed on at 97 years of age on 23 May 1937.
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“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” -Rikki Rogers
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“Within most human beings lies a great resource normally untapped, but there, waiting to be summoned up in moments of stress. Call it strength, courage - whatever it is, it pulls us through against the longest odds.” -Ruth Roman: commenting after the rescue at sea of herself and her son, following the sinking of the ship “Andrea Doria”
Ruth Roman was born in 1922. She was an American actress. Ruth Roman passed on in 1999.
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“At the right time, in the right light, everything is extraordinary.” -Aaron Rose
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“Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many you brought with you.” -Will Rose
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“Great nations and great empires only live so long as they are thrifty; the moment they begin to waste or disburse their resources, the day of their end is at hand.” -Lord Rosebery
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“Money doesn’t bring happiness and creativity. Your creativity and happiness brings money.” -Sam Rosen
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“All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination.” -Ruth Ross
“There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important.” -Ruth Ross (similar quotation attributed to Jim Rohn)
Ruth Miriam Ross, also known as Ruth Miriam Burnard, was born as Ruth Miriam Guscott in 1920 in Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand. She became a historian. Ruth Miriam Ross passed away on 30 August 1982.
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“A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.” -Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand was born in 1894. He was a French biologist and philosopher. Jean Rostand passed on in 1977.
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“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” -Leo Rosten
Leo Rosten was born in 1908. He was a Polish-born American writer and social scientist. Leo Rosten passed on in 1997.
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“There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is really only one way to be a loser, and that is to fail and not look beyond the failure.” -Kyle Rote, Junior
Kyle Rote, Junior is a soccer player.
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“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.” -Joseph Roux
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.” -J. K. Rowling: line spoken by fictional character Albus Dumbledore
“It is impossible to live without failing, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.” -J. K. Rowling
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” -J. K. Rowling: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (1997)
J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith are pseudonyms of Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling, who was born on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She is a novelist and a screenwriter known as the author of the “Harry Potter” children’s books.
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“There is no disgrace to get knocked down - so long as you get back up.” -Darell Royal
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“One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we act because of the way we feel, we often feel because of the way we act. So an almost uncanny way to change your feelings is to act the way you wish you felt.” -Gretchen Rubin
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“Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.” -Don Miguel Ruiz
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“Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.” -Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was born in 1746. Benjamin Rush passed on in 1813.
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“If you don’t pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes, and the first thing you know, the periphery is the center.” -Dean Rusk
Dean Rusk was born in 1909. He was an American politician. Dean Rusk passed on in 1994.
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“Every great man is always being helped by everybody; for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.” -John Ruskin
“I believe that the first test of a truly great man is his humility. Really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, incredibly merciful.” -John Ruskin
“In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.” -John Ruskin
“It is a great and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there; never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend.” -John Ruskin
“The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.” -John Ruskin
“There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.” -John Ruskin
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” -John Ruskin
John Ruskin was born in 1819 in London, England. He became an art critic, a social critic, a poet, a writer, a draftsman, a watercolorist, a patron of the arts, and a philanthropist. He is known for his detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation. He organized the Society of Friends of Living Creatures to prevent cruelty to animals. John Ruskin passed on in 1900.
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“Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a genius I feel quite sure that joy and happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet, when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite; joy and happiness is just around the corner.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“Man needs for his happiness not only the enjoyment of this or that but hope and enterprise and change.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” -Bertrand A. Russell: “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1914 - 1944” (1968), volume II, chapter 5
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.” -Bertrand A. Russell
“When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.” -Bertrand A. Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born in Monmouthshire, Wales in 1872. He became an essayist, a logician, a mathematician, a historian, a philosopher, and a social critic. He taught at leading British and American universities. Bertrand Arthur William Russell passed on in 1970.
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“The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” -David Russell
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“What creates the beauty of the world is the love we have for it.” -Roma Ryan
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