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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - August 12, 2025
Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create ripple effects. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity and boost our economy.
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Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009  
If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.
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Sebastien-Roch Nicolas  
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)  
I suppose no matter what I'm drawing, there will always be some sort of question in my mind about it. A work of art (even cartoon art)is never really finished; it is abandoned.
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Brooke McEldowney, Pibgorn commentary, 03-31-05  

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