Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - October 11, 2009
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.
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Arthur Rubinstein (1886 - 1982)  
There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.
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Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)  
I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
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Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986)  
I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
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Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, December 2003  

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