Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - February 21, 2015
People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.
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Cullen Hightower  
Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
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Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)  
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)  
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us.
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Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010  

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