Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - April 17, 2015
When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)  
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Henry Kissinger (1923 - ), Wilson Library Bulletin, March 1979  
The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.
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Ruth Benedict (1887 - 1948)  
Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925  

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