Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - June 27, 2015
Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Economy, 1854  
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937), Vesalius in Zante  
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
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James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)  
Behind weight gain are the larger hurts and questions that have to be explored, probed, and understood before weight loss and maintenance is a possibility. It's a bigger issue than just calories in, calories out.
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Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009  

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