Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - May 29, 2016
It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915  
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)  
Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.
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Sir Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682), 'Christian Morals,' 1716  
You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
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Bernadette Peters, Inside the Actors Studio  

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