Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - May 07, 2024
The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.
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Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Letters to Lucilius, 100 A.D.  
We're not talking about historical accuracy, we're talking about art. I've set in motion a geometric inevitability. If I start chiseling there, chipping here, the whole form is compromised.
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David Assael, Northern Exposure, Family Feud, 1993  
Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart.
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Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-03-04  
Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications are not your life.
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J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008  

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