Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - January 10, 2025
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
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Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)  
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
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Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)  
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
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Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), 1780  
I feel good about taking things to Goodwill and actually, I do like shopping at Goodwill. It's so cheap that it feels like a library where I am just checking things out for awhile until I decide to take them back.
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April Foiles  

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