Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - January 23, 2025
The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.
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Isabelle Eberhardt  
Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.
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Barbara Mikkelson, snopes.com, May 15, 2001  
Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you.
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Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com weblog, 10-09-04  
I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.
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Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764  

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