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That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.: William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures.: Han Suyin
Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.: Erica Jong
In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.: Paul Harvey
Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure.: The Mishnah
Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.: Brenda Ueland
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External signs of wealth and success are often cheap storefronts that hide internal mediocrity or even incompetence.: Gordon Atkinson, Gospel Living in a Superficial World, 05-30-06
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.: Saadi (1184 - 1291)
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We are none of us infallible--not even the youngest of us.: W. H. Thompson
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Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers.: Jimmy Breslin
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Architecture is the art of how to waste space.: Philip Johnson (1906 - 2005)
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.: Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.: Sophia Loren (1934 - )
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I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.: Gerry Spence, 'How to Argue and Win Every Time'
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Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Letters and Social Aims: The Comic, 1876
Taking responsibility gives us power and control, because when we recognize the relationship between our choices and their consequences, then the next time we don’t like a consequence we can make a different choice.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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I'd heard it all the time, 'Live in the moment.' But if I did that, I'd weigh more than a dump truck. Losing weight wasn't about the moment at all; it was about having faith in the future. It was about knowing there would be another meal in a few hours.: Stephanie Klein, Moose, 2008
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Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
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Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.: Joel Hawes