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Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.: John Updike (1932 - )
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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Speech before the Colorado Live Stock Association, Denver, Colorado, August 19, 1910
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
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The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.: P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)
To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.: Dr. David M. Burns
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Life is not so important as the duties of life.: John Randolph (1773 - 1833)
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Young is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back.: Milan Kundera (1929 - )
Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want.: Robert Bringle, quoted in Redbook
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Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Language is the source of misunderstandings.: Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944)
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God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.: J. G. Holland
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The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
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Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.: Jules Feiffer (1929 - )
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.: Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)
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Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
The key to non-anxious sermon-writing is that it’s not about me. It’s about the congregation. I honor the fact that the listeners bring more to the sermon than I do. I remind myself of the hundreds of times someone says, 'I loved how you said…' and then tell me things that they heard that were nowhere in my text and that I never said. But they heard what they needed to hear.: Reverend Sean Parker Dennison, Ministrare, 04-07-2006
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Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.: David Reisman
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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Speech in New York, September 7, 1903
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The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.: Anita Roddick, A Revolution in Kindness, 2003
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