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The secret of happiness in not in what one likes to do, but in what one has to do.: James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy.: Charlotte-Catherine
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.: Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
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I believe that [everyone] is the keeper of a dream - and by tuning into one another's secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, June 2003
Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.: Arnold Bennett
Like I always say, there's no 'I' in "team". There is a 'me', though, if you jumble it up.: David Shore, House M.D., DNR, 2004
In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.: George Matthew Adams
Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.: Leo Burnett
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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Our heroes are those... who... act above and beyond the call of duty and in so doing give definition to patriotism and elevate all of us.... America is the land of the free because we are the home of the brave.: David Mahoney
The only battle to win is the battle within, that place where we realize that we deserve to have and create all that we want in our lives.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.: Boris Pasternak (1890 - 1960)
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.: J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967), speaking of Albert Einstein
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How close the sexes sometimes come to one another. It is as much a matter of behaviour and the spere in which they move that separates the masculine part of humanity from the feminine.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
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You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.: Bob Ross (1942 - 1995), Best of Joy of Painting, Winter Elegance
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Architecture is the art of how to waste space.: Philip Johnson (1906 - 2005)
Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart, and success will come to you.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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Sometimes being a good friend means being harsh.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005