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- The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
- Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
- Who so loves believes the impossible.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
- Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything
- Unknown
- If you fear nothing, you love nothing. If you love nothing, what joy can there be in life?
- Unknown
- This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.
- Susan Polis Schutz
- The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing, it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of Divine accident.
- Sir Hugh Walpole
- May all who love the Lord, love you and those who don't love you, may the Lord give them a limp so you can see them coming.
- Irish Blessing
- Love is my Sword,
Goodness my Armor, And Humor my Shield. - Unknown, epitaph for a loved one
- Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.
- John Ray
- In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.
- Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
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