Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Wilma Rudolph: Human spirit
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. Wilma Rudolph, track athlete Related articles Three sportspersons who battled health issues to become the best in the world(sportskeeda.com)
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Abraham Lincoln: Cowards
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” —Abraham Lincoln.
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Clive Staples Lewis: Friendship
“Friendship is not necessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.” —Clive Staples Lewis.
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Thomas Berger: Arguments and sides
“No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. ” Thomas Berger Related articles What Are Animals For?(urchinmovement.com)
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Demosthenes: Man, his own dupe, easily
“A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. ” —Demosthenes.
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Blaise Pascal: Reasonable
“There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him. ” —Blaise Pascal.
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Miguel Angel Ruiz: Don't Take Anything Personally
“Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering. ” Miguel Angel Ruiz
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Anon: Never assume
“Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME.” Anon. Related articles Assuming that I…(jestingsandthings.com)
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Anton Chekhov: What wears you out?
“Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out. ” —Anton Chekhov.
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Henry Rutgers: Studies and education
“Don’t let your studies interfere with your education. ” Henry Rutgers
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Jessamyn West: Forgiveness
“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.” —Jessamyn West.
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Bible: Work of righteousness
“And the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.” Bible Related articles Perfect Righteousness(iaminhim.wordpress.com) The Key To Effective Prayer(bummyla.wordpress.com) The Rest of Your Life(samuelatgilgal.wordpress.com) What Creates Thirst, Evans Olang(magnifyhisword.wordpress.com) If I justify myself.(savedbygraceblogdotcom.wordpress.com) Righteousness(savedbygraceblogdotcom.wordpress.com) A Ministry of Restoration — Thoughts for Ash Wednesday(bobcornwall.com)
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Lord Byron: Words
“Words are things; and a small drop of ink / Falling like dew upon a thought, produces / That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” —Lord Byron, (1788-1824).
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Blaise Pascal: Friendship
“Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back. ” —Blaise Pascal.
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Josephine Silva Zimmermann: Friends
“I always thought loving someone is the greatest feeling, but I realized that loving a friend is even better. We lose people we love, but i never lose true friends.” Josephine Silva Zimmermann
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Rene Descartes: Joy and sorrow
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.” Rene Descartes
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German proverb: Change
To change and to change for the better are two different things. – German proverb.
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Robert Burton: Old friends, bitter enemies
“Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.” —Robert Burton.
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Michael Novak: Love
“Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.”—Michael Novak.
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Lukas Foss: Love
“There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one’s identity by falling in love. ” Lukas Foss
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Oswald Chambers: Repentance
“It is not repentance that saves me; repentance is the sign that I realize what God has done in Christ Jesus.” —Oswald Chambers.
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Leo Buscaglia: Perfect love
“Perfect love is rare indeed – for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain.” —Leo…
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Anne Rice: Words
I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them. —Anne Rice Related articles Second Anniversary of the demise of my late wife Ang Saw Ai(lspeng1951.wordpress.com) Anne Rice and the Movies – A wish list(examiner.com) Why I write the…
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Woody Allen: Three rings of marriage
“There are three rings involved with marriage. The engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering.” —Woody Allen.
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Fulton J. Sheen: The fast and the feast
“Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.” —Fulton J. Sheen.
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Arnold H. Glasgow: Nothing lasts forever
“Nothing lasts forever – not even your troubles. ” Arnold H. Glasgow
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Horatio Nelson: Desperate measures
“Desperate affairs require desperate measures. ” —Horatio Nelson.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Nothing else matters
“If you mess up your children, nothing else you do really matters. ” —Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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Bob Riley: Three mandates
“I hope we never get to the point that we put ourselves in Jesus’ place. But when I read the New Testament basically, we get three mandates: to love God, to love each other, and to take care of the least among us. And I think this is at least a step in the…
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Bruce Lee: Love
“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.” —Bruce Lee.
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Anne Frank: Ideals
“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. ” Anne Frank
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Unknown: Keep smiling
“Never frown, even when you’re sad, because you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.” Unknown
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Frank Moore Colby: Temper
“Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours. ” Frank Moore Colby
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John Locke: The only fence
“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. ” —John Locke.
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Miguel de Unamuno: Love
“Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion. ” —Miguel de Unamuno
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Charles M. Schulz: One little hope
“A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope. ” Charles M. Schulz
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Blaise Pascal: Faith
“Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them. ” —Blaise Pascal.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Love
“It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun. ” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Daniel Libeskind: Life
“Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it’s about experience, it’s about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious. ” Daniel Libeskind
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Kingman Brewster, Jr: "Cool" generation
“Maybe you are the “cool” generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration. ” —Kingman Brewster, Jr.
