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William Ralph Inge: Christianity
“No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. ” —William Ralph Inge.
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Lou Holtz: Something worthwhile
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity. – Lou Holtz Related articles Who is Lou Holtz? (govigseniorcare.wordpress.com)
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Bertrand Russell: Hang a question mark
In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. – Bertrand Russell. Related articles The Value of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (belladeluna.wordpress.com) On Intuitive Knowledge by Bertrand Russell (belladeluna.wordpress.com) A Few Minutes with Bertrand Russell (laf.ee) Three Passions of Bertrand…
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Tina Ingegneri: Running
“I just go out there and feel like, ‘This is hard, but this is great.’ I just feel so incredibly alive. And I feel healthy and inspired when I run a race, even if it’s not my best day.” —Tina Ingegneri, Runner’s World Challenger of the Week.
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Quintilian: Write, to not be misunderstood
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us. -Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus), rhetorician (c. 35-100)
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Practise
“For 37 years I’ve practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius. ” —Pablo de Sarasate
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Unknown: Thinking by the inch
“He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.” —Unknown
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Happiness
“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. ” —Maria Mitchell
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Maori Proverb: Shadows
Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you. —Maori Proverb
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C S Lewis: Peers
“We all wish to be judged by our peers, by the men ‘after our own heart.’ Only they really know our mind and only they judge it by standards we fully acknowledge. Theirs is the praise we really covet and the blame we really dread. The little pockets of early Chrstians survived because they cared…
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Antagonistic influence?
“You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. ” —John Knox
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Live now
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Plato: Wisdom's mimic
“Cunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom. ” —Plato.
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Ugo Betti: Thought
“Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.”—Ugo Betti
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Chilo: Difficult trio
“The three things most difficult are to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of leisure.” —Chilo.
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Oscar Wilde: Mistakes
“Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.” —Oscar Wilde.
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Joseph Addison: Happiness
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ” Joseph Addison Related articles Some Quotations That Started Me Thinking About Happiness. (happiness-project.com) “I Can Never Get To Bed On Time.” (happiness-project.com) More Inspirational Quotes (redefininggood.wordpress.com) Curiosity (artistoftheeveryday.wordpress.com)
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Anthony Robbins: Crossroads
“You are now at a crossroads. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don’t think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully. Then act upon it.” —Anthony Robbins.
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Albert Einstein: Limits
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” —Albert Einstein.
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J R R Tolkien: Not all those who wander are lost
“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. ” —J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Albert Einstein: Common sense
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ” —Albert Einstein. Related articles Albert Einstein Quotes (timehuman.blogspot.com) Albert Einstein can make you better at SEO (skyrocketseo.co.uk) Was Einstein right after all? (rt.com) Alan Turing’s reading list (with readable links) (jgc.org) Albert Einstein: a short biography (telegraph.co.uk) Quote Transmission 001: Einstein and Imagination…
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Dante Alighieri: Notes
“He listens well who takes notes. ” —Dante Alighieri.
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Robert Morgan: Distance
“Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity. ” —Robert Morgan Related articles Keep Your Dis___________tance (amberyesha.wordpress.com) The distance I see (nenskeifacestheworld.wordpress.com) Looking From a Distance (liveadayandalife.wordpress.com) Are you willing to heal your wounds? (namasteconsultinginc.com) Why maintaining a distance is necessary for doctors (kevinmd.com)
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Love
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates. ” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Michael J Fox: None of my business
“What other people think about me is not my business. ” —Michael J Fox.
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Herman Hesse: Love of God and good
“Love of God is not always the same as love of good. ” —Herman Hesse.
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Benjamin Disraeli: Success
“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.”—Benjamin Disraeli.
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Eckhart Tolle: Being good
“You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you.” —Eckhart Tolle.
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John Leonard: Moral consciousness
“To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.” —John Leonard, critic (1939-2008).
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Kahlil Gibran: Knowledge
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. —Kahlil Gibran
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Antoine de Saint Exupéry: Perfection
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. – Antoine de Saint Exupéry
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Arthur Schopenhauer: Hatred and contempt
“Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/3092493
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Jim Rohn: Marketplace
“Don’t bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don’t feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace. ” —Jim Rohn.
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Sherlock Holmes: By design
No, Watson, this was not done by accident, but by design. – Sherlock Holmes
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Adlai Stevenson: Freedom
“Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. ”—Adlai Stevenson.
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Albert Einstein: Simple and simpler
“Everything should be as simple as possible — but not simpler.” —Albert Einstein. Related articles Albert Einstein Quotes (timehuman.blogspot.com) Albert Einstein’s 10 Biggest Scientific Mistakes [Daily 10] (io9.com) simplicity of form (ifmyeyeswerecameras.wordpress.com) The Day Albert Einstein Died Photos by Ralph Morse (vintage-everyday.blogspot.com) Albert Einstein (Some interesting and revealing incidents) (2motivate.wordpress.com) Extracurricular Activities Rock! Quote from…
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Michel de Montaigne: Milesian wench
I feel grateful to the Milesian wench who, seeing the philosopher Thales continually spending his time in contemplation of the heavenly vault and always keeping his eyes raised upward, put something in his way to make him stumble, to warn him that it would be time to amuse his thoughts with things in the cloud…
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Harvey Fierstein: Define yourself
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. ” —Harvey Fierstein
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G C Lichtenberg: Dangerous untruths
“The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.” —G C Lichtenberg.
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Lewis Carroll: Wings
“The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. Of why the ocean is burning hot, and whether pigs have wings.” —Lewis Carroll.
