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Elizabeth Rundle Charles: To know and to dare
“To know how to say what other people only think is what makes men poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think, makes men martyrs or reformers, or both.“ —Elizabeth Rundle Charles, writer (1828-1896).
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Bill Cosby: Key to failure
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” ~ Bill Cosby. Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Rita Mae Brown: Be who you are
About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all. Rita Mae Brown
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Beverly Hills: A happy woman and a cheerful woman
“A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn’t let them get her down.” ~ Beverly Sills Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Paulo Coelho: Change
“Change. If you cannot find reasons to be free, invent them. And think seriously of finding another activity that is more like what you expect from life, more dignified, more human.” —Paulo Coelho. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/115849199
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Paulo Coelho: Life is short
“Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly.“ —Paulo Coelho.
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Sydney Smith: Sign of old age
“That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present.” —Sydney Smith, writer and clergyman (1771-1845).
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Andre Breton: Love
”Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.” ~ Andre Breton Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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Henry Ellis: Letting go and holding on
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” ~ Henry Ellis. Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Sarah Asha: Learn
learn: to give up on people who easily gave up on you .. be free of them the way they obviously are free of you .. to let them go the exact way they let go of you .. & never ever even think about looking back at them or recalling their names in your…
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Power over people
“You only have power over people as long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power — he’s free again.” —Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918-2008).
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Unknown: War and revolution
“War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.” ~ Author unknown. Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul
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Talmud: Who will be for me?
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, who am I for? And if not, now, when?” ~ Talmud
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Susan Cheever: Expecting too much
“There is no such thing as expecting too much.” ~ Susan Cheever
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Mahatma Gandhi: Change you wish to see
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. Embed from Getty Images
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Henry David Thoreau: Change
Things do not change; we change. – Henry David Thoreau
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Arthur Koestler: Purpose of a neck
“If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.” —Arthur Koestler. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/114338902
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Scott Adams: Trust
Trust changes people. They become what you tell them you expect. – Scott Adams in “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!”
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Chicken soup for the Indian soul: Children
“Children are one third of our population and all of our future.” ~ Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales. Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul
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Franklin P Adam: Seeing ourselves as others see us
“Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.” —Franklin P. Adam.
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Ella Fitzgerald: Love and inspiration
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” ~ Ella Fitzgerald. Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Soren Kierkegaard: Conclusions about life
“There are many people who reach their conclusions about life like schoolboys; they cheat their master by copying the answer out of a book without having worked out the sum for themselves.” —Soren Kierkegaard, philosopher (1813-1855)
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Edmund Burke: Parsimony and economy
“Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.” —Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797).
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Angelina Jolie: Commit like crazy
”The only way to have a life is to commit to it like crazy.” ~ Angelina Jolie. Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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Proverbs: A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle
“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” ~ Proverbs Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Rick Warren: The smaller an organization
The smaller an organization,the faster it can change. A rowboat only needs 8 ft for a UTURN but an oil tanker takes 18 miles. Pastor Rick Warren
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Walt Disney: Fun to do the impossible
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” ~ Walt Disney
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Pauline R Kezer: Continuity and change
“Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.” ~ Pauline R. Kezer. Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Aristotle: An educated mind
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ~ Aristotle. Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Roger Murrah & Randy VanWarmer: In a hurry
“I’m in a hurry to get things done Oh I rush and rush until life’s no fun All I’ve really gotta do is live and die But I’m in a hurry and don’t know why….” ~Roger Murrah and Randy VanWarmer.
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Lao Tzu: Simplicity, patience and compassion
”I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” ~ Lao Tzu, Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Dale Carnegie: Fun
”People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” ~ Dale Carnegie Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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Unknown: No butterflies
Embed from Getty Images Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul ”If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.” ~Author Unknown
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Defrauding myself
“When I go into the garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/167160315
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William Shedd: Ships
Embed from Getty Images ”A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” ~ William Shedd. Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul.
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John Steinbeck: Cleverness and stupidity
“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.” —John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968).
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Unknown: Remember why
“When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.” ~ Unknown Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Unknown: Friendship
“Friendship isn’t a big thing – it’s a million little things.” ~ Author Unknown. Embed from Getty Images
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Voltaire: Animals
“Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.” —Voltaire, philosopher and writer (1694-1778).
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Pastor Rick Warren: Friends, not customers
To improve customer service at work, start thinking of them as FRIENDS, not customers.You always take good care of friends. Pastor Rick Warren. Embed from Getty Images
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Carl Sagan: Cosmic arena
Image via Wikipedia “The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants…
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George Bernard Shaw: Playing
“We don’t stop playing because we grow older, we grow older because we stop playing” ~ George Bernard Shaw,Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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Aristotle: Philosophy
I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. –Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)
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Irish blessing: St. Patrick’s Day
“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.” ~ Irish Blessing for St. Patrick’s Day.
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Leopold Stokowski: Painting pictures
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” ~ Leopold Stokowski Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Paulo Coelho: Freedom
“Freedom only exists when love is present.That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.” —Paulo Coelho.
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Dr. Wayne Dyer: Change
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer. Embed from Getty Images
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: Courage
A very popular error: having the courage of one’s convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one’s convictions. -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900).
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George Bernard Shaw: Life
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life’s about creating yourself.” ~ George Bernard Shaw, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
