“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” ~ James Baldwin
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C.S. Lewis: Friendship

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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival.” ~ C.S. Lewis
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Elizabeth Kubler Ross: People
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.” ~ Elizabeth Kubler Ross
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Angus Grossart: Exhaustion or boredom
“I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. ~ Angus Grossart.
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Albert Schweitzer: What a man can do
“A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.” ~ Albert Schweitzer.
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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.
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Unknown: No butterflies
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”If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.” ~Author Unknown
William Shedd: Ships
”A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” ~ William Shedd.
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Phyllis Dryde: Life, love and laughter

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“Life, love and laughter — what priceless gifts to give our children.” Phyllis Dryde
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Albert Einstein: Never tried anything new
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” ~ Albert Einstein.
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Catherine the Great: The more a man knows, the more he forgives
“The more a man knows, the more he forgives.” ~ Catherine the Great
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Thomas Leonard: Motivation and inspiration

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”Motivation is an external, temporary high that pushes you forward. Inspiration is a sustainable internal glow which pulls you forward.” ~ Thomas Leonard
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John Lubbock: What we see
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
~ John Lubbock, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk, Growing Up
Grant Lin: The time to make a change is now
“Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve learned, though, is that the time to make a change is now — what’s in the past is done, and what’s in the future depends on the present.” ~Grant Lin; Chicken Soup for the Soul: Extraordinary Teens
Confucius: Rising every time we fall
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~ Confucius; Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith.
Paramahansa Yogananda: Magnetic heart

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There is a magnet in your heart that will
attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first;
when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda, Chicken Soup for the Indian Armed Forces Soul
Gloria Steinem: Planning and dreaming
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning”
~Gloria Steinem, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms
Willa Cather: Calm and storm
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm”
~Willa Cather, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms
Salman Rushdie: Unthinkable thinkable
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“One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.” ~ Salman Rushdie; Chicken Soup for the Indian Teenage Soul
Mahatma Gandhi: Remake ourselves


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“As human beings, our greatness lies not in being able to remake the world — that is the myth of the atomic age — as in being able to remake ourselves. ~ Mahatma Gandhi, from Chicken Soup for the Indian Teenage Soul
Aurobindo: Difficulties

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But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.” ~Aurobindo, quoted in “Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul“
Unknown: Just a smile

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“I’ve never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.” ~Author Unknown

Kahlil Gibran: Sunshine, warmth, thunder, lightning

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“If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.” ~ Kahlil Gibran; Chicken Soup for the Indian Spiritual Soul.

Amelia Earhart: Kindness
“No kind action ever stop with itself. One kind action leads to another. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.” ~ Amelia Earhart; A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul.

Holy Bible: Faith

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“I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” ~ The Holy Bible; Chicken Soup for the Indian Spiritual Soul

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: They always fall

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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall…think of it, always.” ~Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, quoted in “Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul“