Motivational Quotes of the Day

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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - March 1, 2026
Parents are never as bad as kids think they are.
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Matt Witten, House M.D., Cursed, 2004  
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Quintilian  
'Where and how can I make this meal better for me?' I asked myself that question before every meal—especially in the beginning.
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Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012  
Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste... years, trying to get someone to give that respect to you, as though it were a sort of promotion or raise in pay. If only you do enough, if only you are good enough. No. You have to just... take it. Give it to yourself, I suppose. Say, I'm sorry you feel like that and walk away. But that's hard.
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Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999  

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