Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - January 16, 2010
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
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William Penn (1644 - 1718)  
When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)  
It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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Simone de Beauvoir  
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
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Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)  

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