Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - December 19, 2014
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
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Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773), Letters to His Son, 1746, published 1774  
To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.
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Phyllis Theroux, in House Beautiful Magazine  
It’s such a part of me, I assume Everyone can see it.
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Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02-09-05  
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)  

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