Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - June 25, 2020
Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.
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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)  
I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.
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Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592), 'De l'utile et de l'honnete,' 1580-88  
One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.
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Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)  
When you write things down, they sometimes take you places you hadn't planned.
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Melanie Benjamin, Alice I Have Been, 2010  

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