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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - May 08, 2023

I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.: Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.: Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)
Not going home is already like death.: E. Catherine Tobler, Vanishing Act
A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.: Ken Doherty

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