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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - October 12, 2025
We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943  
You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
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Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)  
The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.
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Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009  
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
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Dorothy Bernard  
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