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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - January 12, 2026

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.: Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
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Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
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