Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - June 09, 2025
The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.
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Isabelle Eberhardt  
Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
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Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994), in his White House farewell  
We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 - 1970), on refusing Western economic assistance, 'Realites,' January 20, 1969  
Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.
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Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991  

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