Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - July 09, 2025
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)  
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
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Martha Beck, O Magazine, Growing Wings, January 2004  
Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.
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Mason Cooley, O Magazine, April 2004  
There is no joy in a life that is all information. There is no 'juice' to that kind of life. No sweetness, no color. Like trading a beautiful golden-ripe orange for a stalk of whithered broccoli.
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Tish Grier, love and sex and dreams, 04-15-06  

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