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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - August 09, 2025

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.: George Washington (1732 - 1799), letter to his niece Harriet Washington, October 30, 1791
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.: John Berry, Flight of White Crows
The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.: Ruth Benedict (1887 - 1948)
You can’t make a life-altering decision for someone else and expect it to stick.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012

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