Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - August 14, 2025
Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.
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Christina Baldwin  
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650), 'Le Discours de la Methode,' 1637  
I shut my eyes in order to see.
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Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903)  
Sending important messages via text is the coward’s way out. Don’t be the person who texts important messages. It’s rude, inconsiderate, and, yes, cowardly.
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Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011  

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