Motivational Quotes of the Day

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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - August 21, 2025
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), 'Morituri Salutamus,' 1875  
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
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Scott Adams (1957 - ), 'The Dilbert Principle'  
The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.
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Thomas Bailey, 'Leaves from a Notebook,' Ponkapog Papers, 1903  
What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.
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Andre Agassi (1970 - ), on "Charlie Rose"  
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