Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - November 03, 2025
Never give a child a sword.
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Latin Proverb  
I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.
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Sam Donaldson (1934 - )  
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)  
We can aspire to anything, but we don't get it just 'cause we want it. I would rather spend my life close to the birds than waste it wishing I had wings.
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Eli Attie, House M.D., Dying Changes Everything, 2008  

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