Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - April 30, 2026
When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915  
The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.
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Sir Henry Taylor  
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, Scene i, Lines 15-17  
Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more bullshit you will have to swallow. The less joy it will bring. Know this and plan accordingly.
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Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 15, 08-22-04  

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