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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - May 06, 2026

Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.: The laws of Manu
Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.: Eugene S. Wilson
I’m searching through all that has ever been hoped, in praise of what can never be known.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, February 13, 2004
People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.: Scott Westerfeld, Peeps, 2005

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