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The voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.: Sir Henry Taylor
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Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.: Amelia Burr
You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.: Ellen Metcalf
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Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.: Henry George (1839 - 1897)
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We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Address at the opening of the gubernatorial campaign, New York City, October 5, 1898
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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.: Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.: Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), letter to her sister, Mary Smith Cranch, 1784
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.: Mary MacCracken
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Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.: Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784), Supplement to Bougainville's 'Voyage,' 1796
What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.: Scott Westerfeld, Uglies, 2005
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Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.: Thornton Wilder (1897 - 1975)
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.: Doug Larson
Is life worth living? Aye, with the best of us, Heights of us, depths of us - Life is the test of us!: Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.: Eric Sevareid
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
A lawyer starts life giving $500 worth of law for $5 and ends giving $5 worth for $500.: Benjamin H. Brewster (1816 - 1888)
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't.: Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945), Benchley's Law of Distinction
Stop seeing the obstacles you face as reasons why you can't do something. See them as a reason why you can. And celebrate your accomplishments on a daily basis.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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