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A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
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Donald Trump (1946 - )
She was conscious that the things she did were the things she had always wanted to do.
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Zelda Fitzgerald, 1922
A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind.
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Leon Tec, M.D.
If you don't find it in the index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue.
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Unknown, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Consumer's Guide, 1897
Human pain does not let go of its grip at one point in time. Rather, it works its way out of our consciousness over time. There is a season of sadness. A season of anger. A season of tranquility. A season of hope.
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Robert Veninga
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
The upper classes are... a nation's past; the middle class is its future.
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Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
There's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it. You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is.
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L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
Cocooned inside our private dramas we often don’t realize life is rolling by us like it should.
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Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 08-29-06
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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Dale Carnegie
When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep friendship.
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Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 4, 2003
Adventure is just bad planning.
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Roald Amundsen (1872 - 1928)
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
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George Jean Nathan (1882 - 1958)
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
The saying "Getting there is half the fun" became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines.
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Henry J. Tillman
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
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William James (1842 - 1910)
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902), 1890
If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That's the lesson. That lesson alone, will save you a lot of grief. Even doubt means don't.
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Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
Could you imagine how horrible things would be if we always told others how we felt? Life would be intolerably bearable.
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Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 12-09-05
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves--at what we did or did not do.
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Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
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