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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that were not doing our best. That we are avoiding that which is hard, but also necessary. That we are shrinking from rather than vising to the challenges of the age.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly.: Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)
We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us ready for the successes.: Randy K. Milholland, Midnight Macabre, 10-18-05
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.: Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued.: Julia Cameron, The Vein of Gold
Of those who say nothing, few are silent.: Thomas Neill
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Nature has invented reproduction as a mechanism for life to move forward. As a life force that passes right through us and makes us a link in the evolution of life.: Louis Schwartzberg, TED, the hidden beauty of pollination, March 2011
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Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.: King Whitney Jr.
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All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.: Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)
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If you continue to expend your energy trying to change things that don’t really matter in the long run or that are not within your sphere of influence, you’ll wind up exhausted and frustrated, with no positive results to show for your effort.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
Just because we've been dealt a certain hand, it doesn't mean that we can't choose to rise above - to conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted. To try to retain whatever essential humanity we can.: Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, 2005
Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dilbert, 10-26-07
Nostalgia is a side effect of dying.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.: Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)
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What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool at all. I mean, I had a mullet and wore parachute pants for a long, long time, and I'm doin' okay.: Ellen DeGeneres, The Ellen Show, 05-17-13
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