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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue... as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself.
- Viktor Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning
- Actions lie louder than words.
- Carolyn Wells
- Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
- Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)
- I used to think of all the billions of people in the world, and of all those people, how was I going to meet the right ones? The right ones to be my friends, the right one to be my husband. Now I just believe you meet the people you're supposed to meet.
- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, The Quest, 1995
- A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
- Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"
- Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
- Kids are like buckets of disease that live in your house.
- Louis C. K., Louis C. K.: Chewed Up, 2008
- 'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), (attributed)
- If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
- There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004
- If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.
- Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
- Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.
- Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), Unkempt Thoughts
- A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
- Dave Meurer, "Daze of Our Wives"
- Love can be sordid only if you work at it.
- Brooke McEldowney, 9 Chickweed Lane, 05-10-2006
- I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.
- Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
- The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
- George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
- Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- Go, and never darken my towels again.
- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
- He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.
- Unknown
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