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- He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform what he has promised, is a traitor to his friend.
- George Shelley
- Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
- We may go to the moon, but that's not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
- Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
- Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.
- William Van Horne
- The arts must be considered an essential element of education... They are tools for living life reflectively, joyfully and with the ability to shape the future.
- Shirley Trusty Corey
- Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
- William Arthur Ward
- By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.
- Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
- When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
- If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)
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