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- Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
- Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964), Taken Care Of ,1965
- Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
- We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to explore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing!
- Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), Lynn on Ideas
- Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. That's what I have to say. The second is only a part of the first.
- Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
- All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.
- Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
- We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
- Maya Angelou (1928 - )
- You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
- Lydia M. Child
- A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing... It takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.
- Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909)
- 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)
- Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
- Benjamin Haydon
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