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“A thing must be loved before it is lovable.”
— Gilbert Chesterton
“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”
— Timothy Leary
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
“A person is only by the thoughts that he chooses.”
— James Allen
“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”
— Buddha
“One forgives to the degree that one loves.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.”
— Barack Obama
“What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.”
— Deepak Chopra
“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”
— Les Brown
“Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.”
— William Faulkner
“Real living is living for others.”
— Bruce Lee
“If you don't program yourself, life will program you.”
— Les Brown
“The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.”
— Michelangelo
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”
— Nelson Mandela
“Imagination is the most marvelous, miraculous, inconceivably powerful force the world has ever known.”
— Napoleon Hill
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. ”
— Beverly Sills
“The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.”
— Gustave Flaubert
“We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.”
— D. H. Lawrence
“You Create Your Own Present By What You Give Your Attention To Today.”
— Spencer Johnson
“Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
“To be free is to have achieved your life.”
— Tennessee Williams
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”
— Lao Tzu
“When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.”
— Criss Jami

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