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“The greatest happiness some men obtain is that of compelling others to do what they like to do themselves.”
Laurence Sterne
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice... it is conformity.”
Earl Nightingale
“You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them.”
Zig Ziglar
“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. ”
Jack London
“Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.”
Dogen
“We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.”
Dave Barry
“No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.”
William Blake
“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Knowledge isn't power until it is applied.”
Dale Carnegie
“There exists only the present instant; a Now which always and without end is itself new.”
Meister Eckhart
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
Epictetus
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”
Jim Rohn
“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
Napoleon Hill
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
Mark Twain
“Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
Steve Jobs
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
Carl Jung
“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”
Will Rogers
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Kahlil Gibran
“There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“Religion is the opium of the masses.”
Karl Marx
“We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.”
Les Brown
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.”
Helen Keller
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
Audrey Hepburn
“Knowledge is learning something everyday. Wisdom is letting go of something everyday.”
— Unknown

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