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“Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.”
— Buddha
“I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.”
— John D. Rockefeller
“So you know cats are interesting. They are kind of like girls. If they come and talk to you it's great. But if you try to talk to them it doesn't always go so well.”
— Shigeru Miyamoto
“All has not been said and never will be.”
— Samuel Beckett
“The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.”
— Sylvia Browne
“Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.”
— Samuel Beckett
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever.”
— Peabo Bryson
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”
— Maya Angelou
“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
“All great truths begin as blasphemies.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.”
— Epictetus
“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”
— Charles Dickens
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“Act the way you want to be and soon you'll be the way you act.”
— Les Brown
“I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.”
— George Washington
“My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.”
— Abdul Kalam
“Bambi can't act. Bambi had major attitude.”
— Treat Williams
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
— Henry David Thoreau
“Altruism is not always an act of heroism, but often it's just doing what you would like others to do for you. It's generosity, compassion, and love.”
— Michael Novak
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”
— Saint Francis de Sales
“You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.”
— Zig Ziglar
“The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.”
— Alexander Graham Bell
“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?”
— Mahatma Gandhi

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