inspirational Quotes
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well
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Never confuse movement with action.
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When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder.
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Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.
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As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using our creative potential, we are deprived of one of the basic characteristics of a human being.
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"And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5′ 11". So I just picked baseball."
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Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want to succeed faster, double your rate of failure.
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If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasant waters for our old age.
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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
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Most people don't remember names, for the simple reason that they don't take the time and energy necessary to concentrate and repeat and fix names indelibly in their minds. They make excuses for themselves; they are too busy.
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The world has also learned that economic growth, by itself, cannot close the gap between rich and poor.
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There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.
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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
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You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.
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Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
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I feel if theres one little thing I could do, its to make people realize: We are not worthless because we inhabit a country which is seen by Western eyes as a primitive, fundamentalist country only. . .I mean, we are a rich mixture of all sorts of forces as well, and our lives are very much worth living.
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An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
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In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Science is agnostic when it comes to god; not atheistic, as some people prefer to read that laden word wrongly; just agnostic.
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Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work.
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After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
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If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
