inspirational Quotes
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Many people make the mistake of thinking that all the challenges in their lives would dissipate if they just had enough money. Nothing could be further from the truth. Earning more money, in and of itself, rarely frees people. It's equally ridiculous to tell yourself that greater financial freedom and mastery of your finances would not offer your greater opportunities to expand, share, and create value for yourself and others.
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I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt.
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The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.
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Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.
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Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
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Hey, I know it's Monday, but it's also a new day, a new week and in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen.
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A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.
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You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
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Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering, whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed.
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The by-product is that they more people you help, the "richer" you become, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and definitely financially.
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The future and where we're going can be very terrifying, in some ways, but it's also really inspirational.
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I've accomplished everything a person can accomplish on a basketball court, but I never thought about the future when I was younger. I never made plans for the next stage in my life.
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It is not what you say or hope or wish or intend but only what you do that counts. Your choices tell you unerringly who you really are.
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When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited.
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Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
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Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
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When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
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Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.
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Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you...take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession, or was at one time, and have only lost standing in it to become a politician, I still retain the pride of the profession. And I still insist that it is the law and the lawyer that make popular government under a written constitution and written statutes possible.
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The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is the hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ.
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In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.
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I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.
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Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.
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Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
