inspirational Quotes
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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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Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.
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A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.
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We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.
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Do your very best on every task. Imagine that everyone is watching even when no one is watching.
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The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.
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When you are consciously aware of all that you have to be grateful for, your life is in perfect harmony.
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Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.
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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
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Our challenge is not to educate the children we used to have or want to have, but to educate the children who come to the schoolhouse door.
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I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation.
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If there's good, strong evidence from science that such and such is the case and this is contrary to Buddhism, then we will change.
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Adorn yourself with truth, try to speak truth in all things; and do not support a lie, no matter who asks you. If you speak the truth and someone gets mad at you, don't be upset, but take comfort in the words of the Lord: Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of truth, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt. 5:10).
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O powerful love, that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast.
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Being appointed as the next Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester is a completely overwhelming honour. This extraordinary orchestra and its wonderful musicians are unique in so many respects, and particularly in their creation of an exceptional sound world based on outstanding tradition that is, at its heart, inspirational.
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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.
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Never put an age limit on your dreams.
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Can a person be inspirational? Does a person have global sensibility? That's the hardest thing to find.
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There is a secret psychology of money. Most people don't know about it. That's why most people never become financially successful. A lack of money is not the problem; it is merely a symptom of what's going on inside of you.
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I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.
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What we do and think in our own lives, then, becomes of extreme importance as it effects everything we're connected to.
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Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.
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When you know clearly what you want, you'll wake up every morning excited about life.
