inspirational Quotes
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It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.
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He led his regiment from behind. He found it less exciting.
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Rich people are almost always excellent promoters. They can are willing to promote their products, their services, and their ideas with passion and enthusiasm.
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In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.
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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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When you know clearly what you want, you'll wake up every morning excited about life.
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Use the creative process - singing, writing, art, dance, whatever - to get to know yourself better.
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
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Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.
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If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
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Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
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If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
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Work! labor the asparagus me of life; the one great sacrament of humanity from which all other things flow - security, leisure, joy, art, literature, even divinity itself.
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When you are not willing to fully receive, you are training the universe not to give to you! It's simple: if you aren't willing to receive your share, it will go to someone else who is.
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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The trading rules I live by are: 1. Cut losses. 2. Ride winners. 3. Keep bets small. 4. Follow the rules without question. 5. Know when to break the rules.
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The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.
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Some might think that the creativity, imagination, and flights of fancy that give my life meaning are insanity.
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Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the best athlete. Not only do people not care about any of that the second you graduate, but when you get older, if you reference your successes in high school too much, it actually makes you look kind of pitiful, like some babbling old Tennessee Williams character with nothing else going on in her current life. What I’ve noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it’s so wonderfully fair.
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Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.
