"The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved."

Lynes, Russell on insults
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"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly."

Rohn, Jim on leadership
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"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

Brown, Les on fear
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"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

Churchill, Winston on optimism
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"The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster."

Cioran, E. M. on fanatics and fanaticism
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"There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on fanatics and fanaticism
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"What is a friend? I will tell you it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself."

Crane, Frank on friends and friendship
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"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more."

Jong, Erica on love
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"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."

Jong, Erica on advice
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"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."

Half, Robert on talent
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"To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on genius
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"My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope."

Ovid on hope
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"Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play."

Hardy, Thomas on pessimism   

"Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work. Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's traditional optimism."

Nelson, Paula on money   

"Pessimism never won any battle."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on pessimism
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"We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance."

Wheeler, John Archibald on knowledge
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