"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine"

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on adversity
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"The bridges that you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there."

Brown, Gene on imagination   

"God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars."

Hubbard, Elbert on achievement
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"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."

James, William on purpose
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"Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured and far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree or an oak."

Thoreau, Henry David on purpose
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"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."

Bronte, Emily on pride
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"God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble [James 4:6]"

Bible on pride
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"Whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted."

Bible on pride
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"It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so."

Bernanos, Georges on pride
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"When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it."

Baily, Bernard on pride
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"If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on pride
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"I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory."

Caesar, Julius on pride
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"And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on pride
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"Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man."

Colton, Charles Caleb on pride   

"There is this paradox in pride -- it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so."

Colton, Charles Caleb on pride
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"A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator."

Cowper, William on pride   

"Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important."

Eliot, T. S. on pride
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"The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand."

Allen, Fred A. on pride
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"Hope is the dream of a waking man."

Aristotle on hope
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"At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self."

Francis, Brendan on loneliness
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"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."

Angelou, Maya on hope
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"The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love."

Bailey, Pearl on love
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"Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity."

Goodman, Paul on joy
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"There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned."

Salisbury, Harrison on life   

"Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred."

Angelis, Barbara De on love
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"The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune."

Plutarch on achievement
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"I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement."

Ovid on achievement
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"Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man."

Shaw, George Bernard on reason
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"In those days he was wiser than he is now -- he used frequently to take my advice."

Churchill, Winston on advice
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"It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."

Churchill, Winston on democracy
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"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."

Churchill, Winston on difficulties
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"I also remember the moment my life changed, the moment I finally said, I've had it! I know I'm much more than I'm demonstrating mentally, emotionally, and physically in my life. I made a decision in that moment which was to alter my life forever. I decided to change virtually every aspect of my life. I decided I would never again settle for less than I can be."

Robbins, Anthony on decisions
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"My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself."

Angelou, Maya on jokes and jokers
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"I don't exist when you don't see me."

Mercy, Sisters Of on existence   

"A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow."

Shakespeare, William on friends and friendship
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"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

King Jr. Martin Luther on acceptance
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"The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had. "

Unknown on friendship
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"We are all cells in the same body of humanity."

Pilgrim, Peace on humankind
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"You are within God. God is within you."

Pilgrim, Peace on god
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"My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within."

Pilgrim, Peace on divinity