"Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better."

Rohn, Jim on hope
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"It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears."

Proverb, German on eyes
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"Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference."

Aristotle on beauty
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"When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry."

Haliburton, Thomas C. on men
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"Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave."

Mizner, Wilson on egotism
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"Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther."

Morgan, John Pierpont on possibilities
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"Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated."

Drabek, R. on mathematics
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"Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody."

Pepys, Samuel on food and eating   

"There is no aphrodisiac like innocence."

Baudrillard, Jean on innocence   

"Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them."

Franklin, Benjamin on relationship
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"Happiness is a hard thing because it is achieved only by making others happy."

Cloete, Stuart on happiness
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"A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve."

Joubert, Joseph on kindness
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"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware."

Miller, Henry on war
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"Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

Thatcher, Margaret on power
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"The heart always sees before than the head can see."

Carlyle, Thomas on art
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"Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower."

Schwab, Charles M. on personality   

"Personality is a mask you believe in."

White, Dr. on personality   

"The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude."

Huxley, Aldous on solitude
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"Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause."

Plutarch on courage
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"If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it."

Epictetus on criticism
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"Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid."

Meltzer, Bernard on speakers and speaking
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"Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily."

Brisbane, Arthur on solitude
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"It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship."

Peale, Norman Vincent on love
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"It is all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back."

Jagger, Mick on experience
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"Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."

Mandino, Og on happiness
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"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

Ball, Lucille on self-esteem
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"So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be."

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on ambition
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"Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds."

Peale, Norman Vincent on problems
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"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

Jung, Carl on imitation
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"It's not what your are, it's what you don't become that hurts."

Levant, Oscar on regret
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"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."

Ford, Henry on reputation
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"It takes two people to ruin a perfectly good day. First a person who says something downright nasty about you, and second, a dear friend who makes sure you hear about it immediately."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."

Ford, Henry on friends and friendship
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"It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing."

Stoppard, Tom on knowledge   

"Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent."

Ryan, Nolan on change   

"If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it."

Forbes, Malcolm S. on expectation   

"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."

Franklin, Benjamin on expectation
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"Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word."

Roux, Joseph on conversation
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"We wish to be happier than other people; and this is difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are."

Montesquieu, Charles De on happiness
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"When you meet up with a disagreeable person, never allow yourself to be upset. Say to yourself, if a dowdy like that can stand himself all his life, surely I can stand him for a few minutes."

Unknown, Source on anger
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