"It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs."

Hardy, Thomas on language
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"Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on instinct
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"There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money."

Franklin, Benjamin on friends and friendship
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"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on strategies
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"Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel."

Lessing, Doris on faults
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"Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan."

Griggs, Richard E. on planning   

"Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones."

Smith, Sydney on solitude
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"The simple lack of her is more to me than others presence."

Thomas, Edward on importance
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"Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound."

Allen, James on self-improvement
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"There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them."

Ringer, Robert J. on appreciation
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"In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead."

Fromm, Erich on present   

"The better a man is the more mistakes he will make for the more things he will try."

Drucker, Peter F. on mistakes
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"Live as if everything you do will eventually be known."

Prather, Hugh on life
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"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."

Hill, Napoleon on thoughts and thinking
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"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily."

Ziglar, Zig on motivation
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"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."

Bryan, William Jennings on destiny
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"In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on learning
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"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."

Adams, John Quincy on courage
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"Punctuality is the virtue of the bored."

Waugh, Evelyn on punctuality
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"If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave."

Cato The Elder on control
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"Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself."

Evenus on habit   

"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done, and those to whom God says, All right, then, have it your way."

Lewis, C. S. on dedication
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"Clean your finger before you point at my spots."

Franklin, Benjamin on hypocrisy
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"I have great faith in fools; My friends call it self-confidence."

Poe, Edgar Allan on self-confidence
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"Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on destiny
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"Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it."

Horton, Doug on selfishness
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"He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise."

Herbert, George on age and aging   

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams."

Barrymore, John on dream
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