"Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Acceptance
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"Blessed are they who heal us of self-despising. Of all services which can be done to man, I know of none more precious."

White, William Hale on self-esteem
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"Necessity is the mother of taking chances."

Twain, Mark on Necessity
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"Could everything be done twice it would be done better."

Proverb on Quality
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"From small beginnings come great things."

Proverb, American on Action
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"If you don't run your own life, somebody else will."

Atkinson, John on Character
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"But then they danced down the street like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!""

Kerouac, Jack on Passion
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"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."

Tagore, Rabindranath on Adversity
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