"It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them."

Eliot, George on ambition
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"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel'' on adversity
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"You just can't beat the person who never gives up."

Ruth, Babe on perseverance
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"Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation."

Nicklaus, Jack on perseverance
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"You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things -- to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals."

Hillary, Sir Edmund on goals   

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal -- a commitment to excellence -- that will enable you to attain the success you seek."

Andretti, Mario on desire
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"I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is."

Jennings, Lynn on training   

"We talk on principal, but act on motivation."

Landor, Walter Savage on motivation
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"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."

Holtz, Lou on motivation
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"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

Rohn, Jim on risk
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"?How does one become a butterfly? she asked pensively. You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar."

Paulus, Trina on risk
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"When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous."

Dyer, Wayne on money
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"We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them."

Buddha on thoughts and thinking
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"The object of art is to give life a shape. [Midsummer Nights Dream]"

Shakespeare, William on art
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"The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."

Mizner, Wilson on friends and friendship   

"When you fall, don't get up empty handed"

Unknown, Source on failure   

"Determination is the wake-up call to the human will."

Robbins, Anthony on determination
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"I want to be all used up when I die."

Shaw, George Bernard on death
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"Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue."

Garibaldi, Giuseppe on action   

"Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men."

Beecher, Henry Ward on forgiveness   

"The only people who never fail are those who never try."

Chase, Ilka on failure
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"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1."

Buffett, Warren on money
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"Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom."

Yezierska, Anzia on beggars   

"That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best --make it all up --but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way."

Hemingway, Ernest on invention and inventor
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"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."

Twain, Mark on cheerfulness
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"It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving."

Braunstein, Richard on giving
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"The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give."

Anderson, Sparky on giving
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"Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up."

Garfield, James A. on effort   

"If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever."

Horton, Doug on love
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"Love, while you are able to love."

Frieligrath, A. on love
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"Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own."

Wilson, Thomas on friends and friendship
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"Be the change you want to see in the world."

Gandhi, Mahatma on change
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"Love is the river of life in the world."

Beecher, Henry Ward on love
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"Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow."

Proverb on love
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"We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love."

Thích Nhat Hanh on love
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"Everybody forgets the basic thing; people are not going to love you unless you love them."

Carroll, Pat on love
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"Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear."

Lennon, John on love
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"We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on admiration
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"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach."

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett on love
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"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on hope
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