"The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to keep his mouth shut, to step back and see where his wife is wrong."

Bunker, Archie on marriage
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"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."

Wilde, Oscar on discontent
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"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."

Wilde, Oscar on democracy
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"One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation."

Wilde, Oscar on death
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"There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do."

Stark, Freya on happiness
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"It is he who has broken the bond of marriage -- not I. I only break its bondage."

Wilde, Oscar on divorce
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"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

Wilde, Oscar on education
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"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray."

Wilde, Oscar on emotions
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"A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies."

Wilde, Oscar on enemies
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"Humor heals the heckler."

Meyers, Gerald C. on present   

"Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop."

Hudnick, Gittel on money
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"The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not."

Huxley, Aldous on education
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"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

Gandhi, Mahatma on prayer
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"When a man has done all he can do, still there is a mighty, mysterious agency over which he needs influence to secure success. The one way he can reach it is by prayer."

Conwell, Russel H. on prayer   

"The influence of prayer on the human mind and body is as demonstrable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina, and a deeper understanding of the realities underlying human relationships."

Carrel, Dr. Alex on prayer   

"Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts."

Buttrick, George on prayer
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"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

Bunyan, John on prayer
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"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks."

Brooks, Phillips on prayer
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"It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

Nin, Anais on courage
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"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."

Burnett, Carol on change
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"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening."

Gandhi, Mahatma on prayer
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"Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart."

Graham, Ruth on prayer
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"Prayer puts you in touch with the infinite and prepares your mind for the finite."

Daniel, Peter on mind
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"When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers."

Wilde, Oscar on prayer
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"Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves."

Wolpe, David J. on prayer
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"Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly."

Pusey, Edward Bouverie on prayer
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"Prayer and practice is good rhyme."

Proverb, Scottish on prayer   

"Don't put people down, unless it's on your prayer list."

Michalski, Stan on prayer
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"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."

Kierkegaard, Søren on prayer
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"Prayer is the voice of faith."

Horne, William Van on prayer
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"Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly."

Ash, Mary Kay on goals
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"Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies."

Bowen, Elizabeth on jealousy
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"Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities."

Bowen, Elizabeth on growth
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"We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment."

Rohn, Jim on pain
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"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."

Rohn, Jim on planning
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"Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue and we will live happily ever after."

Anthony, Dr. Robert on hope
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"Never permit failure to become a habit."

Book, William Frederick on habit
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"If I look confused it is because I am thinking."

Goldwyn, Samuel on thoughts and thinking
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"Maturity is knowing when to be immature."

Hall, Randall on maturity
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"It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found -- not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater."

Teresa of Avila, St. on love
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