"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on strength
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"A good name is better than precious ointment. [Ecclesiastes 7:1]"

Bible on reputation   

"Where the heart lies, let the brain lie also."

Browning, Robert on emotions
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"There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated."

Dickens, Charles on emotions
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"The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future -- are, more often than not, unconsidered."

Gide, Andre on impulse
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"It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all."

Courteline, Georges on action
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"Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt."

Cousins, Norman on action
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"There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something."

Crow, Trammell on action
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"Many are called but few get up."

Herford, Oliver on action
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"Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world."

Marden, Orison Swett on action
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"Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself."

Saying, Zen on action
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"My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still."

Unknown, Source on action   

"Anything you do can get you fired; this includes doing nothing."

Unknown, Source on action   

"Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest."

Unknown, Source on action
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"Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior."

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) on quality   

"Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?"

Eliot, George on quarrels
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"A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship."

Francis De Sales, St. on quarrels
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"Wise men do not quarrel with each other."

Proverb, Danish on quarrels
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"The course of true love never did run smooth."

Shakespeare, William on quarrels
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"The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel."

Shaw, George Bernard on quarrels
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"Everything can be improved."

Barron, C. W. on quality
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"One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can."

Billings, Josh on quality   

"Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much."

Bacon, Francis on questions
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"For every why he had a wherefore."

Butler, Samuel on questions
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"A timid question will always receive a confident answer."

Darling, Lord on questions
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"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."

Decouvertes on questions
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"If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on questions
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"It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?"

Heschel, Abraham J. on questions
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"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

Mahfouz, Naguib on questions
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"Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand."

Acquinas, Saint Thomas on faith
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"To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless."

Cicero, Marcus T. on reputation   

"There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter."

Colton, Charles Caleb on reputation
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"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one."

Wilde, Oscar on friends and friendship
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"None of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves."

Wilde, Oscar on faults
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"I can believe anything provided it is incredible."

Wilde, Oscar on faith
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"I have found that most of the things I want from living I must get from people."

Conklin, Robert on want
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"Our necessities never equal our wants."

Franklin, Benjamin on want
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"Make sure you want it enough."

Kingdon, Frank on want
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"Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold."

Marston, William Moulton on want
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"I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now."

Prince, Ray on want
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