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"The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem."

Rubin, Theodore I. on problems
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"They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles."

Franklin, Benjamin on advice
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"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."

Franklin, Benjamin on anxiety
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"The things which hurt, instruct."

Franklin, Benjamin on learning
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"I am lord of myself, accountable to none."

Franklin, Benjamin on independence    Share

"Honesty is the best policy."

Franklin, Benjamin on honesty
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"Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life."

Franklin, Benjamin on happiness
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"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."

Franklin, Benjamin on genius
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"Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade."

Franklin, Benjamin on genius
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"The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs of his neighbor."

Franklin, Benjamin on fools and foolishness
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"Well done, is better than well said."

Franklin, Benjamin on example
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"Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest."

Franklin, Benjamin on deception
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"A fool think he needs no advice, but a wise man listens to others. [Proverbs 12:15]"

Bible on advice
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"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another."

Homer on deception
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"You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time."

Lincoln, Abraham on deception
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"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."

Franklin, Benjamin on expectation
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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

Lincoln, Abraham on power
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"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."

Lincoln, Abraham on laughter
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"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."

Lincoln, Abraham on justice
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"A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

Lincoln, Abraham on happiness
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"Military glory --the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood."

Lincoln, Abraham on glory
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"Whatever you are, be a good one."

Lincoln, Abraham on greatness
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"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves."

Lincoln, Abraham on freedom
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"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."

Lincoln, Abraham on fools and foolishness
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"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion."

Lincoln, Abraham on feelings
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"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day."

Lincoln, Abraham on excellence
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"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."

Lincoln, Abraham on democracy
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"The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend."

Lincoln, Abraham on enemies
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"Familiarity breeds contempt; and children."

Twain, Mark on familiarity
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"We are all alike, on the inside."

Twain, Mark on equality
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"Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul."

Twain, Mark on dress
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"We will either find a way, or make one."

Hannibal on achievement
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"Faith is believing what you know ain't so."

Twain, Mark on faith
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"We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly."

Twain, Mark on family
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"A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time."

Twain, Mark on habit
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"Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap."

Bennett, William John on happiness
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"But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a person and life they lead."

Camus, Albert on happiness
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"Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives."

Cobbett, William on happiness    Share

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