"The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. We cannot force love."

Hazlitt, William on love
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"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

Franklin, Benjamin on writers and writing
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"Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."

Bach, Richard on farewells
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"Life is like a grindstone -- whether it wears you down or polishes you up depends on what you are made of."

Unknown, Source on life
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"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."

Ackerman, Diane on life
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"Do anything, even the impossible; it may only take a little longer when a miracle is required."

Unknown, Source on miracles
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."

Bingham, John on running
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"For every mountain there is a miracle."

Schuller, Robert H. on obstacles
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"In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles."

Bailey, Henry Christopher on faith
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"Out of difficulties grow miracles."

La Bruyere, Jean De on miracles
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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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"Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours."

Brown, Les on dream
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Twain, Mark on action
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"Immature love says: I love you because I need you. Mature love says: I need you because I love you."

Fromm, Erich on love
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"The truth of the matter is that there's nothing you can't accomplish if: (1) You clearly decide what it is that you're absolutely committed to achieving, (2) You're willing to take massive action, (3) You notice what's working or not, and (4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way."

Robbins, Anthony on achievement
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"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."

Robinson, Eddie on achievement
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"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."

Marden, Orison Swett on achievement
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"One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude."

Sandburg, Carl on creativity
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"I understood that all the material of a literary work was in my past life, I understood that I had acquired it in the midst of frivolous amusements, in idleness, in tenderness and in pain, stored up by me without my divining its destination or even its survival, as the seed has in reserve all the ingredients which will nourish the plant."

Proust, Marcel on creativity
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"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."

Ruskin, John on success
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"You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him."

Aikman, Leo on action
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"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do."

Gibran, Kahlil on dream
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"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed."

Vivekananda, Swami on fear
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"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience."

Caesar, Julius on pain
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"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

Shaw, George Bernard on change
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