"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary."

Beaton, Sir Cecil on courage
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"There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose."

Bulger, William M. on character
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"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on character   

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

Froude, James A. on character
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"Where no counsel is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety. [Proverbs 11:14]"

Bible on advice
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"While we look not a that things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. [2 Corinthians 4:18]"

Bible on age and aging
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"For such is God our God, forever and ever. He will guide us until death. [Psalm 48:14]"

Bible on direction   

"All things are possible to him who believes. [Mark 9:23]"

Bible on faith
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"If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. [Mark 9:23]"

Bible on faith
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"If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

Bible on laziness   

"A loafer always has the correct time."

Hubbard, Kin on laziness   

"Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character."

Boardman, George D. on character
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"Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades."

Bisset, Jacqueline on character
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"Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness."

Baldwin, Faith on character
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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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"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on achievement
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"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

Gogh, Vincent Van on achievement
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"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome."

Johnson, Samuel on achievement
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"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."

Peale, Norman Vincent on achievement
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"So much to do, so little done, such things to be."

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on achievement
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"For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world."

Winthrop, John on achievement   

"Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner."

Brown, Les on motivation
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"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

Buscaglia, Leo on motivation
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"It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on character
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"Too many young people itch for what they want without scratching for it."

Taylor, Thomas on laziness