"I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed."

Angelou, Maya on god
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"Each of us has the right and the responsibility to asses the road which lie ahead and those over which we have traveled, and if the feature road looms ominous or unpromising, and the road back uninviting-inviting, then we need to gather our resolve and carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that one as well."

Angelou, Maya on responsibility
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"If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain. "

Angelou, Maya on complaining
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"It is not enough for us to prostrate ourselves under the tree which is Creation, and to contemplate its tremendous branches filled with stars. We have a duty to perform, to work upon the human soul, to defend the mystery against the miracle, to worship the incomprehensible while rejecting the absurd; to accept, in the inexplicable, only what is necessary; to dispel the superstitions that surround religion --to rid God of His Maggots."

Hugo, Victor on duty
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"He who opens a school door, closes a prison."

Hugo, Victor on education
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"It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed and that which should be simply illuminated and studied. How great is the force of benevolent and searching examination! We must not resort to the flame where only light is required."

Hugo, Victor on exaggeration   

"There are fathers who do not love their children, but there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson."

Hugo, Victor on fathers
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"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come."

Hugo, Victor on ideas
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"Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds."

Hugo, Victor on action
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"It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life."

Hugo, Victor on books - reading   

"Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time."

Hugo, Victor on waste
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"Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education."

Hugo, Victor on common sense
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"Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."

Hugo, Victor on courage
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"I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace."

Keller, Helen on peace
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"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

Aesop on kindness
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"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth."

Aesop on appearance
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"We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted."

Aesop on wish and wishing
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"YOU WILL ONLY BECOME WHAT YOU ARE BECOMING RIGHT NOW. Though you cannot go back and make a brand new start, my friend, anyone can start from now and make a brand new end. "

Maxwell, John C. on art
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"I do not have what I own, nor do I have what I do. I only have what I am."

Hunt, Trinidad on possessions
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"Life is made of millions of moments, but we live only one of these moments at a time. As we begin to change this moment, we begin to change our lives."

Hunt, Trinidad on change
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"Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary."

Alcott, Louisa May on friends and friendship
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"Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged."

Alcott, Louisa May on happiness
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"Love is a great beautifier."

Alcott, Louisa May on love
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"Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won."

Alcott, Louisa May on reform
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"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."

Alcott, Louisa May on vision
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"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship."

Alcott, Louisa May on adversity
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"It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives."

Robbins, Anthony on giving
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"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped."

Robbins, Anthony on decisions
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"I also remember the moment my life changed, the moment I finally said, I've had it! I know I'm much more than I'm demonstrating mentally, emotionally, and physically in my life. I made a decision in that moment which was to alter my life forever. I decided to change virtually every aspect of my life. I decided I would never again settle for less than I can be."

Robbins, Anthony on decisions
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"Most people fail in life because they major in minor things."

Robbins, Anthony on failure
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"So free we seem, so fettered we are!"

Browning, Robert on freedom
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"Take away love and our earth is a tomb."

Browning, Robert on love
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"My sun sets to rise again."

Browning, Robert on optimism
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"When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something."

Browning, Robert on self-control
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"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on difficulties
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"If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on discovery
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"The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had. "

Unknown on friendship
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"To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up."

Nash, Ogden on marriage
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"Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore."

Nash, Ogden on parents and parenting
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"God give me the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed;Give me courage to change things which must be changed;And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other. "

Niebuhr, Reinhold on uncategorised
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