"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

Wilde, Oscar on life
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"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."

Dean, Jimmy on change
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"Life is always walking up to us and saying, 'Come on in, the living's fine,' and what do we do? Back off and take its picture."

Baker, Russell (Wayne) on life
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"The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales."

Aesop on pain
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"The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body."

Syrus, Publilius on pain
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"Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it."

Franklin, Benjamin on advice
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"The best time to make friends is before you need them."

Barrymore, Ethel on friends and friendship
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"If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep."

Proverb, Yiddish on dream
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"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

King Jr. Martin Luther on love
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"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

King Jr. Martin Luther on acceptance
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"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough."

Crane, Frank on trust
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"Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys."

Proverb, Jewish on trust
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"The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him."

Stimson, Henry Lewis on trust
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"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them."

Aristotle on character
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"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."

Woodberry, George E. on defeat   

"You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat."

Brown, Paul on defeat
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"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

Gandhi, Indira on anger
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"It's not what your are, it's what you don't become that hurts."

Levant, Oscar on regret
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"We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart."

Cotvos on god
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"People see God every day; they just don't recognize Him."

Bailey, Pearl on god
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"A winner makes commitment. A loser makes promises."

Unknown, Source on commitment
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"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' -the pig was 'committed"

Unknown on commitment
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"Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

Jones, Franklin P. on love
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"Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one."

Ball, Ivern on advice
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"It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference."

Brokaw, Tom on influence
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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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"Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do."

Galer, Don on integrity
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"If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments."

Ziglar, Zig on god
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"Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific."

Ziglar, Zig on purpose
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"There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic."

Ziglar, Zig on criticism
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"Never explain -- your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway."

Hubbard, Elbert on nations
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"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them."

Smith, Harold J. on mistakes
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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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"A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks"

Unknown, Source on smile
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"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."

Diller, Phyllis on smile
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"God's delays are not God's denials."

Schuller, Robert H. on war
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"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

Rogers, Kenny on ambition
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"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call Failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."

Pickford, Mary on obstacles
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"Good is not good, when better is expected."

Fuller, Thomas on expectation
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"Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet."

Unknown, Source on action
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