"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become."- Charles Du Bos (1882 - 1939) French essayist and critic
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"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become."- Charles Du Bos (1882 - 1939) French essayist and critic
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One day and some day are not days of the week. To live our dreams and fulfill our purposes we must plan with long and short-term goals; yet act on and implement them daily. - Debra Sue Westlake
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"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible...what wine is so sparkling, so fragrant, so intoxicating, as possibility!"- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) Danish Philosopher
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"It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen."- Herodotus (485BC - 425BC) Greek Historian
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I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place. - Maya Angelou
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The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. - H. P. Lovecraft
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"The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense."- Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931) American Inventor
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Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. - John F. Kennedy
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"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning."- J.B. Priestley (1894 - 1984) English Author
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Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family. - Barbara Bush
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. - Steve Jobs
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"Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away."- Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875) English Historian and Novelist
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"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."- Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) (1622 - 1673) French Playwright
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"I never did take anything from anyone. It ain't that I'm not grateful, but I love to earn it better."- Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
English writer and social critic
"If passion drives, let reason hold the reins."- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) -American Statesman and Scientist
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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. - Benjamin Franklin
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"Genius is eternal patience." - Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) Italian Sculptor and Painter
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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. - Steve Jobs
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"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) Third President of the United States
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"All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your own terms."- Harrison Ford (B - 1942) American Actor
"Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you."- Mary Tyler Moore (B - 1936) American Actress
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Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. - Marilyn Ferguson