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"It is better to be faithful than famous" – Theodore Roosevelt

“It is better to be faithful than famous” – Theodore Roosevelt

"Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." – Oscar Wilde

“Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” – Oscar Wilde

"The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday" – Paris Hilton

“The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday” – Paris Hilton

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." – Mahatma Gandhi

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” – Mahatma Gandhi

"Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often" – Mark Twain

“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often” – Mark Twain

"The nearest to me are the abstinent, whoever they are, wherever they are" – Muhammad

“The nearest to me are the abstinent, whoever they are, wherever they are” – Muhammad

"The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out." – James Arthur Baldwin

“The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the …

"From a little spark bursts a mighty flame" – Dante Alighieri

“From a little spark bursts a mighty flame” – Dante Alighieri

"One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art." – Oscar Wilde

“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.” – Oscar Wilde

"Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times." – Winston Churchill

“Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.” – Winston Churchill

"Deep in my heart I’m concealing things that I’m longing to say. Scared to confess what I’m feeling – frightened you’ll slip away." – Madonna

“Deep in my heart I’m concealing things that I’m longing to say. Scared to confess what I’m feeling – frightened you’ll slip away.” – Madonna

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism" – George Washington

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism” – George Washington

"Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves." – Winston Churchill

“Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves.” – Winston Churchill

"Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods" – C.S. Lewis

“Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods” – C.S. Lewis

"I awoke one morning and found myself famous." – Lord Byron

“I awoke one morning and found myself famous.” – Lord Byron

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life." – Richard Bach

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach

"I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it’s an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I’ve learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them." – Sasha Azevedo

“I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it’s an opportunity to build on our faith, …

"Achievement brings its own anticlimax." – Maya Angelou

“Achievement brings its own anticlimax.” – Maya Angelou

"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married." – Katharine Hepburn

“If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.” – Katharine Hepburn

"To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am." – Bernard M. Baruch

“To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.” – Bernard M. Baruch

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." – William James

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James

"Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives." – Marilyn Monroe

“Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.” – Marilyn Monroe

"This is a valentine to that era." – Casey Nicholaw

“This is a valentine to that era.” – Casey Nicholaw

"A husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other. Any law which should bind them to cohabitation for one moment after the decay of their affection would be a most intolerable tyranny, and the most unworthy of toleration." – Percy Bysshe Shelley

“A husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other. Any law which should bind them to cohabitation for one …

"Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life" – Harvey MacKay

“Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life” – Harvey MacKay

"Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him." – Groucho Marx

“Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.” – Groucho Marx

"Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead" – Bertrand Russell

“Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent …

"People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them." – Dave Barry

“People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.” – Dave Barry

"Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart." – Mort Walker

“Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.” – Mort Walker

"Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed." – Albert Einstein

“Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.” – Albert Einstein

"Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre." – Orson Welles

“Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.” – Orson Welles

"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country." – E. M. Forster

“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” – …

"To be great is to be misunderstood." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To be great is to be misunderstood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." – Abraham Lincoln

“Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” …

"Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous – who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves?" – John Keats

“Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous – who are each individually lost in a throng made up of …

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other" – Burton Hills

“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other” – Burton Hills

"If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you’ll be going, ‘you know, we’re alright. We are dang near royalty." – Jeff Foxworthy

“If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to …

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