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Martineau, James

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. Martineau, James quotes

Carroll, Lewis

Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six possible things before breakfast. Carroll, Lewis quotes

Collins, Phil

The world is in your hands, now use it. Collins, Phil quotes

"If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances" – Julia Soul

“If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances” – Julia Soul

"It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult." – Seneca

“It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.” – Seneca

"Our religion keeps reminding us that we aren’t just will and thoughts. We’re also sand and wind and thunder. Rain. The seasons. All those things. You learn to respect everything because you are everything. If you respect yourself, you respect all things." – William Least Heat Moon

“Our religion keeps reminding us that we aren’t just will and thoughts. We’re also sand and wind and thunder. Rain. The seasons. All those things. …

"My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash." – Joan Rivers

“My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It …

"People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year." – Peter F. Drucker

“People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a …

I visualize the game. I think about who I am guarding, the things he likes to do. -Pippen, Scottie

"Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes." – Mary Martin

“Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.” – Mary Martin

"We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint." – Robert Frost

“We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint.” – Robert Frost

"Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated." – Will Rogers

“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.” – Will Rogers

No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies. -Twain, Mark

"Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you." – Zig Ziglar

“Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.” – Zig Ziglar

"I wish I could drink like a lady / I can take one or two at the most / Three and I’m under the table / Four and I’m under the host" – Dorothy Parker

“I wish I could drink like a lady / I can take one or two at the most / Three and I’m under the table …

A strong foe is better than a weak friend. -Dahlberg, Edward

"This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men; go freely with the powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and mothers, of families: read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life: re-examine all you have been told at school or church, or in any books, and dismiss whatever insults your soul." – Walt Whitman

“This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for …

"The worst feature of a new baby is its mother’s singing" – Kin Hubbard

“The worst feature of a new baby is its mother’s singing” – Kin Hubbard

Once you’re moving you can keep moving. -Weiss, Ronald Alan

Teach us to give and not count the cost. -Loyola, St. Ignatius

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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. -Bunyan, John

"After taking such a birth, O Arjuna, one regains the knowledge acquired in the previous life, and strives again to achieve perfection." – Bhagavad Gita

“After taking such a birth, O Arjuna, one regains the knowledge acquired in the previous life, and strives again to achieve perfection.” – Bhagavad Gita

"It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it" – Oscar Wilde

“It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it” – Oscar Wilde

"Birth is the beginning of death" – Thomas Fuller

“Birth is the beginning of death” – Thomas Fuller

"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve." – Buddha

“The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.” – Buddha

"He praises who wishes to sell." – William Shakespeare

“He praises who wishes to sell.” – William Shakespeare

Personality is a mask you believe in. -White, Dr.

"Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes" – George Bernard Shaw

“Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes” – George Bernard Shaw

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." – Ingrid Bergman

“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.” – Ingrid Bergman

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." – Elizabeth Stone

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – …

"Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only dec" – Rosa Luxemburg

“Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution …

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