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  Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

  Bernard Baruch

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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  It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.87, BookBaby

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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Thomas Jefferson (2013). “The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible”, p.139, BookBaby

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  Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

  Rose Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Stanley Weintraub, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, John McDonald Burke, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward (1974). “Whistler”

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• Unexpected events can set you back or set you up. It's all a matter of - perspective.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Perspective, Events, Unexpected

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, Conari Press

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  If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

  Colin Powell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

  Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.198, Ballantine Books

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• We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.

  Randy Pausch

  Long, Life Is, Last Lecture

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• The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Being Yourself, Asking Yourself Questions, Questioning

  Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood (1980). “The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction”, p.200, Ultramarine Publishing

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  The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

  Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters.

  Robin Wright

  Health, Feel Good, Feelings

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• It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Greatness, What Matters

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jun 02, 2016

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• In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Letting Go

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• The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

  Ray Manzarek

  Inspirational, Life, Grandchildren

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• It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.

  Don Cornelius

  Pleasure, Soul Train

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.

  Milan Kundera

  Mistake, Choices, Shame

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• Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.

  Trey Parker

  Friendship, Goodbye, Farewell

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• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

  David Elkind

  Inspirational, Teenager, Choices

  David Elkind (1994). “Parenting Your Teenager”

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• Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

  Joan Rivers

  Wise, Wisdom, Thinking

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• Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Smile, Graduation

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• Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

  Thomas Merton

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  "No Man is an Island".

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• The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

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• I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Death, Witty

  Quoted in L.A. Times, 28 Nov. 1954

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• No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

  Helen Keller

  Happiness, Happy, Wise

  Helen Keller (2012). “Optimism”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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