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• One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

  William Feather

  Happiness, Civilization, Inner Peace

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• Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are your own Gandhi, you are your own King.

  Leymah Gbowee

  Kings, Hero, Believe In Yourself

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• The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inner Peace

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.90, Lulu Press, Inc

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• This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Faith, Past, Giving

  Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill (2006). “The Hiding Place”, p.12, Chosen Books

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• A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.

  Bhumibol Adulyadej

  Mean, Society, Good Person

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• I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

  Nelson Mandela

  Wisdom, Opportunity, Equality

  Statement at trial, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 Apr. 1964

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• An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.

  Martin Luther

  Religious, Humor, Equality

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• In science we must be interested in things, not in persons.

  Marie Curie

  Science, Reality, Accounts

  Quoted in Eve Curie Madame Curie (1937), ch.16 (translated by Vincent Sheean, 1943).

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• A second characteristic of the process which for me is the good life, is that it involves an increasingly tendency to live fully in each moment. I believe it would be evident that for the person who was fully open to his new experience, completely without defensiveness, each moment would be new.

  Carl Rogers

  Good Life, Believe, New Experiences

  Carl Rogers (2012). “On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy”, p.188, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We are our memories," Dodge said. "That's all we are. That's what makes us the person we are. The sum of all our memories from the day we were born. If you took a person and replaced his set of memories with another set, he'd be a different person. He'd think, act, and feel things differently.

  Brian Falkner

  Memories, Thinking, Different

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• I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.

  Dolly Parton

  Love, Music, Song

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• ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls.

  Roy Orbison

  Friendship, Success, Soulmate

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• Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

  Bruce Jenner

  Good Life, Moving, Good Day

  Bruce Jenner, Mark Seal (1999). “Finding the Champion Within: A Step-by-Step Plan for Reaching Your Full Potential”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.

  Gillian Anderson

  Relationship, Night, Just Friends

  "The X-Files: The Rain King". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1999.

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  I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• Trying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Jesus, Real, Anxiety

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Sep 02, 2015

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• It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Motivational, Birthday

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

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• No one is any more or any less important than you are.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Positive, Meaningful

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from May 19, 2011

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• Your past does not determine who you are. Your past prepares you for who you are to become.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Life, Future

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• Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Positive, Reflection

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 19, 2017

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• Failure is not meant to be final and fatal.... It is meant to refine you to be all that you are meant to be.

  Jon Gordon

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Perseverance

  FaceBook post by Jon Gordon from Nov 30, 2015

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• I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person

  Voltaire

  Moral

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• The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

  Chanakya

  Education, Spiritual, Moving

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• Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

  Jon Gordon

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  FaceBook post by Jon Gordon from Jun 05, 2013

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