Should Quotes

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  In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Nov 18, 2009

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• It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?

  A. J. Jacobs

  Wise, Book, Brutality

  A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.707, Simon and Schuster

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• We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us

  Aristotle

  Friendship, Wish, Behave

  See Bible 225; Chesterfield 4; Confucius 9; Hillel 2

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• I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Art, Educational, Writing

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (1925). “In the Garden ...”

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  A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to prove you're a lady.

  Edith Head

  Fashion, Eyebrows, Icons

  EDITH HEAD (1959). “The Dress Doctor”

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• I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

  Abdul Qadeer Khan

  Forgiveness, Hatred, Fitting

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• A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

  Albert Einstein

  Sympathy, God, Death

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.39, Broadway Books

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• There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

  James Truslow Adams

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  James Truslow Adams (1930). “A Searchlight on America”, London : Routledge

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• Too often we make the mistake of remembering what we should forget-our hurts, failures and disappointments -and we forget what we should remember-our victories, accomplishments and the times we have made it through.

  Joel Osteen

  Hurt, Disappointment, Mistake

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• When you compare yourself with others in matters of wealth, position, and health, you should look at people less favoured than yourself. When you compare yourself with others in matters of religion, knowledge and virtue, look at people who are better than yourself.

  Ibn Hazm

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Health

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• It was God's word that made us; is it any wonder that His word should sustain us?

  Charles Spurgeon

  Wonder, Made

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• Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

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• We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn't do. All the things we should have done. You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.

  Mitch Albom

  Regret, Should Have, Forgiving

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.166, Broadway Books

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• The average personality re-shapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul-desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should change.

  Truman Capote

  Average, Years, Personality

  Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.58, Vintage

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• Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Children, Thinking

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 01, 1996.

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• We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God's side.

  Billy Graham

  God, Christian, Prayer

  Franklin Graham, Billy Graham (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.266, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning.

  Michelle Obama

  Should Have, Worried, Grades

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• The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.

  Billy Graham

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

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• A model should be as simple as it can be but no simpler

  Albert Einstein

  Business, Simple, Models

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  Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

  Francis Chan

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.92, David C Cook

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  A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

  Max Lucado

  Love, Inspirational, Powerful

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• He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Country, Peace

  "Mein Weltbild (My World-view)". Essay by Albert Einstein, 1931.

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• Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Inspiring, Wise

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• If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple.

  Temple Grandin

  Simple, Autism, Stuff

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 10, 2014

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