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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  As quoted in"Be Free!: Keys to Success and Happiness in Every Aspect of Your Life" by Slavica Bogdanov, (p. 45), October 12, 2012.

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• It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as human beings we need to pay attention to our inner values. Sometimes people think compassion is only of help to others, while we get no benefit. This is a mistake. When you concern yourself with others, you naturally develop a sense of self-confidence . To help others takes courage and inner strength.

  Dalai Lama

  Wise, Confidence, Spiritual

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• Hate is a lack of imagination.

  Graham Greene

  Hate, Acceptance, Imagination

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• The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Love, Life, Inspiring

  "Tuesdays with Morrie". Book by Mitch Albom, 1997.

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• The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

  The Importance of Being Earnest act 1 (1895)

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• My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.

  Suzanne Collins

  Wisdom, Memories, Roots

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• Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It's the kind of place we usually want to avoid. The challenge is to stay in the middle rather than buy into struggle and complaint. The challenge is to let it soften us rather than make us more rigid and afraid.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Heartbreak, Spiritual

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  Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

  Aristotle

  Life, Success, Wisdom

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• I consider non-violence to be compassion in action. It doesn’t mean weakness, cowering in fear, or simply doing nothing. It is to act without violence, motivated by compassion, recognising the rights of others.

  Dalai Lama

  Mean, Compassion, Rights

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• Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

  Julius Caesar

  Moving On, Death, Wisdom

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• These days, in our materialistic culture, many people are led to believe that money is the ultimate source of happiness. Consequently, when they don’t have enough of it they feel let down. Therefore, it is important to let people know that they have the source of contentment and happiness within themselves, and that it is related to nurturing our natural inner values.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Happiness, Happy

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• It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

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  Ram Dass

  Inspirational, Moving On, Success

  Ram Dass (2012). “Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's Guidebook”, p.28, Bantam

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• Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Teacher, Religious

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• A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Fear

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 18, 2014

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• It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Friendship, Family, Wisdom

  "Joseph Gordon-Levitt On Death And The Dark Knight". Interview with Radheyan Simonpillai, www.askmen.com. September 30, 2011.

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• A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

  Walter Bagehot

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Walter Bagehot (1858). “Estimates of Some Englishmen and Scotchmen”, p.272

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• Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf.

  Tom Flynn

  Love, Wisdom, Rose

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• Enjoy the questions and forget the answers.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Asking, Answers

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• Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.

  Roger Bacon

  Inspirational, Education, Wisdom

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• Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Meaningful

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.231, Princeton University Press

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• We must enhance the light, not fight the darkness.

  A. D. Gordon

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Dark

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• Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

  Laozi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

  Bruce Lee

  Love, Life, Friendship

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.96, Tuttle Publishing

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  We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Christian, Wisdom

  Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.213, Image

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