Job 329
Great men are not always wise.
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Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
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You can't express every feeling that you have every moment that you have them.
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
I am not a toy. I am a spork !
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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
His eyes have made love to me all evening.
Love is not love until love's vulnerable.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
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Love as much as you can from wherever you are.
Time is the great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all of it's students.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
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There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.
Anything is possible.
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
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Never stop dreaming.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
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All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
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What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
No involvement, no commitment.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
You complete me.
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Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
My life is my message.
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From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
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One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
You betcha !
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
Love means to love that which is unlovable, or it is no virtue at all.
Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you're still trying, keep it up ! You're right on track.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
Love is like a blazing flame, golden and full of warmth.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.