“The ultimate ignorance is the blind opinion charged rejection of any issue; coupled with the arrogant absence of correct knowledge which refuses to investigate what is known little or nothing about” - Dr. David L. Perry Th.D.
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"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not." - James Gordon
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"Ask yourself: What grand goals would inspire me every minute of every day? What would I do with my life if I were playing full-out? If I were thinking big -- and even bigger than that! -- what dream would I commit to fulfilling?" - Dr. Gay Hendricks
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"Always show more kindness than you think is necessary because the receiver needs it more than you know." - Arthur Caliandro
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
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"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." - Norman Vincent Peale
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"I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone." - Henry Rollins
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"The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values." - Norman Thomas
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"The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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"Some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next." - Gilda Radner
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"The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles." - Ayn Rand
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"Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing." - Wernher von Braun
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
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"If you want to change somebody, don't preach to him. Set an example and shut up." - Jack LaLanne
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"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good." - Maya Angelou
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"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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"The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man." - Euripides
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"There are powers inside of you, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become." - Orison Swett Marden
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"There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking." - Alfred Korzybski
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"Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." - Charles Dickens
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"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." - Henry David Thoreau
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"The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth." - Chanakya
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"You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?" - Jim Rohn
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"Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time." - James A. Baldwin
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"Every night before you go to bed write down three things good that happened to you that day. That's pretty much all it takes to get a happiness boost over time." - Eric Barker
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"Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily." - Epictetus
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"This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on." - Oswald Spengler
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"Motherly love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." - Marion C. Garretty
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"I am not here to change the world. I am changing the world because I am here." - Lisa Wilson
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"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." - Epictetus
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"With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice." - Oprah Winfrey
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"Figure out what you want. Focus on it. Find people who have achieved what you want and find out how they think and act, and then follow their lead." - Bill Harris
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"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results." - Willie Nelson
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"When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest." - William Hazlitt

"Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal."- Louis K. Anspacher

"You can't hold a man down without staying down with him." - Booker T. Washington

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction." - Margaret Thatcher

"Be not ashamed of thy virtues; honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times." - Ben Jonson

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

"You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it." - Malcolm X

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain

"If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way." - Jane Goodall

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

"There is only so much energy available to us in life. Spending it on solving problems is one possible way of living your life, but this may leave you empty-hearted; spending it on what excites you is a lot more fulfilling and fun -- and effortless; and usually, the previously experienced problems vanish on their own. We don't have to battle against the darkness when all we need to do is turn on the light." - Andrea Moritz

"The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." - Rene Descartes

"Whatever is happening in your life, don't pre-occupy yourself with the question WHY? But rather ponder more on to WHERE these events will be bringing you. Know you are being led to somewhere beautiful, beyond your present harsh reality. Once you get to WHERE, then you'll know the WHY. Trust the process." - Author Unknown

"We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know." - W. H. Auden

"You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra

"Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb." - Sir Winston Churchill

"When you become aware that you're judging or censoring yourself today, suspend that thought. Take a few deep breaths instead. Inhale slowly... exhale slowly. Then look around you with fresh eyes... listen with new ears." - Dr. Gay Hendricks

"Refuse to emotionally succumb to the negative events around you and tap your mental toughness to thrive in any environment. The good guy doesn't always win and justice doesn't always prevail, but where you direct your mental energy will always determine your attitude and it will always be controlled by you." - Steve Siebold

"Happiness comes in many forms -- in the company of good friends, in the feeling you get when you make someone else's dream come true, or in the promise of hope renewed. It's okay to let yourself be happy because you never know how fleeting that happiness might be." - One Tree Hill

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost." - Thomas J. Watson

"If the person you're talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear." - Winnie the Pooh

"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht

"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that." - Norman Vincent Peale

"Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it." - Cullen Hightower

"The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you." - Anita Roddick

"Authentic happiness isn't something we can go out and get, buy, beg, borrow or steal, it's only something we can be, and it's a choice we make with every breath we take." - Dennis Merritt Jones

"Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again." - Mike Myers

"Listen, can you hear it? Spring's sweet cantata. The strains of grass pushing through the snow. The song of buds swelling on the vine. The tender timpani of a baby robin's heart. Spring." - Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Wake Up Call, 1992

"My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee." - Proverbs 3:1-2

"Tough times don't last, but tough people do. Never give up!" - Robert Schuller

"Everybody in your situation has the same choice: you can rue your situation or you can dedicate yourself to changing it. Accept responsibility for your future. Refuse to complain, criticize, or condemn." - Mark Ford

"Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient." - Eugene S. Wilson

"You have only one life, and no one else will live it for you. Shouldn't you take the time right now to figure out what that life is all about?" - Harry Browne

 "When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness." - Nicole Kidman

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine

"Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment." - Author Unknown

"Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait it out. It's all about timing." - Stacey Charter

"Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow." - Denis Waitley

"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." - Charles DuBois

"The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." - Ronald Reagan

"First thing to do every morning is read or listen to something positive. Your mind is like a garden -- whatever you plant grows. Plant good stuff." - Alwyn Cosgrove

"The difference between what you were yesterday and what you will be tomorrow is what you do today." - Stephen Pierce

"Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Words have special powers. The power to create smiles or frowns. The power to generate laughs or tears. The power to lift up or put down. The power to motivate or de-motivate. The power to teach good or evil. The power to express love or hate. The power to give or take. The power to heal or harm. Choose your words carefully." - A.D. Williams

"Hope is wishing something would happen. Faith is believing something will happen. Courage is making something happen." - Unknown Author

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." - Robert Heinlein

"A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure." - Segal's Law

"If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day." - John A. Wheeler

"Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk." - Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Three Doctors, 1993

"This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men." - Captain J. A. Hadfield

"The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question." - Stephen Jay Gould

"Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins." - Jim Rohn

"Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works." - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

"It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing." - D. H. Lawrence

"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." - Thomas Paine

"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world." - Helen Keller

"The time to relax is -- when you don't have time for it." - Sidney J. Harris

"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death." - James F. Byrnes

"What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens." - Benjamin Disraeli

"The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for." - Dan Millman

"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it." - Golda Meir

"The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own." - Susan Sontag

"Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive." - Lois McMaster Bujold

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." - Jimmy Dean

"First things first, but not necessarily in that order." - Doctor Who