Inspirational Life Quotes - Page 19

• Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

  Sigmund Freud

  Flower, Looks, Emotion

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• The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

  James Madison

  Education, Freedom, Knowledge

  James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.41, University of Virginia Press

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• Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

  Maimonides

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Leadership, Power, Greatness

  Orison Swett Marden (2015). “Peace, Power & Plenty (Unabridged): Before a Man Can Lift Himself, He Must Lift His Thought”, p.95, e-artnow

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• Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

  Rollo May

  Inspirational, Life, Sympathy

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• We are the hero of our own story.

  Mary McCarthy

  Self Esteem, Hero, Healing

  Mary McCarthy (1964). “The Humanist in the Bathtub”

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• Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.

  William McKinley

  Success, Agreement, Differences

  William McKinley's speech in Des Moines, Iowa, 1901.

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• The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

  H. L. Mencken

  Life, Spiritual, War

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.131, Vintage

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  Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

  Arthur Miller

  Life, Regret, Mistake

  FaceBook post by Arthur Miller from May 08, 2014

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• Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Life, Positive, Hope

  Margaret Mitchell (1936). “Gone with the wind”, Avon Books

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• I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man's estate.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Life, Philosophy, Humble

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.611, Stanford University Press

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• Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

  Florence Nightingale

  Happiness, Nursing, Progress

  Florence Nightingale, Ramona Salotti (2003). “Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not”, p.13, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.

  Anais Nin

  Memorable, Writing, Bad Ass

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• I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and I've enjoyed it completely. A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other.

  Sean O'Casey

  Life, Song, Insightful

  E. H. Mikhail, Sean O'Casey, John O'Riordan (1974). “The sting and the twinkle: conversations with Sean O'Casey”

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• I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Inspirational, Life, Courage

  Dennis Abrams, Georgia O'Keeffe (2009). “Georgia O'Keeffe”, p.56, Infobase Publishing

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• Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

  Jeannette Walls

  Life, Fall, Important

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• Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Integrity, Evil, Giving

  Albert Schweitzer (1932). “Civilization and ethics. 3d. ed”

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• After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings.

  Richard Dawkins

  Life, Gratitude, Morning

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• Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

  Judy Blume

  Believe, Greatness, Achieve

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• I am rooted, but I flow.

  Virginia Woolf

  Healing, Flow, Rooted

  Virginia Woolf (2005). “The Waves”, p.86, Collector's Library

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• Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Book by Stephen Chbosky, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 1999.

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• Sometimes life takes hold of one, carries the body along, accomplishes one's history, and yet is not real, but leaves oneself as it were slurred over.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Life, Real, Cynical

  D. H. Lawrence (2016). “Sons and Lovers: Top Novelist Focus”, p.7, 谷月社

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• Fail to plan, plan to fail.

  Hillary Clinton

  Planning, Failing, Plans

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2004). “Living History”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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• We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.

  Hillary Clinton

  Inspirational, Kindness, Successful

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2012). “It Takes a Village”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Love, Positive, Attitude

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2008). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

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