Inspirational Quotes - Page 39

• Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

  Martin Fowler

  Funny, Humorous, Writing

  Jay Fields, Shane Harvie, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck (2009). “Refactoring: Ruby Edition”, p.36, Pearson Education

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• Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

  Heywood Broun

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Be Somebody who makes Everybody feel like a Somebody.

  Brad Montague

  Sympathy, Kindness, Empathy

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• The universe is a multi-dimension al creative process, constantly forming new facets of possibility for you and all living things. Expanding our awareness of the process, we allow ourselves to experience more of it. Every moment we can remember that ANYTHING is possible in a realm of endless possibility.

  Marianne Williamson

  Creative, Experience, Als

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 25, 2013

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• Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Karma, Spiritual, Wisdom

  Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.52, Harmony

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• The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Confidence, Money, Self Esteem

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• Power is not given to you. You have to take it.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Inspiring, Girl, Empowering Women

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• So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Tattoo, Time, Powerful

  The Great Gatsby ch. 9 (1925).

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• We can say that Maud'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn.

  Frank Herbert

  Training, Lessons, Firsts

  "Dune: The Gateway Collection". Book by Frank Herbert, 2012.

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• Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

  George Washington

  4th Of July, Heart, Compassion

  George Washington, Thomas J. Fleming (1967). “Affectionately Yours, George Washington: A Self-portrait in Letters of Friendship”, New York : Norton

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• Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

  Randy Pausch

  Life, Motivational, Perseverance

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• We accept the love we think we deserve.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love, Tattoo, Marriage

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Love, Life, Happiness

  Kurt Vonnegut (2017). “A Man Without a Country”, p.132, Dial Press

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• It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Music, Spiritual

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.409, Princeton University Press

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• You are you. Now, isn't that unpleasant?

  Dr. Seuss

  Being Yourself, Just Being You, True To Yourself

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• Never mistake activity for achievement.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Business

  John Wooden (1997). “Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court”, p.8, McGraw Hill Professional

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  I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.

  Ron White

  Funny, Encouraging, Uplifting

  "Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again". Comedy, Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

  Jack London

  Life, Ambition, Character

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

  Jeff Bezos

  Motivational, Inspiring, Business

  "Online Extra: Jeff Bezos on Word-of-Mouth Power". Interview with Robert D. Hof, www.bloomberg.com. August 2, 2004.

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• Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Children, Book, Reading

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• Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Photography, Art, Science

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.223, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

  Anais Nin

  Fear, Mermaid, Depth

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• If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.

  Deepak Chopra

  Happiness, Time, Happy Life

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• At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.

  Terry Waite

  Winning, Compassion, The End Of The Day

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• Today everything exists to end in a photograph.

  Susan Sontag

  Photography, Today, Photographer

  Susan Sontag (2011). “On Photography”, p.25, Macmillan

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