Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others. ~John Wooden
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?" ~Brian Tracy
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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If you can compete, you are going to compete. ~Earl Lloyd
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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