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| Leadership
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.
-- Xenophon
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| How to Change the World
Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.
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| Israel
We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
-- George ...
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| Women of the World
A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.
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| Personal Responsibility
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
-- Jim Rohn
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| The Mirror
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change ...
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| Changing Ourselves
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
-- Viktor E. Frankl
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| Progress
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
-- George Bernard Shaw
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| Helping Others
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
-- W. H. Auden
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| News
It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.
-- Jerry Seinfeld
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| Glamour
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
-- Hedy Lamarr
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| Snoring
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.
-- Anthony Burgess
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| Clean Minds
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
-- Oliver Herford
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| Liars
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
-- Abraham Lincoln
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| Ideas
An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
-- Don Marquis
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| Relativity
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
-- Albert Einstein
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| Success
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
-- Lana Turner
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| The Fact
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
-- Mark Twain
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| Living Each Day
It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.
-- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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| What's Waiting
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
-- E. M. Forster
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| Bearing Up
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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| The Playground
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
-- Gilbert K. Chesterton
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| Well-Spent Days
A well-spent day brings happy sleep.
-- Leonardo da Vinci
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| Close-ups
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-- Charlie Chaplin
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| Short Life
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel
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