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The most wonderful inspirations die with their subject, if he has no hand to paint them to the sense...

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to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

They had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it wi...

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Suppose... that you acquit me... Suppose that, in view of this, you said to me 'Socrates, on this oc...

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Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. No ki...

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Inside, the midwife was trying to get Socorro to open her mouth wide and let the pain come out. "Ope...

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I am the master of my fate:I am the captain of my soul.

"I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation f...

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One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: "This...

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A good half of the art of living is resilience.

Life may try to knock you down but be persistent with your passions - cultivate grit, resilience, te...

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In the path of compassion our patience, resilience and endurance are often challenged. Sometimes we ...

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Compassion does not need any special preparation, place or time. You can start it anywhere and anyti...

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Compassion makes you strong, caring and creative. It creates a different attitude, a level of maturi...

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Cleaning the wound is often more painfulthan the cut itself.

My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise children...

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If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our r...

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When fear rushed in, I learned how to hear my heart racing but refused to allow my feelings to sway ...

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There is no question in my mind that a 'Brexit' would deal a significant blow to the E.U.'s strength...

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The encouraging thing is that every time you meet a situation, though you may think at the time it i...

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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether pe...

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Eleanor RooseveltYou Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to rememb...

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The more it rains and blows, the more certain we are to have him.

My courage is faith--faith in the eternal resilience of me--that joy'll come back, and hope and spon...

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It has always been dangerous to institutionalize hope, and we no longer live in a society in which w...

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Harold BloomThe Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages

‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse your...

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Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold peril...

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Of all tools used in the shadow of the moon, men are the most apt to get out of order.

Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee; as for the time it did me. The...

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But I will not repine. It cannot last long. He will be forgot, and we shall all be as we were before...

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Even the demons are encouraged when their chief is "not lost in loss itself.

Proshka was a man of self-esteem. He considered himself a cut above the rest, and had a degree of pe...

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Memphis found his smile. 'You know me, sir. I don't wear worry.

There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing...

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You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may tread me in the very dirtBut ...

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The author cites researcher David Howard's idea of post-traumatic growth. Howard contends that some ...

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Nassim Nicholas TalebAntifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

My religion is Get Over It.

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Nora EphronI Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections