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Herbert Hoover quote: "Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit..."
Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust. Herbert Hoover
When you want to attract something into your life, make sure your actions don’t contradict your desires.. Think about what you have asked for, and make sure that your actions are mirroring what you expect to receive, and that they’re not contradicting what you‘ve asked for. Act as if you are receiving it. Do exactly what you would do if you were receiving it today, and take actions in your life to reflect that powerful expectation. Make room to receive your desires, and as you do, you are... Rhonda Byrne
Charles Fort quote: "But some of us have been educated by surprises out of much..."
But some of us have been educated by surprises out of much that we were 'absolutely sure' of... Charles Fort
John Paul Jones quote: "Surrender? I have not yet begun to fight!"
Surrender? I have not yet begun to fight! John Paul Jones
Margaret Atwood quote: "More powerful than God, more evil than the Devil; the poor..."
More powerful than God, more evil than the Devil; the poor have it, the rich lack it, and if you eat it you die? Margaret Atwood
Yes, it is true that sometimes unusually intelligent and sensitive children can appear to be stupid. But stupid children can sometimes appear to be stupid as well. I think that's something you might have to consider. Douglas Adams
We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it. Epicurus
Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart with perpetual wounds; for reason, which chases away all other pains, creates repentance, shames the soul with confusion, and punishes it with torment. Plutarch
The future teachers I try to recruit are those show have refused to let themselves be neutered in this way, either in their private lives or in the lives that they intend to lead in school. When they begin to teach, they come into their classrooms with a sense of affirmation of the goodness and the fullness of existence, with a sense of satisfaction in discovering the unexpected in their students, and with a longing to surprise the world, their kids, even themselves, with their capacity to... Jonathan Kozol
Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain. Gordon B. Hinckley
Inventors and geniuses have almost always been looked on as no better than fools at the beginning of their career, and very frequently at the end of it also. Fyodor Dostoevsky
George Bernard Shaw quote: "It is not pleasure that makes life worth living. It is life..."
It is not pleasure that makes life worth living. It is life that makes pleasure worth having. George Bernard Shaw
Dave Eggers quote: "If you think I'm annoying and preachy now, you should have..."
If you think I'm annoying and preachy now, you should have known me in grade school. Dave Eggers
We launch our souls from the cannons of art and discipline, and on any one night, hovering over the chimney tops of Europe, halfway to the stars, there are armies of brightly spinning spirits that have risen like fireworks, tethered to the souls of those men and women who, by reflection, mortification, and devotion, effortlessly outdazzle kings. Mark Helprin
This morning I saw a coyote walking through the sagebrush right at the very edge of the ocean next stop China. The coyote was acting like he was in New Mexico or Wyoming, except that there were whales passing below. That’s what this country does for you. Come down to Big Sur and let your soul have some room to get outside its marrow. Richard Brautigan

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