Wise Sayings
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. ~Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, c.1420
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You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~Steven D. Woodhull
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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939, translated from French by Lewis Galantière
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Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day. ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956
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Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other. ~Henry David Thoreau
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Remedy it, or welcome it: a wise man's only two choices. ~Terri Guillemets
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Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns! ~Allison Gappa Bottke
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Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little. ~Pope John XXIII
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Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
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Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning? ~Coleman Cox
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Laziness will cause you pain. ~Slogan on T-shirt worn at the Vee Arnis Jitsu School of Self-Defense
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If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. ~Toni Morrison
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Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity. ~Max Lerner, Actions and Passions, 1949
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Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~Author Unknown
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Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste. ~Brecht
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. ~Victor
Hugo
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We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. ~William James
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You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. ~Leo Aikman
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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. ~Frank Herbert, Dune Chronicles
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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. ~Plato
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Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. ~Jonathan Kozel
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Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
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God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me. ~Author unknown, variation of an excerpt from "The Serenity Prayer" by Reinhold Neibuhr
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Excess on occasion is exhilirating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ~W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up, 1938
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The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Last Tournament," Idylls of the King
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You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~Steven D. Woodhull
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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939, translated from French by Lewis Galantière
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Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day. ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956
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Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other. ~Henry David Thoreau
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Remedy it, or welcome it: a wise man's only two choices. ~Terri Guillemets
=======================================================
Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns! ~Allison Gappa Bottke
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Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little. ~Pope John XXIII
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Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
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Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning? ~Coleman Cox
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Laziness will cause you pain. ~Slogan on T-shirt worn at the Vee Arnis Jitsu School of Self-Defense
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If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. ~Toni Morrison
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Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity. ~Max Lerner, Actions and Passions, 1949
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Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~Author Unknown
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Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste. ~Brecht
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. ~Victor
Hugo
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We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. ~William James
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You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. ~Leo Aikman
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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. ~Frank Herbert, Dune Chronicles
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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. ~Plato
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Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. ~Jonathan Kozel
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Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
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God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me. ~Author unknown, variation of an excerpt from "The Serenity Prayer" by Reinhold Neibuhr
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Excess on occasion is exhilirating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ~W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up, 1938
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The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Last Tournament," Idylls of the King
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