“Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.”
– Henry David Thoreau
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Author: SS
My good friends tell me I'm genuine, kind, intelligent, wise, and funny. But I wouldn't take their word for it, they're mainly idiots (an example of me trying to be funny).
"I contain multitudes"
- Walt Whitman
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Obstacles – Hannah More
“Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”
– Hannah More
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Motives – Confucius
“Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man cannot conceal himself.”
– Confucius
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Circumstances ― Nido Qubein
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go they merely determine where you start.”
― Nido Qubein
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Navigators – Edward Gibbon
“The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.”
– Edward Gibbon
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Experts agree – Bertrand Russell
“Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.”
– Bertrand Russell
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Slavery – Abraham Lincoln
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
– Abraham Lincoln
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Scientist and artist – James Agee
“Isn’t every human being both a scientist and an artist; and in writing of human experience, isn’t there a good deal to be said for recognizing that fact and for using both methods? ”
– James Agee
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Vision – Jonathan Swift
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.”
– Jonathan Swift
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Lost – Edmund Spenser
“For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”
– Edmund Spenser
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Attitude – Zig Ziglar
“Your attitude, not your aptitude will determine your altitude.”
– Zig Ziglar
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Roasted duck – Ancient Proverb
“The man who waits for roasted duck to fly into mouth must wait very long time.”
– Ancient Proverb
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Things – Marcus Aurelius
“See what things are in themselves, dividing them into matter, form and purpose.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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Actions of men – John Locke
“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
– John Locke
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Eternal truth – Soren Kierkegaard
“May I catch my reader not in the net of passion, nor by the artfulness of eloquence, but by the eternal truth of conviction.”
– Soren Kierkegaard