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The first – Unknown

“The first to apologise is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.”

– Unknown

Standards – Lieutenant General David Morrison

“The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept.”

– Lieutenant General David Morrison

Music – Plato

“Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.”

– Plato

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Moon smile – Silvia Plath

“If the moon smiled, she would resemble you. You leave the same impression of something beautiful, but annihilating.”

– Silvia Plath

Fear love – Bertrand Russell

“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”

– Bertrand Russell

Loving good heart – Mark Twain

“I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.”

– Mark Twain

Humanity – James J. Lachard

“Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

― James J. Lachard (Jim Brown)

Answers – Socrates

“Beware of those with answers.”

– Socrates

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Good side – Jimmy Buffett

“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.”

– Jimmy Buffett

Motivation – Zig Ziglar

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”

– Zig Ziglar

Small actions – Kim ‏@selfmyths

“I am the effect of small actions, multiplied over time, and the laws that govern a warm body.”

– Kim ‏@selfmyths

Head, Heart – Eleanor Roosevelt

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Reading – Joyce Carol Oates

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.”

– Joyce Carol Oates

Collective wisdom – Thomas Carlyle

“I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”

– Thomas Carlyle

Revenge – Confucius ‏

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”

– Confucius ‏