“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a shortcut to meet it.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien
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Priority – Maya Angelou
“Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”
– Maya Angelou
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Amazing – Maya Angelou
‘If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.’
– Maya Angelou
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Actions – Aristotle
“It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.”
– Aristotle
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An artist – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Death hangs – Marcus Aurelius
“Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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What we enjoy – Epicurus
“Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.”
– Epicurus
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Three parts dead – Bertrand Russell
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”
– Bertrand Russell
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Heart – Tonny Brown
“God gave us a heart because it often sees what the eyes cannot see and the mind cannot understand.”
– Tonny Brown
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Wise men and fools – Plato
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”
– Plato
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True – Augustine
“A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.”
– Augustine
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Go confidently – Henry David Thoreau
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
– Henry David Thoreau
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Our children – Angela Schwindt
“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”
– Angela Schwindt
“If you teach a man anything, he will never learn”
– Unknown
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Wise men – Lin-Chi
“When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.”
– Lin-Chi