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– Rob Fee
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Category: Quotes
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Angel in the marble – Michelangelo
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
– Michelangelo
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Look up – Unknown
“Look up, now look down. Up is endless, down has an ending. Always look up.”
– Unknown
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Lose our tempers – Alain de Botton
“We often lose our tempers not with those who are actually to blame; just with those who love us enough to forgive us our foul moods.”
– Alain de Botton
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Understand ― Stephen R. Covey
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
― Stephen R. Covey
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Happiness – Soren Kierkegaard
“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”
– Soren Kierkegaard
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March on – Kahlil Gibran
“March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.”
– Kahlil Gibran
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Corpse – Marcus Aurelius
“Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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Beliefs – Bertrand Russell
“Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact.”
– Bertrand Russell
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Be wise – Aeschylus
“Search well and be wise, and never believe that self-willed pride is better than good counsel.”
– Aeschylus
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Health – Lao Tzu
“Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.”
– Lao Tzu
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Leisure – Marcus Aurelius
“Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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Present – Maria Edgeworth
“There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence.”
– Maria Edgeworth
“Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
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Seafood diet – Dolly Parton
“I’m on a seafood diet — I see food, I eat it.”
– Dolly Parton