To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
© Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French emperor and military commander who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during…
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
© Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs au̯ˈreːliʊs antoːˈniːnʊs];…
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow.
© Chinese Proverb
© Chinese Proverb
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
© Ralph Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That is why we call it the present.
© Babatunde Olatunji
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Babatunde Olatunji
Nigerian percussionist
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
© Lao Tzu
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Laozi
Laozi (/ˈlaʊdzə/, Chinese: 老子), also romanized as Lao Tzu and various other ways, was a semi-legendary ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Tao Te Ching, the foundational text of Taoism along with the Zhuangzi. Laozi is a Chinese honorific, typically…
Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
© Eknath Easwaran
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Eknath Easwaran
Indian-American spiritual teacher, author, and translator (1910-1999)
A lot of people give up just before theyre about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.
© Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris
American martial artist and actor (born 1940)
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
© Helen Keller
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Helen Keller
American author and activist (1880–1968)
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
© Joseph Roux
© Joseph Roux
Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
© Edwin Chapin
© Edwin Chapin
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
© Jawaharlal Nehru
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964