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ALBERT GRAY Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
VINCENT VAN GOGH Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
GEORGE ELIOT Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?
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SAMUEL JOHNSON Intense, sustained focus fuels manifestation.
T.F. HODGE There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.
ULYSSES S. GRANT Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
VINCENT VAN GOGH Things it helps me to remember
When in a bad mood, keep quiet or still.
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AIDAN CHAMBERS Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but per...
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CATH CROWLEY You should give up sarcasm. People could get the wrong idea about you.
MICHAEL PRYOR I know exactly who I am, what I'm about and who I will become.
EMMA PAUL It is better to grope in the dark and wade through a million errors to reach the Truth than to entru...
SUDHIR KAKAR If you argue with a fool, you become a fool.
L.A. HILDEN Everyday is another chance to do something great.
EMMA PAUL You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm!
COLETTE there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely ...
OSCAR WILDE I think you can tell when you meet someone whether they read novels. There's some hollowness if they...
PHILIP HENSHER Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.
MEG CABOT I have this feeling, like I'm waiting for something. But I have no idea what.
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TANYA MASSE If a person is consistently true to his words, then it will not be heard by the most people but by a...
ANUJ SOMANY He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.
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DICK WOLF All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.
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PATRICIA HILL COLLINS Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories
BEN OAK A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with rese...
SALMON P. CHASE It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.
FRANCIS BACON It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
FRANCIS BACON Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and successful by examples.
UNKNOWN Maxim 2:
A sergeant in motion outranks a lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.
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LEE CHILD Humor and joy contribute to my total well-being.
LOUISE L. HAY Life IS the gift you were given,
So stop waiting around for your dues.
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JEAN PAUL RICHTER Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
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MARK WEBB Hey, why you are staring at me with a gaze like something I have done wrong, waiting wrong to be don...
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BEATRIZ MERINO A calm person knows their business, their words are few, but they tell and looks like it is well pla...
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The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.

-The Seventy...
HOWARD TAYLER Maxim 16:
Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth.

-The Seventy M...
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