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    J.K. Rowling
    “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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    Nick Hornby
    “How do people, like, not curse? How is it possible? There are these gaps in speech where you just have to put a "fuck." I'll tell you who the most admirable people in the world are: newscasters. If that was me, I'd be like, "And the motherfuckers flew the fucking plane right into the Twin Towers." How could you not, if you're a human being? Maybe they're not so admirable. Maybe they're robot zombies.”
    ― Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
    tags: expletives, swearing
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    J.K. Rowling
    “There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
    tags: personal-responsibility
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    Thomas Jefferson
    “I have observed, indeed, generally, that while in protestant countries the defections from the Platonic Christianity of the priests is to Deism, in catholic countries they are to Atheism. Diderot, D'Alembert, D’Holbach, Condorcet, are known to have been among the most virtuous of men. Their virtue, then, must have had some other foundation than the love of God.

    [Letter to Thomas Law, 13 June 1814]”
    ― Thomas Jefferson, Letters of Thomas Jefferson
    tags: atheism, baron-d-holbach, condorcet, d-alembert, d-holbach, deism, denis-diderot, diderot, jean-le-rond-d-alembert, marquis-de-condorcet, paul-henri-d-holbach, platonic, platonic-christianity, protestant
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    George Orwell
    “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
    ― George Orwell
    tags: freedom-of-speech, liberty
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    Dale Carnegie
    “Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
    ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
    tags: dishonesty, general-obregon-s-philosophy, inspirational, life, people
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    Dale Carnegie
    “It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
    ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
    tags: attitude, contentment, happiness, inspirational, life
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    Dale Carnegie
    “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
    ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
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    Dale Carnegie
    “Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ”
    ― Dale Carnegie
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    Dale Carnegie
    “If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be. ”
    ― Dale Carnegie
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    Dale Carnegie
    “Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.”
    ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
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    Dale Carnegie
    “Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”
    ― Dale Carnegie
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    Dale Carnegie
    “There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.”
    ― Dale Carnegie
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
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    Helen Keller
    “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
    ― Helen Keller
    tags: character
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    Dorothy Parker
    “In youth, it was a way I had,
    To do my best to please.
    And change, with every passing lad
    To suit his theories.

    But now I know the things I know
    And do the things I do,
    And if you do not like me so,
    To hell, my love, with you.”
    ― Dorothy Parker, The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker
    tags: adaptation, change, character, empowerment, love, men, nature, pleasing, self-discovery, self-esteem, self-respect, truthfulness, wisdom, women, youth
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    Mark Twain
    “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: bravery, character, courage, moral-courage
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    Charlie Chaplin
    “A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.”
    ― Charlie Chaplin
    tags: character, drunk, humor, people, truth
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: character, education, morality
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    John Burroughs
    “One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.”
    ― John Burroughs
    tags: character, hope, motivational
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    “You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.”
    ― Paul McCartney
    tags: animals, beatles, character, man, vegetarianism
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    tags: character, misattributed, nobility
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    “Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”
    ― R.J. Palacio, Wonder
    tags: character, compassion, courage, friendship, honor, humanity, kindness
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    Paul Newman
    “A man with no enemies is a man with no character.”
    ― Paul Newman
    tags: character, enemies
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    Alison Goodman
    “There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.”
    ― Alison Goodman, Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
    tags: character, defeat, victory
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    Harry Truman
    “Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.”
    ― Harry Truman
    tags: character, wisdom
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    Lawrence G. Lovasik
    “Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.”
    ― Lawrence G. Lovasik
    tags: character, personality, strength
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    Justin Cronin
    “Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.”
    ― Justin Cronin, The Summer Guest
    tags: character, courage, goodness, inspirational, moral-courage, unsung-heroes
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    Chad Kultgen
    “people don't change, they just have momentary steps outside of their true character”
    ― Chad Kultgen, The Lie
    tags: change, character, people
    127 likes



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