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    John C. Maxwell
    “He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.”
    ― John C. Maxwell
    tags: leadership
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: books, friends, novelist-quotes
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    Cassandra Clare
    “One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
    tags: books
    21102 likes

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    Marion Zimmer Bradley
    “I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.”
    ― Marion Zimmer Bradley, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon
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    Helen Keller
    “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
    ― Helen Keller
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    Alexander Pope
    “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
    ― Alexander Pope
    tags: beatitudes, disappointment, expectations, hope
    5435 likes

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    L. Frank Baum
    “There is no place like home.”
    ― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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    Omar Khayyám
    “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
    ― OMAR KHAYYAM, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
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    Haruki Murakami
    “What happens when people open their hearts?"
    "They get better.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: healing, vulnerability
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
    176760 likes

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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
    93474 likes

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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
    92107 likes

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    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
    77697 likes

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
    69634 likes

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    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
    64623 likes

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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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    We accept the love we think we deserve.
    “We accept the love we think we deserve.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: inspirational, love
    76400 likes

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    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    ― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
    tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom
    44333 likes

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    Albert Einstein
    “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles
    49849 likes

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    Allen Saunders
    “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
    ― Allen Saunders
    tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life
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    Mother Teresa
    “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
    ― Mother Teresa
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    William Shakespeare
    “Love all, trust a few,
    Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
    Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
    Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
    But never tax'd for speech.”
    ― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
    tags: do-wrong, love, trust, wrong
    37068 likes

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: happiness
    32962 likes



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