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#1

“No community is easier to govern than one that rejects the very concept of community.”
― Stephen King, The Dark Tower

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#2

“I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.”
― James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

tags: damsels-in-distress, distress, empowerment, get-over-it, james-patterson, maximum-ride, pretense, trouble

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#3

“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.”
― James Herriot , All Creatures Great and Small

tags: animals, gratitude, love, loyalty, soul

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#4

“Imagine All the Possibilities Think of all the possibilities for your life—for love, for work, for growth. Think of all the possibilities for adventure, for fun, and for service. This day, this week, this month, this year abounds with possibilities. Each task you have to do, each problem you encounter and need to solve abounds with possibilities. Your life abounds with possibilities. For a long time, we only saw some of the possibilities life held. We’d look at a situation and see the possibilities for guilt, victimization, sadness, and despair. We’d tell ourselves there was only one choice, or no choice, or that something had to be done in a particular way—the hardest and dreariest way possible. We’d neglect to envision the other options—the choices for joy, for making any event more fun, more pleasant, more enjoyable.”
― Melody Beattie, Journey to the Heart: Daily Reflections for Spiritual Growth, Embracing Creativity, and Discovering Your True Purpose

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#5

“Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

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#6

“The truest human is the one whose conduct proceeds from goodwill and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others rather than his own; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.”
― Markesa Yeager

tags: boast, boastfulness, boasting

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#7

“I'm not sayin' she's a bragger, but if you've been to Paradise, she's got a season ticket.”
― Willy Russell, Shirley Valentine

tags: boasting

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#8

“True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, 'this is my own'! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but having a feeling that we can use it without obstruction, or being asked to return the favor.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign

tags: abundance, aid, believe-in-yourself, boasting, favor, feeling, grace, independence, obligation, obstacle, ownership, payback, possession, prerogative, respect, return, self-reliance, use

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#9

“While there are things about which one does not boast, there are others for which to be pitied would be all too humiliating.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

tags: boasting, bragging, embarrassment, humility

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#10

“Since he was much weaker than his enemy, he could afford to display no weakness at all.”
― Michael Dobbs

tags: bluffing, boasting, overconfidence

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#11

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: humility, self-improvement

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#12

“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

tags: humility, throne

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#13

“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

tags: humility

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#14

“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: humanity, humility, mistakes, strength, wisdom

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#15

“These are the few ways we can practice humility:

To speak as little as possible of one's self.

To mind one's own business.

Not to want to manage other people's affairs.

To avoid curiosity.

To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully.

To pass over the mistakes of others.

To accept insults and injuries.

To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.

To be kind and gentle even under provocation.

Never to stand on one's dignity.

To choose always the hardest.”
― Mother Teresa, The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living

tags: acceptance, bossy, cheerful, curiosity, difficulty, dignity, dislike, forgiveness, forgotten, gentle, gossip, humble, humility, injury, insult, kind, mistakes, provocation, quiet, rejection, selfish

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#16

“A great man is always willing to be little.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#17

“The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

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#18

“The most beautiful women I have known had one thing in common apart from beauty: humility. It's a shame that those with less to boast about do it the most.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

tags: beauty, boasting, bragging, ego, humble, humility

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#19

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

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#20

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

tags: change, tolstoy

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#21

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead

tags: activism, attributed-no-source, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world

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#22

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

tags: inspirational

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#23

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: change, education

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#24

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Rumi

tags: change, cleverness, misattributed, self, wisdom, world

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#25

“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
― John Locke

tags: actions, interpretation

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#26

“The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: acceptance, actions, beliefs, common-sense, confusion, disbelief, evidence, faith, family, hoping, life-purpose, love, mixed-signals, obvious, outrage, proof, reality, religion, sorrow, timing, truth, unrequited-love

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#27

“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: actions, change, inspirational, intent, motivational, success, thoughts, universe

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#28

“I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.”
― George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

tags: actions, words

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#29

“If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.”
― Anita Roddick

tags: actions, change

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#30

“Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.”
― Edwin Hubbell Chapin

tags: actions, eternity, inspirational

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