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“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

“Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso

“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
― Jean Jacques Rousseau

“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama

“Never let external factors affect how you are going to make your body and mind stronger today.”
― Pense Andrew

“Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.”
― Deepak Chopra

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”
― Deepak Chopra