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“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

“ 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

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
― Bob Marley

“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.”
― Rita Mae Brown

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
― George Carlin

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
― Joseph Conrad, Chance

“Who are you to judge the life I live?
I know I'm not perfect
-and I don't live to be-
but before you start pointing fingers...
make sure you hands are clean!”
― Bob Marley

“Peace begins with a smile..”
― Mother Teresa

“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
― Jerome K. Jerome

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
― Audrey Hepburn

“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'.”
― Groucho Marx

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
― Mark Twain

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
― Albert Einstein

“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
― Albert Einstein

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
― Lemony Snicket

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
― John Greenleaf Whittier

“العالم نصفين ، نصف مضئ و آخر مظلم ، وبعض الناس يتعبها وهج الضوء ، و البعض يضر عينيه الظلام.
و الأرض تدور بسرعة فهى فقط اثنتى عشر ساعة و يصبح الظلام نور و العكس .
و الآن تختار ، إما النور فتتحرك سريعا حتى تظل تحت ضياءه ، أو الظلام تختبئ فيه دون ان يدركك أحد و أيضا يتوجب عليك الحركة بسرعة حتى لا يدركك النور .
أو قف مكانك يتبادل عليك الظلام و النور ، فتقضى نصف عمرك فى نور و النصف الأخر ظلام ، لكن ستأتى عليك احيان تكون فيها مشتت نصفين ، نصف فى النور و الأخر ظلام”
― أحمد الغباشى

“الحاضر هو النور ، نور بين أسودين مظلمين ، ماضى مر كما مر إن كان فيه فشل و خيبة أمل أو حتى كان به نجاح و نحقيق ذات فذلك عندمايصبح ماضى يدرك الإنسان أنه غير كاف و أن كان بالإمكان أفضل مما كان . و الأسود الاخر هو المستقبل بكل ما به من ظلمة و عدم وضوح لما هو ات”
― أحمد الغباشى

“وإنني لا أتعثرُ في الطريق إليك.. إنما يترسَّم المسارُ تحت خطواتي إذ آتيك على مَهَلي.”
― راقية جلال دويك