Beth

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Beth’s Quotes

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.”
― John Locke

tags: commonplace, naysayers, opinions

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“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: complain, criticize, fool

38 likes

“Statistics mean nothing to the individual. Not a damn thing.”
― Perry Cox

tags: scrubs

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“Beware of those around you who subtly sow the seeds of doubt.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

tags: bitterness, doubt, envy, fear, insecurity, jealousy, lack-of-confidence, malice, negative-people, negativity

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“The worst decisions in life we make are always the one we make out of fear.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Born of Betrayal

tags: decisions, fear, inspirational-quotes, life-choices, life-decisions, life-lessons

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