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Knowing is not enough

2013-12-31 / Inspiration, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Life / knowing, willing / Leave a Comment

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Be master of your petty annoyances

2013-12-29 / Adventure, Courage, Dreams, Inspiration, Life, Problems, Risk, Robert Service, Success / annyances, energy, grain of sand, mountain, shoe / Leave a Comment

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out— it’s the grain of sand in your shoe. ~Robert Service

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Far better it is to dare mighty things

2013-12-29 / Life, Perseverance, Problems, Risk, Success, Teddy Roosevelt / defeat, failure, spirit, suffering, triumph, victory / Leave a Comment

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. ~ Teddy Roosevelt

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The loneliest people are the kindest

2013-12-29 / Anonymous, Wisdom / bright, damaged, kind, lonely, sad, smile, suffer, wise / Leave a Comment

The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way they do. ~ Anonymous

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