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Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who... →
Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of... →
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.
As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue... →
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