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We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.
— Abraham Lincoln
On the Working Life
He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.
— Mary Howitt
On Focus & Distraction
Genius is eternal patience.
— Michelangelo
On Discipline
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too lo…
— Michelangelo
On Confidence
I am still learning.
— Michelangelo
On the Working Life
There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
— Vincent van Gogh
On the Working Life
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation.
— Jane Austen
On the Working Life
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wro…
— Jane Austen
On Confidence
It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
— Jane Austen
On Discipline
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
— Jane Austen
On the Working Life
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write…
— Robert A. Heinlein
On the Working Life
An armed society is a polite society.
— Robert A. Heinlein
On the Working Life
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
— Bernadette Devlin
On Confidence
I shall remember while the light lives yet, and in the night-time I shall not forget.
— Christina Rossetti
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to jump at de sun.
— Zora Neale Hurston
On Confidence
If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
— Zora Neale Hurston
On Confidence
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me.
— Zora Neale Hurston
On Confidence
Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.
— Mary Schmich
On Focus & Distraction
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
— Christopher Reeve
On Confidence
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
— Christopher Reeve
On Confidence
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Focus & Distraction
The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Discipline
I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Focus & Distraction
This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.
— Natalie Goldberg
On Discipline
Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Purpose
It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Starting Over
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Confidence
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
— Oscar Wilde
On the Working Life
I am not young enough to know everything.
— Oscar Wilde
On Confidence
One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation.
— Oscar Wilde
On Anxiety & Quiet Days