That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
#quotes #hannah-more #gratitude

Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
#quotes #confucius #happiness

To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #truth

Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
#quotes #arthur-ashe #motivation

I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
#quotes #danny-trejo #work

In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different. ~Mike Pence
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
#quotes #david-swing #literature

A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
#quotes #charles-churchill #stupidity

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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When the legs go, the heart soon follows ~John Wooden
#quotes #john-wooden #heart #basketball

Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
#quotes #mark-leyner #happiness

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
#quotes #thurston-moore #radio

I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
#quotes #benazir-bhutto

What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. ~Tom Petty
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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