The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
#quotes #andrea-corr #family #understanding #communication

The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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