America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
#quotes #ralph-smart #confidence #self

Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me ~Ray LaMontagne
#quotes #ray-lamontagne #hurt

She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
#quotes #thomas-pynchon #sunrise

Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
#quotes #u-g-krishnamurti #self

You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
#quotes #steve-jobs #motivation

A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #attitude

I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
#quotes #mark-driscoll #maturity #medicine

Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
#proverbs #excuses

Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish 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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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
#quotes #haylie-duff #family #cooking #pizza

If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
#proverbs #senegalese-proverbs #future

You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. ~Jennifer Aniston
#quotes #jennifer-aniston #happiness

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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