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    Robin Williams
    “Spring is nature's way of saying, Let's party!”
    ― Robin Williams
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    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril. ”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: patriotism, war
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    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    “Few are guilty, but all are responsible.”
    ― Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Prophets
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    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    “A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.”
    ― Abraham Joshua Heschel
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    Henry Ward Beecher
    “A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.”
    ― Henry Ward Beecher
    tags: sabbath
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    Charles R. Swindoll
    “God presents the Sabbath rest as a shelter we can enter. (Hebrews 4:1-11)”
    ― Swindoll Charles R.
    tags: christianity, god, sabbath
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    John Wooden
    “Don't mistake activity with achievement.”
    ― John Wooden
    tags: achievement, acquirement, act, action, activity, attainment, completion, conclusion, deed, doing, energy, enterprise, exertion, feat, fulfullment, labor, occurence, perfection, performance, production, service, success, undertaking, venture, work
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    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: energy, wish
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Adventure of the Dying Detective - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
    tags: batteries, electricity, energy, exhaustion, futility, sherlock-holmes
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    John C. Maxwell
    “A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.
    By John Maxwell”
    ― John C.Maxwell
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    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    “Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows
    with the ability to say no to oneself.”
    ― Abraham Joshua Heschel
    tags: dignity, discipline, inspirational, self-respect
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    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    “Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.”
    ― Abraham Joshua Heschel
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    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    “Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.”
    ― Abraham Joshua Heschel
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    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    “The principle to be kept in mind is to know what we see rather than to see what we know.”
    ― Abraham Heschel
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    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    “There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious. Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.”
    ― Abraham Joshua Heschel
    tags: time
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    John C. Maxwell
    “When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.”
    ― John C. Maxwell, Developing the Leader Within You
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    Dale Carnegie
    “It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
    ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
    tags: attitude, contentment, happiness, inspirational, life
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: attitude, humor, inspirational
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
    tags: action, attitude, choice, imagination, inspiration, life, pretend
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    Paulo Coelho
    “Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
    ― Paulo Coelho
    tags: attitude, explain, gossip, life, people, public-opinion, time, wisdom
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    Carl Sandburg
    “Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.”
    ― Carl Sandburg
    tags: time, time-management
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    Ken Poirot
    “There is no disgrace in being knocked down, there is only shame in not getting back up; never quit!”
    ― Ken Poirot
    tags: author-ken-poirot, disgrace, disgrace-quote, disgrace-quotes, get-up, getting-back-up, ken-poirot, ken-poirot-quote, ken-poirot-quotes, knocked, knocked-down, knocked-down-by-circumstances, knocked-down-quote, knocked-down-quotes, knocked-quote, knocked-quotes, never-quit, never-quit-quote, never-quit-quotes, shame, shame-quote, shame-quotes, shamed, shameful, shamelessness
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    G.K. Chesterton
    “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World
    tags: christian-behavior, christianity, pacifism, religion
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    Brian Sooy
    “The journey is long; fulfilling your purpose and achieving your mission is the destination.”
    ― Brian Sooy, Raise Your Voice: A Cause Manifesto
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    Brian Sooy
    “The mission will describe how the organization will work to address the issue of the cause. The cause is the greater issue that the organization advocates for. It is in the combination of cause and mission that the organization will find purpose. Where”
    ― Brian Sooy, Raise Your Voice: A Cause Manifesto
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    Steve Maraboli
    “How would your life be different if…You walked away from gossip and verbal defamation? Let today be the day…You speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.”
    ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
    tags: encouragement, friends, gossip, inspirational, life, motivational, relationships
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    John C. Maxwell
    “Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
    ― John Maxwell
    tags: leadership
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    Beth Revis
    “Power isn’t control at all — power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.”
    ― Beth Revis, Across the Universe
    tags: leadership, power
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  • #30
    “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”
    ― Anonymous
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