"The only way God could impose peace on the world would be to robotize our wills and rob every human being of the power of choice. He has not chosen to do that. He has given every person a free will."

Haggai, John on God
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"When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away."

Proverb, English on Rebellion
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"He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on Enemies
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"Why is it that we rejoice at birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved."

Twain, Mark on Death and Dying
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"It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death."

Twain, Mark on Despair
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"Wealth unused might as well not exist."

Aesop on Wealth
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"Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear."

Machiavelli, Niccolo on Leaders and Leadership
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"The truth of the matter is that there's nothing you can't accomplish if: (1) You clearly decide what it is that you're absolutely committed to achieving, (2) You're willing to take massive action, (3) You notice what's working or not, and (4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way."

Robbins, Anthony on Achievement
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"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."

Augustine, St. on Charity
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"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

Gibran, Kahlil on Suffering
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"He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away."

Hull, Raymond on Approval
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"All honor's wounds are self-inflicted."

Carnegie, Andrew on Honor
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"Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

King Jr. Martin Luther on Love
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"My happiness derives from knowing the people I love are happy."

Ketchel, Holly on Happiness
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"Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living."

Kierkegaard, Soren on Life and Living
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"You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness."

Rogers, Will on Memory
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"The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office."

Rogers, Will on Memory
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"Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches."

Rogers, Will on Liberty
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"A man can learn only two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people."

Rogers, Will on Learning
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"In the early days of the Indian Territory, there were no such things as birth certificates. You being there was certificate enough."

Rogers, Will on Life and Living
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"The simple lack of her is more to me than others presence."

Thomas, Edward on Importance
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"The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet."

Thomas, Edward on Past
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"Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important, that I matter!!"

Hanks, Marion D. on Importance
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"Its easy to be an angel when you are in heaven."

Unknown, Source on Angels
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"There is a woman at the beginning of all great things."

Lamartine, Alphonse De on Achievement
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"The best relation is the one in which your LOVE for each other exceeds your NEED for each other."

Unknown on
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"It’s Never Enough to Be Against Something - You Must Also Be For Something Else"

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"Any training that does not include the emotions, mind and body is incomplete; knowledge fades without feeling."

Unknown on
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"One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day."

Lakein, Alan on Achievement
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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Achievement
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"The price of greatness is responsibility."

Churchill, Winston on Greatness
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"Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power."

Shakespeare, William on Greatness
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"Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you."

White, Stewart E. on Self-confidence
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"There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude -- confidence in self."

Seneca on Self-confidence
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"It is easy -- terribly easy -- to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work."

Shaw, George Bernard on Self-confidence
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"Death comes to all But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold."

Fabricius, George on Achievement
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"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."

Epictetus on Achievement
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"God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars."

Hubbard, Elbert on Achievement
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"I hope that my achievements in life shall be these -- that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been."

Hoppe, C. on Achievement
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"Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of"

Hoffer, Eric on Achievement
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