"To rank the effort above the prize may be called love."

Love, Effort, Journey, Purpose

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"To rank the effort above the prize may be called love."

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"Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that is not dedicated to his own advancement. It is the moment he falls in love."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"Most people do a good deal of whatever they do motivated by love. For me, few stories are truly complete without it."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"And you completely blow me away and rip my world up and everything else, and then you go back to ignoring me. "I blew you away? I squeak out before I can stop myself. He stares at me steadily. "You blew everything away."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

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"A humanitarian seldom makes a good lover. For a lover's world revolves around their lover, while a humanitarian's world revolves around the world."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Love, Truth, Happiness, Relationship

"I can feel no sentiment of approbation inferior to love."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I have never been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. And, without love, I am sure I should be a fool to change such a situation as mine."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"We are home to each other now."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"How'd you know he was the one?""I didn't know. I don't think either of us knew."Heather rolled her eyes. "Neal knew - he proposed to you.""It's not like that," Georgie said. "You'll see. It's more like you meet someone, and you fall in love, and you hope that that person is the one - and then at some point, you have to put down your chips. You just have to make a commitment and hope that you're right."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Love, Commitment, Hope, Relationship

"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

Love, Work, Heart, Fear

"Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Study the past, if you would divine the future."

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"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."

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"The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear."

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"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."

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"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."

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"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."

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"You cannot open a book without learning something."

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"It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs."

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"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."

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"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

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