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"I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking."

"I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Knowledge, Quotation, Thinking

365

"The barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it's your own multicultural authorities who will do it for you."

"The barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it's your own multicultural authorities who will do it for you."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Warning, City, Authority, Betrayal

209

"Direct your attention to people; love, help and care for them."

"Direct your attention to people; love, help and care for them."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Care, Love, Influence, Service

203

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."

Robert Brault, American Author

193

"When ambition ends, happiness begins."

"When ambition ends, happiness begins."

Thomas Merton, American Author

Happiness, Ambition

164

"Our challenge is not to let life mold us or break us."

"Our challenge is not to let life mold us or break us."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Courage, Challenge, Life, Mold, Break

164

"When we give up the chase, we give up our wishing."

"When we give up the chase, we give up our wishing."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Mindset, Chase, Wish, Give-up, Desire

162

"Recollection builds up our personality. Our individuality is based on all the little pieces we assembled in the past. ['The past was her best friend']"

"Recollection builds up our personality. Our individuality is based on all the little pieces we assembled in the past. ['The past was her best friend']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Identity, Memory, Personality, Past

155

"The day we decide to drop the flimsy makeshift scenarios in our cluttered mind and eschew the 'alleluias' of self-importance, life can become genuine, lucid and graceful, like a flow of wellness in the glow of a new morning. ['Words flew away like birds']"

"The day we decide to drop the flimsy makeshift scenarios in our cluttered mind and eschew the 'alleluias' of self-importance, life can become genuine, lucid and graceful, like a flow of wellness in the glow of a new morning. ['Words flew away like birds']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Simplicity, Ego, Authenticity, Grace, Clarity

154

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

Helen Keller, American Author

Wisdom, Vision, Being, Blind, Sight

147

"It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world."

"It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Death, Thought, Action, Dying

143

"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

E. L. Doctorow, American Author

Driving, Night, Writing

141

"In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees."

"In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Religion, Influence, Reason, Supernatural

131

"Art is a revolt against fate."

"Art is a revolt against fate."

Andre Malraux, French Author

131

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

Mark Twain, American Author

Wisdom, People, Doubt, Fool, Open

125

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."

Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author

Wisdom, Success, Mistake, Failure

125

"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."

"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."

Lewis Carroll, English Author

125

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Motivational, Goals, First

119

"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."

"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."

H. G. Wells, English Author

Resilience, Today, Yesterday

118

"You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results."

"You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results."

Mike Hawkins, American Author

Action, Actions, Results

116

"Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel."

"Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel."

Horace Walpole, English Author

Life, Comedy, Tragedy

116

"The writer identifies the thought behind every written word."

"The writer identifies the thought behind every written word."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Skill, Writer, Identifies, Thought, Word

115

"To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness."

"To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness."

Eckhart Tolle, German Author

Acceptance, Complaining, Power, Change

115

"Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them."

"Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them."

Eckhart Tolle, German Author

Mindfulness, Awareness, Thoughts, Emotions

113

"All is worthwhile if the soul is not small."

"All is worthwhile if the soul is not small."

Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author

111

"Personal Branding is the combination of one's skills and talents to produce value for people that creates an impression, a perception and reputation in the mind of others."

"Personal Branding is the combination of one's skills and talents to produce value for people that creates an impression, a perception and reputation in the mind of others."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

Business, Branding, Skill, Values, Reputation

110

"Your strategy for success must constantly move, change, and evolve."

"Your strategy for success must constantly move, change, and evolve."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

Strategy, Change, Success, Evolution

109

"All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned."

"All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Relationship, Love, Gender, Emotion

109

"Factions are a sign of illness in a party."

"Factions are a sign of illness in a party."

Ernest Mandel, Belgian Author

Unity, Illness, Party

106

"Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."

"Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

Opinion, Writers

106

"My point is: maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it.But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know."

"My point is: maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it.But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Time, Life, Waiting, Hope

104

"It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children."

"It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children."

Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian Author

Family, Children, First, Parents

103

"Especially moments when things are very difficult and complicated for me and I am still trying to grasp what is happening and I am still trying to understand and to reach family back home."

"Especially moments when things are very difficult and complicated for me and I am still trying to grasp what is happening and I am still trying to understand and to reach family back home."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Family, Home, Moments, Trying

102

"You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in you power."

"You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in you power."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Power, People, Man

102

"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

Tony Robbins, American Author

Success, Time, People, Will

101

"He's completely blown through his younger years like his childhood was one big cigarette to smoke carelessly."

"He's completely blown through his younger years like his childhood was one big cigarette to smoke carelessly."

Rebecca McNutt, Canadian Author

Youth, Waste, Time, Neglect

100

"The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand."

"The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Religion, Man, Race, Will

99

"We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power."

"We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Power, Irony, Needs

98

"And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one."

"And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one."

Eyvind Johnson, Swedish Author

Hope, Injustice

98

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Motivational, Success

98

"Religion, culture, education are all things that sound wonderful in theory. In practice, however, they are not so wonderful."

"Religion, culture, education are all things that sound wonderful in theory. In practice, however, they are not so wonderful."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Society, Religion, Culture, Education, Theory

98

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

Mark Twain, American Author

Courage, Fear, Absence

97

"To feel today what one felt yesterday isn't to feel - it's to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today's living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost."

"To feel today what one felt yesterday isn't to feel - it's to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today's living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost."

Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author

Living, Today, Yesterday

97

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Now, Right, World

97

"Life is a Treasure Hunt and we all have the key to it. Unfortunately, many of us don't unlock it, but take the key to our grave."

"Life is a Treasure Hunt and we all have the key to it. Unfortunately, many of us don't unlock it, but take the key to our grave."

R.V.M., Indian Author

Life, Treasure, Key, Death

96

"Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen."

"Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen."

Pliny the Elder, Roman Author

Fear, Grief, Limits, May

96

"The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions."

"The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Answers, Questions

93

"How many hours are there in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask-half our great theological and metaphysical problems-are like that."

"How many hours are there in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask-half our great theological and metaphysical problems-are like that."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Philosophy, Question, Confusion, Curiosity

93

"In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?"

"In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?"

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

History, People, Country, France

91

"The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another."

"The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another."

George Eliot, British Author

Power, Duty, Reward

91

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