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"The secret of success lays in your thinking."

"The secret of success lays in your thinking."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

Success, Mindset, Thinking, Strategy

41

"There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives.""And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?""That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing."

"There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives.""And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?""That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Protection, People, Defense, Morality

41

"We love certain people until death. We love others until we don't. And sometimes we never fell in love in the first place. Falling in love isn't necessary. Building character, life experience, development, and self-love: those are important. People get lost in the idea of affection for another person that they completely disregard themselves. That's dangerous. Life isn't about building something with someone. Life is about building something for yourself, but if someone comes along and they align, you share it with them."

"We love certain people until death. We love others until we don't. And sometimes we never fell in love in the first place. Falling in love isn't necessary. Building character, life experience, development, and self-love: those are important. People get lost in the idea of affection for another person that they completely disregard themselves. That's dangerous. Life isn't about building something with someone. Life is about building something for yourself, but if someone comes along and they align, you share it with them."

Dominic Riccitello, American Author

Personal, Love, Self-Growth, Development, Character

41

"Empathy is the sunlight to the vampire of culture."

"Empathy is the sunlight to the vampire of culture."

Stefan Molyneux, Canadian Author

Compassion, Empathy, Observation, Humanity

41

"Happiness is when you realize that your kids have grown up to be AWESOME people!"

"Happiness is when you realize that your kids have grown up to be AWESOME people!"

Tanya Masse, Canadian Author

Happiness, Family, Joy, Children

41

"You get diminishing returns when you are restricted to your comfort zone."

"You get diminishing returns when you are restricted to your comfort zone."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Limitation, Comfort, Zone, Returns, Growth

41

"Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art."

"Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art."

Miguel Angel Ruiz, Mexican Author

Life, Art, Dream, Artist

41

"She was not sorry. And if it was the wine telling her that, then she would tell the wine the same thing tomorrow. She was not sorry."

"She was not sorry. And if it was the wine telling her that, then she would tell the wine the same thing tomorrow. She was not sorry."

Mary Balogh, Canadian Author

Humor, Wine, Regret, Choice

41

"Starting over is an acceptance of a past we can't change, an unrelenting conviction that the future can be different, and the stubborn wisdom to use the past to make the future what the past was not."

"Starting over is an acceptance of a past we can't change, an unrelenting conviction that the future can be different, and the stubborn wisdom to use the past to make the future what the past was not."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Renewal, Truth, Future, Life, Inspirational

41

"Trust is always a risk, but when placed in the right people after a trial period where they prove themselves worthy of it, it is a reward transcendent of all the emotional mire that bogs down a person's potential."

"Trust is always a risk, but when placed in the right people after a trial period where they prove themselves worthy of it, it is a reward transcendent of all the emotional mire that bogs down a person's potential."

A.J. Darkholme, American Author

Self-Improvement, Trust, Reward, Patience, Humanity

41

"The pondering heart is a thankful heart."

"The pondering heart is a thankful heart."

Todd Stocker, American Author

Gratitude, Reflection, Heart, Mind

41

"There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore."

"There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore."

Laurie Halse Anderson, American Author

Recovery, Healing, Hope, Progress

41

"How tragic it is to find that an entire lifetime is wasted in pursuit of distractions while purpose is neglected."

"How tragic it is to find that an entire lifetime is wasted in pursuit of distractions while purpose is neglected."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Reflection, Lifetime, Distractions, Purpose, Neglect

41

"She wanted her life back and that was mainly because of Vadim. She was a man she didn't want to leave. Even if her first instinct had been to flee, the time for running was over. She wouldn't live in fear forever."

"She wanted her life back and that was mainly because of Vadim. She was a man she didn't want to leave. Even if her first instinct had been to flee, the time for running was over. She wouldn't live in fear forever."

Katie Reus, American Author

Personal, Courage, Freedom, Determination, Resilience

41

"Oh, look at that, he's heard of me. My fame grows."

"Oh, look at that, he's heard of me. My fame grows."

Julie Kagawa, American Author

Success, Fame, Recognition, Pride, Ambition

41

"Mankind has a divine duty, to be stewardship of the natural resources."

"Mankind has a divine duty, to be stewardship of the natural resources."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Environmental, Mankind, Duty, Stewardship, Resources

41

"Be excellent in your own terms. Do not look for approval from a single soul on this planet. Respect yourself and in time the whole world will respect you. It is a tragedy of modern life that the light of truth scares the society much more than the darkness of ignorance."

"Be excellent in your own terms. Do not look for approval from a single soul on this planet. Respect yourself and in time the whole world will respect you. It is a tragedy of modern life that the light of truth scares the society much more than the darkness of ignorance."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Self-Respect, Truth, Power, Inspirational

41

"All Communist Parties, upon attaining power, have become completely merciless. But at the stage before they achieve power, it is necessary to use disguises."

"All Communist Parties, upon attaining power, have become completely merciless. But at the stage before they achieve power, it is necessary to use disguises."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Politics, Power, Deception, Strategy

41

"The book's always better than the movie."

"The book's always better than the movie."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Culture, Literature, Media, Art, Entertainment

41

"Without pride, man becomes a parasite " and there are already too many parasites."

"Without pride, man becomes a parasite " and there are already too many parasites."

Carla H. Krueger, American Author

Dignity, Pride, Humanity, Self-Respect

41

"Boy, you knock on the devil's door and he will head slam you through the wall."

"Boy, you knock on the devil's door and he will head slam you through the wall."

Sherrilyn Kenyon, American Author

Conflict, Courage, Defiance, Danger, Strength

41

"Remember who you really are. You cannot be destroyed or hurt. You cannot be harmed or killed. You, the real you, will always be present and powerful."

"Remember who you really are. You cannot be destroyed or hurt. You cannot be harmed or killed. You, the real you, will always be present and powerful."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

Spiritual, Self, Power, Identity, Presence

41

"Everybody wants a miracle, we just don't want to be in a situation where we need one. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes what we perceive as our problem is really God setting us up to do something miraculous in our lives. It's about training ourselves to see those problems as opportunities so God can intervene."

"Everybody wants a miracle, we just don't want to be in a situation where we need one. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes what we perceive as our problem is really God setting us up to do something miraculous in our lives. It's about training ourselves to see those problems as opportunities so God can intervene."

Mark Batterson, American Author

Intervention, Miracle, Faith, Opportunity, Problem

41

"Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe."

"Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe."

John Andrew Holmes, American Author

Society, Radical

41

"Trust is always a good idea. For someone else."

"Trust is always a good idea. For someone else."

Sherrilyn Kenyon, American Author

Relationship, Trust, Judgment, Caution

41

"Being lost without grasping the rather obvious fact that we are lost is by far the best guarantee we have that we're going to stay lost."

"Being lost without grasping the rather obvious fact that we are lost is by far the best guarantee we have that we're going to stay lost."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Lost, Truth, Wisdom, Life

41

"If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up to our chins. If you want to know only what you already know, you're dying. You're saying: Leave me alone; I don't mind this little rathole. It's warm and dry. Really, it's fine.When nothing new can get in, that's death. When oxygen can't find a way in, you die. But new is scary, and new can be disappointing, and confusing - we had this all figured out, and now we don't.New is life."

"If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up to our chins. If you want to know only what you already know, you're dying. You're saying: Leave me alone; I don't mind this little rathole. It's warm and dry. Really, it's fine.When nothing new can get in, that's death. When oxygen can't find a way in, you die. But new is scary, and new can be disappointing, and confusing - we had this all figured out, and now we don't.New is life."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Transformation, Change, Risk, Growth, Comfort

41

"After all, nothing nurtures a friendship bond more than the ability to consistently bitch about someone else!"

"After all, nothing nurtures a friendship bond more than the ability to consistently bitch about someone else!"

Pawan Mishra, Indian Author

Relationship, Friendship, Humor, Observation, Connection

41

"There's a moment in fighting when strength of muscle ain't everything because enemy has already given you enough energy to gain the victory."

"There's a moment in fighting when strength of muscle ain't everything because enemy has already given you enough energy to gain the victory."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Combat, Fight, Energy, Victory, Truth

41

"Better a little with God than a whole lot without Him. Better to have fewer houses, cars, appliances, clothes, toys, and bills than to have the whole world and lose your soul. Better something paid for that's used and enjoyed and shared and worn out than something nice and shiny and new that won't be paid for until 2019 and that you're too stressed to enjoy. Better a little with the fear of the Lord than more of what everyone else has. Better than normal, instead of normal is best."

"Better a little with God than a whole lot without Him. Better to have fewer houses, cars, appliances, clothes, toys, and bills than to have the whole world and lose your soul. Better something paid for that's used and enjoyed and shared and worn out than something nice and shiny and new that won't be paid for until 2019 and that you're too stressed to enjoy. Better a little with the fear of the Lord than more of what everyone else has. Better than normal, instead of normal is best."

Craig Groeschel, American Author

Spiritual, God, Fear, Faith, Materialism

41

"We have yet to establish a permanent Mars colony for this reason: Trying to colonize Mars with humans is a known suicide mission that no one is talking about."

"We have yet to establish a permanent Mars colony for this reason: Trying to colonize Mars with humans is a known suicide mission that no one is talking about."

Steven Magee, British Author

Futurism, Survival, Science, Humanity

41

"In God's vocabulary, 'lost' is an unnecessary adjective that is easily erased by the adjective 'found' if we would simply be brave enough to hand Him the eraser."

"In God's vocabulary, 'lost' is an unnecessary adjective that is easily erased by the adjective 'found' if we would simply be brave enough to hand Him the eraser."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Redemption, Faith, Truth, Life, Power

41

"There is a way that the men speak to women that reminds me too much of Pa. They listen just long enough to issue instructions. They don't even look at women when women are speaking. They look at the ground and bend their heads toward the ground."

"There is a way that the men speak to women that reminds me too much of Pa. They listen just long enough to issue instructions. They don't even look at women when women are speaking. They look at the ground and bend their heads toward the ground."

Alice Walker, American Author

Communication, Power, Listening, Respect, Gender

41

"In business as well as in everything else, you're in business to spread love. Your agency should spread love, your screenplay should spread love, your store should spread love, your life should spread love. The key to a successful career is realizing that it s not separate from the rest of your life, but is rather an extension of your most basic self and your most basic self is love."

"In business as well as in everything else, you're in business to spread love. Your agency should spread love, your screenplay should spread love, your store should spread love, your life should spread love. The key to a successful career is realizing that it s not separate from the rest of your life, but is rather an extension of your most basic self and your most basic self is love."

Marianne Williamson, American Author

Career, Love, Business, Integration, Passion

41

"Creativity is at the heart of every stupid idea . . . creativity and stupid are interchangeable . . . because everything inherent to that kind of creativity requires breaking away from the norm, going against the grain, and leaning into risk and fear."

"Creativity is at the heart of every stupid idea . . . creativity and stupid are interchangeable . . . because everything inherent to that kind of creativity requires breaking away from the norm, going against the grain, and leaning into risk and fear."

Richie Norton, American Author

Creativity, Risk, Innovation, Truth

41

"The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear."

"The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

41

"You're never perfectly safe. No human being on Earth ever is or ever was. To live is to risk your life, your heart, everything."

"You're never perfectly safe. No human being on Earth ever is or ever was. To live is to risk your life, your heart, everything."

Rick Yancey, American Author

Life, Risk, Humanity, Survival

41

"The Sun challenges us to Shine, the Clouds remind us to Move, the Birds tell us we too can Fly and the Sky tells us that there is no limit to our Dreams and Goals."

"The Sun challenges us to Shine, the Clouds remind us to Move, the Birds tell us we too can Fly and the Sky tells us that there is no limit to our Dreams and Goals."

R.V.M., Indian Author

Nature, Sun, Birds, Goal

41

"It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four years older and grinds her teeth at night."

"It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four years older and grinds her teeth at night."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Family, Sister, Care, Night, Years

41

"The shock of photographed atrocities wears off with repeated viewings, just as the surprise and bemusement felt the first time one sees a pornographic movie wear off after one sees a few more."

"The shock of photographed atrocities wears off with repeated viewings, just as the surprise and bemusement felt the first time one sees a pornographic movie wear off after one sees a few more."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Society, Observation, Reaction, Experience, Humanity

41

"Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror."

"Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror."

DaShanne Stokes, American Author

Politics, Equality, Justice, Awareness, Responsibility

41

"I need to let him go."

"I need to let him go."

Marie Lu, American Author

Self-Improvement, Acceptance, Closure, Emotion, Freedom

41

"Love can crystallize things. When love is in the air, distressing rain can become a wonderful avalanche of shimmering diamonds. Raindrops are transformed into a flood of sparkling crystal pearls. The power of love can convert rain into a multitude of glittering prisms. The mental seduction of love and a boundless illusion, inflamed by a profound uprising emotion, can change any ordinary incident into a radiant, luminous voyage. ['Crystallization under an umbrella']"

"Love can crystallize things. When love is in the air, distressing rain can become a wonderful avalanche of shimmering diamonds. Raindrops are transformed into a flood of sparkling crystal pearls. The power of love can convert rain into a multitude of glittering prisms. The mental seduction of love and a boundless illusion, inflamed by a profound uprising emotion, can change any ordinary incident into a radiant, luminous voyage. ['Crystallization under an umbrella']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Love, Transformation, Emotion, Illusion

41

"Or maybe memories are like karaoke - where you realize up on the stage, with all those lyrics scrawling across the screen's bottom, and with everybody clapping at you, that you didn't even know the lyrics to your all-time favourite song. Only afterwards, when someone else is up on stage humiliating themselves amid the clapping and laughing, do you realize that what you liked most about your favourite song was precisely your ignorance of its full meaning - and you read more into it than maybe existed in the first place. I think it's better not to know the lyrics to your life."

"Or maybe memories are like karaoke - where you realize up on the stage, with all those lyrics scrawling across the screen's bottom, and with everybody clapping at you, that you didn't even know the lyrics to your all-time favourite song. Only afterwards, when someone else is up on stage humiliating themselves amid the clapping and laughing, do you realize that what you liked most about your favourite song was precisely your ignorance of its full meaning - and you read more into it than maybe existed in the first place. I think it's better not to know the lyrics to your life."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Memory, Ignorance, Realization, Reflection

41

"We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness."

"We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness."

Thomas Merton, American Author

Imagination, Men, Time, Being

41

"Mark my words. Perception is reality and how someone perceives you is their reality."

"Mark my words. Perception is reality and how someone perceives you is their reality."

Chris Murray, Irish Author

Communication, Perception, Reality, Word

41

"Success loves audacity."

"Success loves audacity."

Sravani Saha Nakhro, Indian Author

Success, Audacity, Action, Motivational

41

"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?""

"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?""

Brian Tracy, American Author

Success, People, Successful, Help

41

"Just think: in all the clean, beautiful reaches of the solar system, our planet alone is a blot; our planet alone has death."

"Just think: in all the clean, beautiful reaches of the solar system, our planet alone is a blot; our planet alone has death."

Annie Dillard, American Author

Reflection, Observation, Reality, Universe, Life

41

"The sad thing is that so many people, in the belief that the universe is organized to suit and influence them, are willing to sacrifice even the slight cranial capacity with which evolution has equipped us."

"The sad thing is that so many people, in the belief that the universe is organized to suit and influence them, are willing to sacrifice even the slight cranial capacity with which evolution has equipped us."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Critique, Sacrifice, Belief, Universe, Evolution

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