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"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

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"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

41

"Actors die so loud."

"Actors die so loud."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me."

"Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me."

Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author

Family, Life, Mother, Climate

41

"Narratives can make us understand. Photographs do something else: they haunt us."

"Narratives can make us understand. Photographs do something else: they haunt us."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Art, Memory, Photography, Reflection

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"When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace."

"When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace."

Patricia Briggs, American Author

Grace, Acceptance, Disappointment, Resilience

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"There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities."

"There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities."

Carla H. Krueger, American Author

Influence, Books, Change, Perspective, Personality

41

"The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death."

"The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death."

Henry Miller, American Author

Death, History, Truth, Singing

41

"...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you."

"...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Truth, Past, Love, Change

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"Blame is a human concept, one of its blackest and most selfish and self-binding."

"Blame is a human concept, one of its blackest and most selfish and self-binding."

Patrick Ness, American Author

Ethics, Blame, Responsibility, Humanity, Selfishness

41

"I've found a new kind of home in us, and I'm ready to move in for good."

"I've found a new kind of home in us, and I'm ready to move in for good."

Scott Stabile, American Author

Relationship, Home, Love, Belonging, Connection

41

"They massacred the servants before killing my parents. I saw it all through a knothole in the wood. As I said, my eyes were better back then."

"They massacred the servants before killing my parents. I saw it all through a knothole in the wood. As I said, my eyes were better back then."

J.R. Ward, American Author

Memory, Observation, Violence, Life

41

"The source of life's energy comes from our creator and maker."

"The source of life's energy comes from our creator and maker."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Vitality, Energy, Source, Creator, Life

41

"Don't judge anything. If you have to judge, judge with kindness and love."

"Don't judge anything. If you have to judge, judge with kindness and love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Kindness, Judgment, Love, Perception

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"Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce."

"Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce."

Robert Fitzgerald, American Author

Quality, Language, Poems, Wishes

41

"Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art."

"Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Art, Contempt, Man

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"It's only when you find yourself that you will live authentically."

"It's only when you find yourself that you will live authentically."

Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Tanzanian Author

Self, Authenticity, Truth, Wisdom

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"Concepts such as loving kindness should never be used as weapons against our real feelings."

"Concepts such as loving kindness should never be used as weapons against our real feelings."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Emotion, Kindness, Love, Authenticity

41

"Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat."

"Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Struggle, Life, Horror, Addiction, Escape

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"Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women."

"Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women."

Nora Roberts, American Author

Woman, Women, Romance, Fiction

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"We have to make holiness our creed."

"We have to make holiness our creed."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Holiness, Creed, Faith, Purpose

41

"It seems to be a law of human nature that those who live by the sea are suspiciousof swimmers, just as those who live in the mountains are suspicious of mountainclimbers."

"It seems to be a law of human nature that those who live by the sea are suspiciousof swimmers, just as those who live in the mountains are suspicious of mountainclimbers."

Yann Martel, Canadian Author

Nature, Suspicion, Culture, Environment, Behavior

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"She might be the Archive, but she's still a kid, Kincaid."He frowned and looked at me. "So?""So? Kids like cute."He blinked at me. "Cute?""Come on."I led him downstairs.On the lower level of the Oceanarium there's an inner ring of exhibits, too, containing both penguins and--wait for it--sea otters.I mean, come on, sea otters. They open abalone with rocks while floating on their backs.How much cuter does it get than small, fuzzy, floating, playful tool users with big, soft brown eyes?"

"She might be the Archive, but she's still a kid, Kincaid."He frowned and looked at me. "So?""So? Kids like cute."He blinked at me. "Cute?""Come on."I led him downstairs.On the lower level of the Oceanarium there's an inner ring of exhibits, too, containing both penguins and--wait for it--sea otters.I mean, come on, sea otters. They open abalone with rocks while floating on their backs.How much cuter does it get than small, fuzzy, floating, playful tool users with big, soft brown eyes?"

Jim Butcher, American Author

Innocence, Kids, Animals, Sea, Truth

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"Have you been called to greatness? There is a way to tell. Do you have a pulse?"

"Have you been called to greatness? There is a way to tell. Do you have a pulse?"

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Motivation, Greatness, Opportunity, Life, Action

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"The intellect is the earth, the emotions are the sky and the spirit is the universe beyond."

"The intellect is the earth, the emotions are the sky and the spirit is the universe beyond."

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Intellect, Emotion, Spirit, Being

41

"Qhuinn's eyes shifted away from his buddy--and just happened to measure the distance down to the stone patio below. Hmm . . . doing a swan dive onto all that slate might just get the images of those two out of his head... of course, it would also turn his brain into scrambled eggs, but really, was that such a bad thing?"

"Qhuinn's eyes shifted away from his buddy--and just happened to measure the distance down to the stone patio below. Hmm . . . doing a swan dive onto all that slate might just get the images of those two out of his head... of course, it would also turn his brain into scrambled eggs, but really, was that such a bad thing?"

J.R. Ward, American Author

Action, Humor, Violence, Observation, Risk

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"It wasn't a good fake smile. You could always tell when she was faking, because she didn't look friendly; she looked like she was going to throw up."

"It wasn't a good fake smile. You could always tell when she was faking, because she didn't look friendly; she looked like she was going to throw up."

Rick Yancey, American Author

Authenticity, Deception, Observation, Truth

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"Sometimes we want God to use us to do big things when we would not even want to do the basics."

"Sometimes we want God to use us to do big things when we would not even want to do the basics."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Faith, God, Fulfillment, Service, Humility

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"You always succeed in producing a result."

"You always succeed in producing a result."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Motivational, Result, Succeed

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"The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it."

"The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Earth, Nothing, World

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"Always try to fix what is broken so that when the blessings come, you will be able to receive it. This generation does a lot of right things for wrong reasons."

"Always try to fix what is broken so that when the blessings come, you will be able to receive it. This generation does a lot of right things for wrong reasons."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Opportunity, Blessing, Preparation, Generations

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"In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of "freedom," like a bastard brother of reform."

"In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of "freedom," like a bastard brother of reform."

Wyndham Lewis, English Author

Family, Brother, Capitalism, Countries, Reform

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"The fact that you lack the fruits is not a proof that you don't have seeds. It's not too late to drop your potentials into a good soil. Do it now, harvest awaits you soon!"

"The fact that you lack the fruits is not a proof that you don't have seeds. It's not too late to drop your potentials into a good soil. Do it now, harvest awaits you soon!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Potential, Seeds, Growth, Opportunities

41

"The brand building process is a marathon that takes time with patience, persistence, consistence, and authenticity to deliver on your unique promise of value."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

Business, Branding, Patience, Persistence, Consistency

41

"The broadest possible exercise of imagination is the thing most conducive to human health, individual and global."

"The broadest possible exercise of imagination is the thing most conducive to human health, individual and global."

Marilynne Robinson, American Author

Creativity, Imagination, Health, Life

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"The wolf demands her mate. But the woman loathes the man."

"The wolf demands her mate. But the woman loathes the man."

Lisa Kessler, American Author

Relationship, Desire, Rejection, Conflict, Love

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"Never go to another woman about your woman. Not unless you want an insidious form of advice."

"Never go to another woman about your woman. Not unless you want an insidious form of advice."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Trust, Advice, Betrayal, Relationship

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"Think on blessings and not curses, beauty not ugliness, health not sickness. Meditate on wealth not poverty, success not failure, grace not disgrace!"

"Think on blessings and not curses, beauty not ugliness, health not sickness. Meditate on wealth not poverty, success not failure, grace not disgrace!"

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Mindset, Blessing, Beauty, Health, Meditation

41

"Our demand for meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates - the world consumes one billion cans or bottles of Coke a day - our demand for these things, not our need, our want - drives us to consume way more calories than are good for us."

"Our demand for meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates - the world consumes one billion cans or bottles of Coke a day - our demand for these things, not our need, our want - drives us to consume way more calories than are good for us."

Mark Bittman, American Author

Health, Day, Want, World

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"Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'"

"Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'"

Henry Miller, American Author

Work, Joy, Question, Will

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"Behind him, he heard Ronan say, "I like the way you losers thought Instagram before first aid. Fuck off."

"Behind him, he heard Ronan say, "I like the way you losers thought Instagram before first aid. Fuck off."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Satire, Humor, Modernity, Priority, Injury

41

"I don't know how it'll be between us Thiel. I don't know how we'll learn to trust each other again, and I know you're not well enough to help me with every matter I face. But I miss you and I'd like to try again."

"I don't know how it'll be between us Thiel. I don't know how we'll learn to trust each other again, and I know you're not well enough to help me with every matter I face. But I miss you and I'd like to try again."

Kristin Cashore, American Author

Reconciliation, Trust, Love, Hope, Uncertainty

41

"Sympathizer.It's only slightly better than the other word that followed me for years after my mom's death, a snakelike hiss, undulating, leaving its trail of poison: Suicide.A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squeezed out behind cupped palms or murmured behind closed doors. It was only in my dreams that I heard the word shouted, screamed."

"Sympathizer.It's only slightly better than the other word that followed me for years after my mom's death, a snakelike hiss, undulating, leaving its trail of poison: Suicide.A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squeezed out behind cupped palms or murmured behind closed doors. It was only in my dreams that I heard the word shouted, screamed."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Emotion, Sympathy, Grief, Sadness, Memory

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"Dreams has no limitations. Never give up on your dreams. Dream your dreams and ask God's help. Anything is possible."

"Dreams has no limitations. Never give up on your dreams. Dream your dreams and ask God's help. Anything is possible."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Strength, Dreams, Determination, Sacred

41

"My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men."

"My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men."

Sandra Cisneros, American Author

Life, Men, Being, Feminism

41

"You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter."

"You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

Truth, Action, Judgment, Word, Behavior

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"If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"

"If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Philosophy, Morality, Ethics, Behavior, Reflection

41

"Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!"

"Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!"

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Ideal, Truth, Power, Happiness

41

"Forest rangers see the forest differently. Likewise, entrepreneurs see the world differently."

"Forest rangers see the forest differently. Likewise, entrepreneurs see the world differently."

Richie Norton, American Author

Perspective, Vision, World, Awareness

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