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"But there could be no doubt that greatness was seated within; greatness was passing, hidden, down Bond Street, removed only by a hand's-breadth from ordinary people who might now, for the first and last time, be within speaking distance of the majesty of England, of the enduring symbol of the state which will be known to curious antiquaries, sifting the ruins of time, when London is a grass-grown path and all those hurrying along the pavement this Wednesday morning are but bones with a few wedding rings mixed up in their dust and the gold stoppings of innumerable decayed teeth."

"But there could be no doubt that greatness was seated within; greatness was passing, hidden, down Bond Street, removed only by a hand's-breadth from ordinary people who might now, for the first and last time, be within speaking distance of the majesty of England, of the enduring symbol of the state which will be known to curious antiquaries, sifting the ruins of time, when London is a grass-grown path and all those hurrying along the pavement this Wednesday morning are but bones with a few wedding rings mixed up in their dust and the gold stoppings of innumerable decayed teeth."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Legacy, Greatness, Symbolism, Time

25

"Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours."

"Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours."

Brian Koslow, American Author

Negative, Reputation, Rumors

25

"One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'"

"One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'"

Norman Ralph Augustine, American Author

25

"Dear Lord please show me what really matters so that I may be able to determine what is distraction and God's direction in my life."

"Dear Lord please show me what really matters so that I may be able to determine what is distraction and God's direction in my life."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Discernment, Direction, Distraction, Faith, Focus

25

"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."

"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Life, Change, Perspective, Journey, Home

25

"The pain you feel is simply because you do not yet have the strength to forgive. But you will grow strong again, that is for sure."

"The pain you feel is simply because you do not yet have the strength to forgive. But you will grow strong again, that is for sure."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Recovery, Strength, Forgiveness, Growth, Pain

25

"In the legend of Camelot, King Arthur gave consideration as to how his knights might be positioned spatially to impart a message of power and status. He decided they would have their meetings at a round table, which meant that they were all considered equal and there was no "head of the table. He built a league based on equality and mutual respect to unify and fortify the power of teamwork."

"In the legend of Camelot, King Arthur gave consideration as to how his knights might be positioned spatially to impart a message of power and status. He decided they would have their meetings at a round table, which meant that they were all considered equal and there was no "head of the table. He built a league based on equality and mutual respect to unify and fortify the power of teamwork."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Teamwork, Leadership, Truth, Power, Wisdom

25

"While we read history we make history."

"While we read history we make history."

George William Curtis, American Author

25

"No one worth possessing can be quite possessed."

"No one worth possessing can be quite possessed."

Sara Teasdale, American Author

25

"My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you."

"My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you."

Keith Miller, American Author

Love, Hope, May

25

"Country music is the poetry of the American spirit."

"Country music is the poetry of the American spirit."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Cultural, Music, Culture, Spirit, Poetry

25

"Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool."

"Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool."

Charles Simmons, American Author

Argument, First, Fool, Ridicule

25

"I've always found that a rather unfortunate quirk in our species. Everyone pants towards orgasm without pausing to realise that its merely a biological trap designed for the purpose of reproduction. What utter nonsense."

"I've always found that a rather unfortunate quirk in our species. Everyone pants towards orgasm without pausing to realise that its merely a biological trap designed for the purpose of reproduction. What utter nonsense."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Biology, Behavior, Skepticism, Critique

25

"All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim."

"All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim."

Christopher Morley, American Author

Beauty, Cities, Madness

25

"Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"

"Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"

A. A. Milne, English Author

Reflection, Forget

25

"I'm not telling women to be like men. I'm telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias."

"I'm not telling women to be like men. I'm telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Equality, Gender Bias, Workforce, Fairness

25

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

Helen Keller, American Author

Courage, Danger

25

"I hated high school. I don't trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there's something wrong with you."

"I hated high school. I don't trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there's something wrong with you."

Stephen King, American Author

Youth, Regret, Today, Inspirational, Truth

25

"My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation."

"My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation."

Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author

Friendship, People, Friends

25

"I am six feet tall. I am not supposed to be afraid."

"I am six feet tall. I am not supposed to be afraid."

Keith Miller, American Author

25

"When was the last time you woke up and realized that today could be the best day of your life?"

"When was the last time you woke up and realized that today could be the best day of your life?"

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Inspirational, Today, Life, Opportunity, Awareness

25

"The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst."

"The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst."

Marge Kennedy, American Author

25

"Truth cannot be defeated."

"Truth cannot be defeated."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

25

"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow."

"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow."

Aesop, Greek Author

Preparedness, Today, Tomorrow

25

"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water."

"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water."

Christopher Morley, American Author

Emotional, Clouds, Sky, Water

25

"My weakness is wearing too much leopard print."

"My weakness is wearing too much leopard print."

Jackie Collins, British Author

Fashion, Weakness

25

"Perseverance, secret of all triumphs."

"Perseverance, secret of all triumphs."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Persistence, Perseverance

25

"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative."

"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Negative, Positive

25

"Man is not made for the Sabbath. Rather, the Sabbath is made for man."

"Man is not made for the Sabbath. Rather, the Sabbath is made for man."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Rest, Sabbath, Man, Purpose

25

"If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have had a beginning in time."

"If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have had a beginning in time."

Dean Inge, English Author

Time, Beginning, End, Name

25

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."

James Bovard, American Author

Democracy, Sheep, Voting

25

"In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is."

"In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

American, America, Space, States, United

25

"Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane."

"Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane."

Henry Miller, American Author

Madness, Profit

25

"You cannot make a socialist revolution without really trying."

"You cannot make a socialist revolution without really trying."

Ernest Mandel, Belgian Author

Revolution, Trying

25

"Cemeteries are full of unfulfilled dreams... countless echoes of 'could have' and 'should have'. Don't choose to walk the well-worn path to regret."

"Cemeteries are full of unfulfilled dreams... countless echoes of 'could have' and 'should have'. Don't choose to walk the well-worn path to regret."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Warning, Regret, Dreams, Unfulfilled, Path

25

"There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round."

"There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round."

Paul Auster, American Author

25

"The precision of the creator's natural laws makes existence of earth meaningful."

"The precision of the creator's natural laws makes existence of earth meaningful."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Meaning, Creator, NaturalLaws, Existence

25

"Death is the end of the poetry we call life."

"Death is the end of the poetry we call life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Life, Death, Poetry, End

25

"The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved."

"The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved."

Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author

Life, Success, Battle, Difficulties

25

"In any situation, I choice to keep my peace."

"In any situation, I choice to keep my peace."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Intuition, Situation, Instinct, Inner, Voice

25

"For years, I declined to fill in the form for my Senate press credential that asked me to state my 'race,' unless I was permitted to put 'human.' The form had to be completed under penalty of perjury, so I could not in conscience put 'white,' which is not even a color let alone a 'race,' and I sternly declined to put 'Caucasian,' which is an exploded term from a discredited ethnology. Surely the essential and unarguable core of King's campaign was the insistence that pigmentation was a false measure: a false measure of mankind (yes, mankind) and an inheritance from a time of great ignorance and stupidity and cruelty, when one drop of blood could make you 'black."

"For years, I declined to fill in the form for my Senate press credential that asked me to state my 'race,' unless I was permitted to put 'human.' The form had to be completed under penalty of perjury, so I could not in conscience put 'white,' which is not even a color let alone a 'race,' and I sternly declined to put 'Caucasian,' which is an exploded term from a discredited ethnology. Surely the essential and unarguable core of King's campaign was the insistence that pigmentation was a false measure: a false measure of mankind (yes, mankind) and an inheritance from a time of great ignorance and stupidity and cruelty, when one drop of blood could make you 'black."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Equality, Race, Humanity, Ignorance

25

"Righteousness gives a person the right to God's protection."

"Righteousness gives a person the right to God's protection."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Righteousness, Protection, God, Faith

25

"If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation."

"If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation."

Rose Kennedy, American Author

25

"Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live."

"Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

25

"Most mothers are instinctive philosophers."

"Most mothers are instinctive philosophers."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

Family, Mothers

25

"Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it."

"Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it."

Eudora Welty, American Author

Travel, First, World

25

"If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone's wallets."

"If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone's wallets."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Crime, Humor, Truth, Wisdom, Power

25

"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity."

"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Success, Opportunity, Nothing

25

"Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand."

"Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand."

George Eliot, British Author

Fate, Destiny, Sarcasm, Drama

25

"It is not beauty that makes you strong--it is adversity."

"It is not beauty that makes you strong--it is adversity."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Adversity, Beauty, Strength

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