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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
    177169 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: adversity, challenge, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, keep-going, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, never-give-up, optimism, optimistic, persistence, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
    1525 likes

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    Roman Payne
    “She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. 'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.”
    ― Roman Payne
    tags: empowerment, exploration, feminism, roman-payne, strong-women, the-wanderess, wander, wanderer, wanderess, wandering
    1917 likes

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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, self-awareness, self-worth, strong
    1610 likes

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    Wayne W. Dyer
    “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
    ― Wayne W. Dyer
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    Roman Payne
    “She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city”
    ― Roman Payne, The Wanderess
    tags: empowerment, exploration, feminism, roman-payne, strong-women, the-wanderess, wander, wanderer, wanderess, wandering
    1527 likes

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    Roy T. Bennett
    “To have what you have never had, you have to do what you have never done.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: action, courage-quotes, courageous, doing, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
    1158 likes

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  • #9
    At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
    “At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”
    ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
    tags: appreciation, excuses, gratitude, inspirational, life, motivational, no-regrets, seize-the-day, success
    1424 likes

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    Lou Holtz
    “You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.”
    ― Lou Holtz
    tags: inspiration, motivation
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    Napoleon Hill
    “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
    ― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice
    tags: inspirational, motivational, success
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
    tags: stupidity
    1200 likes

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    Jane Austen
    “The distance is nothing when one has a motive.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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  • #14
    Jim Rohn
    “Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”
    ― Jim Rohn
    tags: hard-work, motivational
    887 likes

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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Don’t wait for things to happen. Make them happen.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett
    tags: act, action, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
    603 likes

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    Roy T. Bennett
    “It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: courage, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, mistakes, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
    651 likes

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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Don't wait for the right moment to start, start and make each moment right.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quote, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-philosophy, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, start-up
    623 likes

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    Roy T. Bennett
    “What you stay focused on will grow.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett
    tags: focus, grow, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, leader, leaders, leadership, life, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, stay-focused
    606 likes

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    Bruce Lee
    “Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.”
    ― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
    tags: fear, motivational
    799 likes

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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Jane Austen
    “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor
    51612 likes

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  • #22
    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life
    47062 likes

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  • #23
    Veronica Roth
    “We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
    ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
    tags: inspirational-quotes, strength-and-courage
    16600 likes

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  • #24
    Sigmund Freud
    “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
    ― Sigmund Freud
    tags: inspirational-quotes
    6424 likes

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  • #25
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
    114380 likes

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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
    77751 likes

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  • #28
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
    74341 likes

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  • #29
    Oscar Wilde
    “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
    tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism
    46497 likes

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  • #30
    Thomas A. Edison
    “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
    ― Thomas A. Edison
    tags: edison, failure, inspirational, paraphrased
    42317 likes

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  • #31
    C.S. Lewis
    “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea
    27862 likes



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