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inspirational motivational confidence
Zig Ziglar Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.
inspirational challenges inspire
William Wilberforce If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.
inspirational silent human-trafficking
William Wilberforce Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.
inspirational losing-a-loved-one loss
Carl Jung You never know what you have till you've lost it.
inspirational missing-someone loss
Carl Jung I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone-you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence.
inspirational teenager teens
Robert Cormier I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.
inspirational dance thinking
Rob Sheffield Like most fans of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' I wouldn't know a pasodoble if it beat me with a rake.
inspirational success insightful
Rob Reiner Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.
witty opposites long
Umberto Eco A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny.
witty sex good-things
Truman Capote The good thing about masturbation is that you don't have to get dressed up for it.
witty silence ornaments
Virginia Woolf The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.
witty humorous heart
Woody Allen Curiosity, that's what kills us. Not muggers or all that bullshit about the ozone layer. It's our own hearts and minds.
witty humorous thinking
Woody Allen What if the worst is true? What if there's no God, and you only go around once, and that's it? Don't you want to be a part of the experience? You know, what the hell? It's not all a drag, and I'm thinking to myself: Geez! I should stop ruining my life searching for answers I'm never gonna get and just enjoy it while it lasts. And, you know, after-who knows? Maybe there is something, nobody really knows. I know that maybe is a very slim reed to hang your whole life on, but that's the best we have.
witty humorous ideas
Woody Allen I have no idea what I am doing but incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm.
witty self-esteem humorous
Woody Allen Your self-esteem is a notch below Kafka.
witty brother crazy
Woody Allen This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, Doc, my brother’s crazy. He thinks he’s a chicken. The doctor says, Well, why don’t you turn him in? And the guy says, I would but I need the eggs. Well I guess that’s pretty much how I feel about relationships. You know they’re totally irrational and crazy and absurd but I guess we keep going through it because, uh, most of us need the eggs.
witty falling-in-love humorous
Woody Allen Men learn to love the woman they are attracted to. Women learn to become attracted to the man they fall in love with.
philosophical fundamentalist-religion mind
Richard Dawkins As a scientist, I am hostile to fundamentalist religion because it actively debauches the scientific enterprise. It teaches us not to change our minds, and not to want to know exciting things that are available to be known. It subverts science and saps the intellect.
philosophical essence genius
William James The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
philosophical quality ethics
William James An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
philosophical eye lovers
Virgil Who can blind lover's eyes?
philosophical
Virgil We can't all do everything.
philosophical
Virgil I shudder when relating it.
philosophical enemy strategy
Virgil Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?
philosophical used strife
Virgil In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
philosophical
Virgil Trust one who has tried.