A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.
I must die. If instantly, I will die instantly; If in a short time, I will dine first, since the hour for dining is here, and when the time comes, then I will die. How? As becomes a person who is giving back what is not his own.
~ Epictetus
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Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.
~ Amelia Earhart
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They who wanted to do each other good are now handling one another in an imperious and intolerant manner, and in the struggle somehow to get out of their untenable and unbearable state of confusion, they commit the greatest fault that can happen to human relationships: they become impatient.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
~ Lao Tzu
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
~ Anais Nin
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception it is a prevailing attitude.
~ Colin Powell
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Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
~ Ambrose Redmoon
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
~ Lao Tzu
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Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
~ John Wayne
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Our difficulties and our dangers will not be removed by closing our eyes to them.
~ Winston Churchill
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