There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; True nobility is being superior to your former self.
~ Ernest Hemingway
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Quotes
A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.
Reverse
Life can only be understood in reverse.
~ unknown
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Watch the river
Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
~ A. A. Milne
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Remain upbeat
A wise man hopes things will change, but remains upbeat when things do not.
~ unknown
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No power over you
Your past is a story. …and once you realize this, it has no power over you.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
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Those who hustle
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
~ unknown
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Keep moving forward
It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
~ “Rocky Balboa“
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Start where you are
Start where you are.
~ Arthur Ashe
Use what you have.
Do what you can.
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Peace
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Forgiveness
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
~ Gandhi
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Act accordingly
You have exactly one life in which to do everything you’ll ever do. Act accordingly.
~ Colin Wright
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Truly fulfilled
If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.
~ unknown
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Death of fear
Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Character
Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you.
~ unknown
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Explore. Deam. Discover.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
~ Mark Twain
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Never give up
Good things come to those who work their asses off and never give up.
~ unknown
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Bad decisions
Everything happens for a reason, but sometimes things happen because you are stupid and make bad decisions.
~ unknown
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I am somebody
I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that, then I realized I am somebody.
~ unknown
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Smile back
Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.
~ “Marcus Aurelius“
Note: This was not written by Marcus Aurelius, but rather said by the character in the movie Gladiator. The closest thing which Aurelius did say, is in Meditations: “Accept death in a cheerful spirit, as nothing but the dissolution of the elements from which each living thing is composed.” at 2.17, and “So make your exit with grace — the same grace shown to you.” as the final line of 12.36.
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You can be good
…and now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
~ John Steinbeck
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