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    Henry Adams
    “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
    ― Henry Adams
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    Thomas à Kempis
    “On the day of judgment, it will be demanded of us not what we have read, but what we have done.”
    ― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
    tags: application, reading
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    Norman Vincent Peale
    “Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.”
    ― Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking
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    Michelangelo Buonarroti
    “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
    ― Michelangelo
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
    tags: hatred, wisdom
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “I said to my children, 'I'm going to work and do everything that I can do to see that you get a good education. I don't ever want you to forget that there are millions of God's children who will not and cannot get a good education, and I don't want you feeling that you are better than they are. For you will never be what you ought to be until they are what they ought to be.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr.
    tags: altruism, education, potential, religion
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    Martin Luther
    “You cannot keep birds from flying over your head
    but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair”
    ― Martin Luther
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr.
    tags: awarness, consciousness, help, world
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: dumbledore, magic, music, power-of-music
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    “It is so very easy and so very pleasant, too, to read only books which lead to nothing, light and interesting books, and the more the better, that it is almost as difficult to wean ourselves from it as from the habit of chewing tobacco to excess, or of smoking the whole time, or of depending for stimulus upon tea or coffee or spirits.”
    ― Charles Francis Adams
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    E.L. Konigsburg
    “They called themselves The Souls. They told Ms. Olinski that they were The Souls before they were a team, but she told them that they were a team as soon as they became The Souls. Then after a while, teacher and team agreed that they were arguing chicken-or-egg. Whichever way it began--chicken-or-egg, team-or-The Souls--it definitely ended with an egg. Definitely, an egg.”
    ― E.L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: dumbledore
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    E.L. Konigsburg
    “By the time they get to 6th grade honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes.”
    ― E.L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday
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    E.L. Konigsburg
    “He learned to read the ocean by a cupful. He also learned to regard each port of call as part of the journey and not as the destination. Every voyage begins when you do.”
    ― E.L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday
    tags: reading
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore, power-of-words
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    Roald Dahl
    “Don't gobblefunk around with words.”
    ― Roald Dahl, The BFG
    tags: crazy, funny, words
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    Yogi Berra
    “It ain't over 'til it's over.”
    ― Yogi Berra
    tags: baseball, sports, truisms, yankees
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    Mitch Albom
    “Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine?”
    ― mitch albom
    tags: albom, mitch, tuesdays-with-morrie
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    Mitch Albom
    “Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person i want to be? Is today the day I die?”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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    Mitch Albom
    “If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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    Richard Bach
    “One school is finished, and the time has come for another to begin.”
    ― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
    tags: jonathan-livingston-seagull, richard-bach
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    Mitch Albom
    “This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
    tags: inspirational, life, offer, respect, truth
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    Mitch Albom
    “The problem is that we don't believe that we are much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholic and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one human family in this world, and to care about that family the way we care about our own.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
    tags: equality, family
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    Thomas à Kempis
    “Do not let your peace depend on the words of men. Their thinking well or badly of you does not make you different from what you are. Where are true peace and glory? Are they not in Me? He who neither cares to please men nor fears to displease them will enjoy great peace, for all unrest and distraction of the senses arise out of disorderly love and vain fear.”
    ― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
    tags: anxiety, disordered-love, fear, jesus, peace, pleasing-men, slander
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    Richard Bach
    “We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.”
    ― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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    Thomas à Kempis
    “Fight like a man. Habit is overcome by habit.”
    ― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
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    Thomas à Kempis
    “Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity — adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.”
    ― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
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    Thomas à Kempis
    “If you wish to draw profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and never with the design of gaining a reputation for learning.”
    ― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
    tags: motivations, reading, scripture
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    Thomas à Kempis
    “He who shunneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.”
    ― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
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  • #31
    Norman Vincent Peale
    “The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.”
    ― Norman Vincent Peale, Power of Positive Thinking
    tags: advice-for-daily-living
    890 likes



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