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    “Remember all frustration is based on unmet expectations. If we did not expect anything we would not be frustrated.”
    ― John Lund, How to Hug a Porcupine
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    Alexander McCall Smith
    “Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.”
    ― Alexander McCall Smith, The Double Comfort Safari Club
    tags: inspirational
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: attributed-no-source, happiness
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: ataraxy, inner-strength, inspiration, self-control, strength
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    David McCullough
    “Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.”
    ― David McCullough
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    Alexander McCall Smith
    “It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin.”
    ― Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
    tags: food, life, life-philosophy, philosophy, pumpkin
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    Edith Wharton
    “If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”
    ― Edith Wharton
    tags: happiness
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    Sue Grafton
    “You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.”
    ― Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass
    tags: change, drama, kinsey-milhone, poor-baby, sue-grafton, sympathy
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    H. Jackson Brown Jr.
    “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
    ― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
    tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail
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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    Janet Evanovich
    “Is that a bulletproof vest? See, now that's so insulting. That's like saying I'm not smart enough to shoot you in the head."
    Eddie DeChooch”
    ― Janet Evanovich, Seven Up
    tags: humor
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    Stephen R. Covey
    “The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.”
    ― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
    tags: self-control, self-mastery
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    Spencer W. Kimball
    “Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.”
    ― Spencer W. Kimball
    tags: inspirational, lds, leadership
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    Benjamin Spock
    “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
    ― Benjamin Spock
    tags: parenting, philosophy, self-assurance
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    Willa Cather
    “Where there is great love, there are always miracles.”
    ― Willa Cather
    tags: love
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    Terryl L. Givens
    “What we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of who we are and what we love.”
    ― Terryl L. Givens, The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life
    tags: choice, faith, spirituality
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  • #21
    Lord Byron
    “In secret we met
    In silence I grieve,
    That thy heart could forget,
    Thy spirit deceive.”
    ― George Gordon Byron
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  • #22
    Pearl S. Buck
    “Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
    ― Pearl S. Buck
    tags: contentment
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  • #23
    Annie Barrows
    “Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.”
    ― Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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    John Greenleaf Whittier
    “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
    ― John Greenleaf Whittier
    tags: life, words
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    Terryl L. Givens
    “As an inmate of a concentration camp, Corrie Ten Boom heard a commotion, and saw a short distance away a prison guard mercilessly beating a female prisoner. “What can we do for these people?” Corrie whispered. “Show them that love is greater,” Betsie replied. In that moment, Corrie realized her sister’s focus was on the prison guard, not the victim she was watching. Betsie saw the world through a different lens. She considered the actions of greatest moral gravity to be the ones we originate, not the ones we suffer.”
    ― Terryl L. Givens, The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life
    tags: inspirational, morality, suffering
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    John Greenleaf Whittier
    “The windows of my soul I throw
    Wide open to the sun.”
    ― John Greenleaf Whittier, John Greenleaf Whittier's Poetry: An Appraisal and a Selection
    tags: inspirational, my-psalm
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    Mark Twain
    “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    John Greenleaf Whittier
    “A little smile, a word of cheer,
    A bit of love from someone near,
    A little gift from one held dear,
    Best wishes for the coming year.

    These make a merry christmas!”
    ― John Greenleaf Whittier
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  • #29
    Anthony Doerr
    “Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
    ― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
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  • #30
    Stephen King
    “Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
    ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
    tags: books, magic, reading
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  • #31
    Laura Ingalls Wilder
    “There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.”
    ― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie
    tags: dread, home
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