Positive Quote Of The Day September 2016

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Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright

[Jeff]

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True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.
-- Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld (Duke of) (1613-1680) French Writer

[Jeff]

Excellent!

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"A goal is a dream that has an ending."- Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington (1899 - 1974) American Composer Bandleader and Pianist

[Jeff]

Good one!

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Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
-- Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) English Journalist and Economist

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"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Irish Playwright

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You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
— A.A. Milne

[Jeff]

Awesome!

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"I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor. The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal."- Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) English Novelist

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"Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art."- Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD) Roman philosopher

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"The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green."- Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) Scottish Writer

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"The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be."- Socrates (469 - 399 BC) Greek Philosopher

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