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 | "I am thinking of the Danish sculptor of great fame, Thorvaldsen, who
chose to be buried in the midst of his work?not in a cathedral or a
cemetery, but in a museum among the monuments of his own making? in the
midst of his statuary; and there what he made " | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "If we don?t change direction, we will arrive at where we are
going." | |
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Found in the topic Change.
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| "Things I don?t understand don?t destroy my faith in the things I do
understand." | |
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Found in the topic Understand.
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| "Don"t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to
begin where he was." | |
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Found in the topic Begin.
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| "May we never let the things we can"t have, or don"t have, or
shouldn"t have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have.
As we value our happiness let us not forget it, for one of the greatest
lessons in life is learning to be happy without the things we cannot or
should not have." | |
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Found in the topic Time.
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| "Happiness mainly depends on man?s ability to work and the way in
which he does it." | |
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Found in the topic Happiness.
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| "Be able to disagree, without being disagreeable. We must not let the
things we can?t do keep us from doing the things we can do." | |
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Found in the topic Conversation.
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| "Literally, no man ever sees himself as others see him. No photograph
or reflection ever gives us the same slant on ourselves that others see. It
has often been proved on the witness stand that no two people ever see the
same accident precisely the same way. We see through different eyes and
from different angles. But if we could see things as other people see
them, we could come closer to knowing why they do what they do and why
they say what they say." | |
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Found in the topic Self.
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| "Marriage requires the giving and keeping of confidences, the sharing
of thoughts and feelings, respect and understanding always, marriage
requires humility ? the humility to repent, the humility to forgive.
Marriage requires flexibility (to give and take) and firmness: not to
compromise principles. And a wise and moderate sense of humor. Both need
to be pulling together in the same direction." | |
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Found in the topic Humor.
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| "Too much pessimism has led too many men into making serious
mistakes. And perhaps part of our pessimism comes because we are too close
to ourselves to see in proper perspective." | |
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Found in the topic Pessimist.
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| "The ever-present expectancy of death is never far removed from any
of us ? whether we realize it or not. None of us can avoid it. It comes
alike to the great and to the unknown; to the righteous and to the
unrighteous. Wherein we differ is not in our ability to avert it, but in
the preparedness with which we meet it. At such times some question the
judgments of God. Some find bitterness because of the circumstances and
because of the seeming untimeliness of death." | |
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Found in the topic Death.
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| "We are what we are, wherever we are." | |
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Found in the topic Afraid.
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