FAVORITE QUOTES

“Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream,”
~Khalil Gibran

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“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

~ Steve Jobs

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ~Aristotle

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“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”
—  William S. Burroughs

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Change agents make people mad and so they will hate you. Ambition is seen as cocky and arrogant and those less ambitious feel displaced or shown up by your drive for success.

~Bill Clinton

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Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

~Albert Einstein

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He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

~Dr. MLK Jr.

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Rarely do we find men who engage in solid hard thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

~Dr. MLK Jr.

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Science investigates. Religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.

~Dr. MLK Jr.

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at time of challenge and controversy.

~Dr. MLK Jr.

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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

~Dr. MLK Jr.

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

~Dr. MLK Jr.

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Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

~Dr. MLK Jr.

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Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

~Oprah Winfrey

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Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it’s rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you’re just renting for a while.
~Candice Bergen

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“You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.”

~ Authur Ashe