December 2009
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the...”
– Margaret Mead
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“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet...”
– The Apostle Paul (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
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“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared...”
– The Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 2:9)
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“I would rather do nothing and be happy than do something I don’t love.”
– Cameron Diaz (What Happens in Vegas)
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“By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
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“Dreams don’t always have to exist while the sun’s down and your eyes are shut.”
– Alexander William Gaskarth (via kayd)
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“Your gifting will get you through the door your character will sustain you.”
– Matthew Barnett
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“The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder — waif, a...”
– Thomas Carlyle
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“Brothers, what we do in life, echoes in eternity.”
– Maximus (Gladiator)
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“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.”
– Thomas Carlyle
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“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become...”
– William Arthur Ward (via cnikkidf)
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“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief...”
– Gail Devers (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the...”
– Woodrow T. Wilson (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
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“One of the biggest risks is being too cautious.”
– David Spiegelhalter (via blanked)
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“Dreams are necessary to life.”
– Anais Nin (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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“Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage.”
– Anaïs Nin (via qqs)
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“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
– Robert F. Kennedy
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To Risk
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool, To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement, To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return, To live is to risk dying, To hope is to risk despair, To try is to risk failure. But risks...
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“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien (via quote-book)
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“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join...”
– John Lennon (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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“A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough...”
– Orison Swett Marden (via hawtjuicyaffair)
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“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I...”
– Chester W. Nimitz (via caseofkellys)
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“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.”
– Benjamin Disraeli (via thewaterside)
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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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“Every generation needs a new revolution.”
– Thomas Jefferson
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“Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
– Chinese Proverb
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“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just...”
– Will Rogers
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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else...”
– Ambrose Redmoon (via munayasin)
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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all...”
– Vincent Van Gogh
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Disowned Desire
The hope is to stay in the background away from the fire, and wait for someone or something to come along and grant us immunity from these difficulties and sacrifices, someone to offer reassurance, saying perhaps, “Take the safe way, not the way of passion and creativity, as the path to your destiny, the life you desire. Follow it and you will never be touched…” [But] we cannot...
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“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...”
– Albert Einstein
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