Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – Make The Most of Yourself
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Sir Francis Bacon Quote – Imagination and Humor
“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn’t, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.” – Sir Francis Bacon
Read moreAlice Munro Quote – An Underground System
“You know that there’s a whole underground system that you call “dreams,” having nothing better to call them, and that this system is not like roads or tunnels but more like a live body network, all coiling and stretching, unpredictable but finally familiar — where you are now, where you’ve always been.” – Alice Munro
Read moreLou Andreas-Salome Quote – Attained Greatness Through His Failures
“When confronted by a human being who impresses us as truly great, should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his failures?” – Lou Andreas-Salome
Read moreAlways be the best you can be
“Always be the best you can be because you are someone’s only hope.”
Read moreC.S. Lewis Quote – Died for Each Man
C.S. Lewis-“He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.”
Read moreDame Rebecca West Quote – It Seemed A Good Idea At The Time
“If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: ‘It seemed a good idea at the time.’ ” – Dame Rebecca West
Read moreHenry Miller Quote – The Great Heart Of The World
“I know what the cure is: it is to give up, to relinquish, to surrender, so that our little hearts may beat in unison with the great heart of the world.” – Henry Miller
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. Quote – Freedom Is Never Voluntarily Given
‘We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Read moreChief Seattle Quote – We Do Not Inherit The Earth
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Chief Seattle
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