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Be modest in speech, but excel in action.


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Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.



Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.



Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.



Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.



It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.



The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.



It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.



Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)



When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.



Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.





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Truthfully, wicked people reveal themselves in words first, to inhibit speech would inhibit us seeing the wicked before they act.

Truthfully, wicked people reveal themselves in words first, to inhibit speech would inhibit us seeing the wicked before they act.



We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.



I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.

I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.



I probably have more male friends that talk about us in a way that doesn't thrill me. I sometimes get a bit surprised when females talk like that around men.

I probably have more male friends that talk about us in a way that doesn't thrill me. I sometimes get a bit surprised when females talk like that around men.



The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight!

The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight!



People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.



Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.

Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.



People have a deep need to be legislators, and the idea of autonomy has become very precious.

People have a deep need to be legislators, and the idea of autonomy has become very precious.



Until your mission is an obsession, nothing will change in your life.

Until your mission is an obsession, nothing will change in your life.



And in that one grey hair I saw my whole life and I said "I think I need a hair.

And in that one grey hair I saw my whole life and I said "I think I need a hair.




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