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Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail.


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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.



If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.



The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.





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Everyone was trying to forget something, but they could never seem to find the way to do it. All they ever seemed to do was make it worse. Such quiet madness, the masses led.



However impatient she might be in the day, however filled with little sudden angers, at night she was all tenderness.

However impatient she might be in the day, however filled with little sudden angers, at night she was all tenderness.



Sometimes life gives you a little punch in the stomach... You just gotta catch your breath and keep going.

Sometimes life gives you a little punch in the stomach... You just gotta catch your breath and keep going.



For the person and for the species love is the form of behavior having the highest survival value.

For the person and for the species love is the form of behavior having the highest survival value.



I describe myself as an indoor cat, because I'm a computer guy and I always have been.

I describe myself as an indoor cat, because I'm a computer guy and I always have been.



But God, who is ableto prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own.

But God, who is ableto prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own.



Cowboys, just like the word says.

Cowboys, just like the word says.



Aeriel felt her heart grow troubled. "I know," she said. "I know that he is evil, but his beauty unmakes me. Every time he looks at me, I die.

Aeriel felt her heart grow troubled. "I know," she said. "I know that he is evil, but his beauty unmakes me. Every time he looks at me, I die.



I had so many ideas that I wanted to get out at once that it led to simple little drawings and paintings.

I had so many ideas that I wanted to get out at once that it led to simple little drawings and paintings.



Sin will take you farther than you ever intended to go, it will cost you more than you ever expected to pay, and it will keep you longer than you ever intended to stay.

Sin will take you farther than you ever intended to go, it will cost you more than you ever expected to pay, and it will keep you longer than you ever intended to stay.




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