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The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. James Allen

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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. Mark Twain

Truth Truth Is Possibilities Obliged Because Stick Than Fiction Stranger

I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together. Nancy Friday

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More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions. Simon Sinek

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When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude. W. Bruce Cameron

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In search of my mother's garden, I found my own. Alice Walker

Gardening Garden Mother Own My Own Search Found

History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong. C. S. Lewis

Good History People Good Things Bad People Bad Things Bad Somehow Something Wrong Doing Trying Goes Quite Just Story Much Things

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. Frederick Douglass

Work People World Must Get Might Certainly

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness. Helen Keller

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. Joseph Campbell

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Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold. Mark Twain

Everything Limit Educated Iron Gold Cannot

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired. Mark Twain

Work God Tired Man Made Week End

When you lose something in your life, stop thinking it's a loss for you... it is a gift you have been given so you can get on the right path to where you are meant to go, not to where you think you should have gone. Suze Orman

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. Taylor Caldwell

Christmas Alone Past Steal Never Message Your Present

Being a good leader requires remembering that you're there for a reason, and the reason certainly isn't to have your way. High-integrity leaders not only welcome questioning and criticism - they insist on it. Travis Bradberry

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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. Victor Hugo

Adversity Prosperity Men Monsters Makes

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today. Zig Ziglar

Today Hope Good Family Be Happy Peace Happy People World Better Tomorrow Mind Healthy Peace Of Mind Everybody Relationships Secure Over Prosperous Least Friends Than Same Going Same Things Want Wants Reasonably Even Good Family Things Basically

Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand. Amy Jo Martin

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