Quotes

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  • A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. – Charles Darwin

  • Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. – Soren Kierkegaard

  • Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. – Henry David Thoreau

  • The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. – William Morris

  • I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse. – Isaac Asimov

  • Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. – Thomas A. Edison

  • Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. – Wayne Dyer

  • Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. – Thomas Jefferson

  • Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. – Denis Waitley

  • The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. – Epictetus

  • What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Henry David Thoreau

  • Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. – Thomas Jefferson