John Dryden

Look round the habitable world: how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Topic: Courage, Self-esteem
Location: Arches National Park
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

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Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.

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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. — Buddha

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The future belongs to those that believe in the beauty of their dreams. — Eleanor Roosevelt

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The wisdom of the elderly is like the sun, it illuminates the whole village. — African Proverb

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It is a wise man who can laugh at his own jokes. — Persian Proverb

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