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George Eliot

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Topic: Action
Location: California, San Diego
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words. — George Eliot

Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing. That’s my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat. — George Eliot

Character Courage Defeat Leadership

Hold up your head! You were not made for failure. — George Eliot

Confidence Failure Victory

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaning to the purpose he sees to be best. — George Eliot

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. — George Eliot

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for others. — George Eliot

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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. — George Eliot

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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving soul on another. — George Eliot

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These fellow mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are. — George Eliot

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Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle

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Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it. — George Bernard Shaw

It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in doing so you bring everything to the realm of possibility. — Albert Einstein

He who has begun is half done. Dare to be wise; begin. — Horace

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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear. — Marcus Aurelius

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Happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have. It depends solely upon what you think. — Dale Carnegie

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It's no good saying one thing and thinking another. — Catherine Cookson

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Do the best you can. That is what counts. — John Wooden

Thought is action in rehearsal. — Sigmund Freud

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Nodding the head does not row the boat. — Irish Proverb

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Always do what you are afraid to do. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Things are always at their best in their beginning. — Blaise Pascal

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. — William James

Live your life while the sun still shines. — Hawaiin Proverb

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Life is playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes along. — Samuel Butler

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You are what you do, not what you say you'll do. — Carl Jung

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A great flame follows a little spark. — Dante

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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them. — Frederick Douglass

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Passion drives our actions. — Nigerian Proverb

No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his own brow. — St. Jerome

When a person speaks listen to their actions. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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The future depends on what you do today. — Mohandas Gandhi

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The one who eats has tasted the hardship of labor. — African Proverb

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. — Abraham Lincoln

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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. — Dr. Wayne Dyer

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Be not careless in your deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought. — Marcus Aurelius

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What you cannot as you would achieve, you must perforce accomplish as you may. — William Shakespeare

It doesn't take great men to do things, but is doing things that makes men great. — Arnold Glasow

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He that lives upon hope will die fasting. — Benjamin Franklin

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. — Colin Powell

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