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What exercise is to the body, employment is to the mind and morals.


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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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I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender

I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender



All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.

All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.



What features of your daily life do you expect to be improved by a further increase in population?

What features of your daily life do you expect to be improved by a further increase in population?



Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.



The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own.

The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own.



Sure my love is all crostLike a bud in the frostAnd there's no use at all in my going to bed,For 't is dhrames and not slape that comes into my head!

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You cannot fail. You can only get results.

You cannot fail. You can only get results.



I also know that we must cultivate our garden. For when man was put in the Garden of Eden, he was put there ut operaretur eum, to work; which proves that man was not born for rest.

I also know that we must cultivate our garden. For when man was put in the Garden of Eden, he was put there ut operaretur eum, to work; which proves that man was not born for rest.




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