100 Quotes About Personal

 Whether you’re grieving the loss of a loved one or planning your next big move, these personal quotes can help you get through whatever you’re going through. When you need to be inspired, these personal quotes about love, life, and success will help you pull through whatever comes your way.

I never could bear the idea of anyone's expecting something...
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I never could bear the idea of anyone's expecting something from me. Italways made me want to do just the opposite. JeanPaul Sartre
I strive for perfection - I settle for satisfaction
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I strive for perfection - I settle for satisfaction Carroll Bryant
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There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them. Greta Garbo
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Privacy is a protection from the unreasonable use of state and corporate power. But that is, in a sense, a secondary thing. In the first instance, privacy is the statement in words of a simple understanding, which belongs to the instinctive world rather than the formal one, that some things are the province of those who experience them and not naturally open to the scrutiny of others: courtship and love, with their emotional nakedness; the simple moments of family life; the appalling rawness of grief. That the state and other systems are precluded from snooping on these things is important - it is a strong barrier between the formal world and the hearth, extended or not - but at root privacy is a simple understanding: not everything belongs to everyone. . Nick Harkaway
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Take lightly what you hear about individuals. We need not distort trust for our paltry little political agendas. We tend to trust soulless, carried information more than we trust soulful human beings; but really most people aren't so bad once you sit down and have an honest, one-on-one conversation with them, once, with an open heart, you listen to their explanations as to why they act the way they act, or say what they say, or do what they do. Criss Jami
What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal...
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What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted. Criss Jami
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Jesus Christ came not to condemn you but to save you, knowing your name, knowing all about you, knowing your weight right now, knowing your age, knowing what you do, knowing where you live, knowing what you ate for supper and what you will eat for breakfast, where you will sleep tonight, how much your clothing cost, who your parents were. He knows you individually as though there were not another person in the entire world. He died for you as certainly as if you had been the only lost one. He knows the worst about you and is the One who loves you the most. If you are out of the fold and away from God, put your name in the words of John 3:16 and say, “Lord, it is I. I’m the cause and reason why Thou didst on earth come to die.” That kind of positive, personal faith and a personal Redeemer is what saves you. If you will just rush in there, you do not have to know all the theology and all the right words. You can say, “I am the one He came to die for.” Write it down in your heart and say, “Jesus, this is me– Thee and me, ” as though there were no others. Have that kind of personalized belief in a personal Lord and Savior. A.W. Tozer
Hatred is a burden that can hunt you day by...
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Hatred is a burden that can hunt you day by day, robbing you off your personal joy in broad day light. Israelmore Ayivor
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Here's a funny question: What is your favorite word? Think about it–maybe it's a word that makes you absolutely happy, or a word that sounds gloriously beautiful, or a word that evokes awe and wonder. Maybe you are reminded of a great time when you hear it, or maybe it represents your life's dream. So, what is it? What is your favorite word of all words? Thought about it yet? Good.. Vera Nazarian
There was something about other people's grief that was so...
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There was something about other people's grief that was so exposing, so personal, that she felt she shouldn't be looking. Jane Fallon
Sleep is death enjoyed.
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Sleep is death enjoyed. Friedrich Hebbel
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We call talking about other people’s personal lives ‘gossip’ only if we aren’t or weren’t part of the conversation. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Own your own dreams Cornelius Crapp to Gerald Crapp
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Own your own dreams Cornelius Crapp to Gerald Crapp Noel David
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Today is a new day and it brings with it a new set of opportunities for me to act on. I am attentive to the opportunities and I seize them as they arise. I have full confidence in myself and my abilities. I can do all things that I commit myself to. No obstacle is too big or too difficult for me to handle because what lies inside me is greater than what lies ahead of me. I am committed to improving myself and I am getting better daily. I am not held back by regret or mistakes from the past. I am moving forward daily. Absolutely nothing is impossible for me. Idowu Koyenikan
When you work on something that only has the capacity...
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When you work on something that only has the capacity to make you 5 dollars, it does not matter how much harder you work — the most you will make is 5 dollars. Idowu Koyenikan
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But if you forgive someone for something they did to you, it doesn’t mean you agree with what they did or believe it was right. Forgiving that person means you have chosen not to dwell on the matter anymore; you have moved on with your life. Idowu Koyenikan
Why study things of no use? To learn you don't...
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Why study things of no use? To learn you don't need it and concentrate your efforts on what is important to you. J.R. Rim
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When they got to their hotel she went straight up to bed, but he paused to get a drink. There was, in the vestibule, a flower stall and he bought a handful of roses, stiffly wired into a bouquet, before proceeding to the oppressive gorgeousness of their bridal suite. The lift was lined with looking glass, so that as he shot upwards he got an endlessly duplicated version of himself, stout and nervous, a light cloak flung over his shoulder and flowers in his hand: an infinitely long row of gentlemen carrying offerings to an unforgiving past. Margaret Kennedy
O holy Sunday, let your darkness not come along my...
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O holy Sunday, let your darkness not come along my way. Let her nurture internal and external world, as I start my personal day. Santosh Kalwar
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How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be thin is upon them, can lose completely their sense of balance and proportion and spend years dealing with this madness. Kathryn Hurn
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Hide in the morrow. No one will look for you there. Ljupka Cvetanova
When a complex is acquired, personal development is stopped and...
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When a complex is acquired, personal development is stopped and the person even being an adult, sometimes behaves in a childish and immature way Sunday Adelaja
You're not winged because you are flying on a dragon
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You're not winged because you are flying on a dragon Cass Ark Galleas
Do you have a personal mantra? Mine comes from a...
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Do you have a personal mantra? Mine comes from a childhood song. "Wherever I go the grass grows greener. Richie Norton
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A friend: What book haven't you read yet? Me: I'm not sure. I have read the Percy Jackson series or Mortal Instrument series in a whil-- Friend: I mean, like, a book you haven't read at all. Me: Oh. I'm not sure then, let me get back to you after I finish this six-book series. Me
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A friend: What book haven't you read yet? Me: I'm not sure. I have read the Percy Jackson series or Mortal Instrument series in a whil-- Friend: I mean, like, a book you haven't read at all. Me: Oh. I'm not sure then, let me get back to you after I finish this six-book series."-- Me. #myself
We must go beyond solving our personal problems to becoming...
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We must go beyond solving our personal problems to becoming solutions and answers to all the people around us Sunday Adelaja
It has been my personal experience that the government engages...
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It has been my personal experience that the government engages in a wide range of frauds with the common people. Steven Magee
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But when they made love he was offended by her eyes. They behaved as though they belonged to someone else. Someone watching. Looking out of the window at the sea. At a boat in the river. Or a passerby in the mist in Arundhati Roy
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Here's a funny question: What is your favorite word? Think about it–maybe it's a word that makes you absolutely happy, or a word that sounds gloriously beautiful, or a word that evokes awe and wonder. Maybe you are reminded of a great time when you hear it, or maybe it represents your life's dream. So, what is it? What is your favorite word of all words? Thought about it yet Vera Nazarian
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If you really want to be different, you'd better keep quiet and be a good person on the inside. Michael Bassey Johnson
Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the...
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Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Judy Blume
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Have you got any soul?" a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel like saying; some days yes, some days no. A few days ago I was right out; now I've got loads, too much, more than I can handle. I wish I could spread it a bit more evenly, I want to tell her, get a better balance, but I can't seem to get it sorted. I can see she wouldn't be interested in my internal stock control problems though, so I simply point to where I keep the soul I have, right by the exit, just next to the blues. Nick Hornby
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The love that I believe in is something that goes beyond the physical aspects of this world. The love that I believe is one that extends its energy and power through the beautiful souls that I encounter along the way, a love that can be seen in the eyes of a little dog or in the confusion of a cute lost cat who wants to be worshiped like a Goddess. This kind of love goes through a divine crafting of a person's inner self, through personal experience and thousands of years of tears and strength, that can only be seen in the familiar eyes of old souls, the eyes that recognize each other even after long times of separation, the eyes that find themselves familiar with places they have probably been to before, but that nevertheless bring great memories with every visit. This kind of love sees hope in the eyes of new-born children that know way much more than they are capable of putting into words and that bring with their innocence a smile on each person's face who'd wish they could start again. The love that I see when I look at you is a love which has roots deep inside each of us, but that needs care and light to grow and unfold its branches so that they can reach outside of ourselves and even further beyond the skies. Unknown
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I know I could’ve been on the other side of the line too. I refuse to accept injustice and inequality because I know it can be against any one of us, our brothers and sisters and friends and family. I know it’s personal. I know this is our only chance, our only planet, our only shot. And, I know this is my brick. Sharad Vivek Sagar
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Perceive conflict as positive, creative, and issue driven. Don't allow personal attacks. Eunice ParisiCarew
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My art is the result of a deeply personal, infinitely complex, and still essentially mysterious, exploration of experience. No words will ever touch it. George Brecht
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Your anger — about matters that you think are personal and yours alone — is, in fact, the fuel for the machines of war. Your kindness towards strangers on the street is, in fact, the grace and serenity that brings millions of people together to work towards the common good of all. Alaric Hutchinson
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Your past's a private matter, sweetheart. You just keep it locked up in xbox where it can't hurt anyone. Catherynne M. Valente
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Our incredible bewilderment (wilderness separation) blinds us from seeing that our many personal and global problems primarily result from our assault of and separation from the natural creation process within and around us. Our estrangement from nature leaves us wanting, and when we want there is never enough. Our insatiable wanting is called greed. It is a major source of our destructive dependencies and violence. . Michael J. Cohen
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At the end of the day, if you’re wasting your time by not investing in yourself, you’re going to waste away–and that would be the greatest waste of all. Richie Norton
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We do not get to choose how we start out in life. We do not get to choose the day we are born or the family we are born into, what we are named at birth, what country we are born in, and we do not get to choose our ancestry. All these things are predetermined by a higher power. By the time you are old enough to start making decisions for yourself, a lot of things in your life are already in place. It’s important, therefore, that you focus on the future, the only thing that you can change. Idowu Koyenikan
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Whenever I am in a difficult situation where there seems to be no way out, I think about all the times I have been in such situations and say to myself, "I did it before, so I can do it again. Idowu Koyenikan
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Then Dad started going on about the complex geological formations in this part of the coast until Mum told him to shut up. But she was smiling when she said it. Lucy liked that. Kerrie OConnor
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Squashed behind The Cloud of Unknowing we discovered a pocket-size spiral notebook with a day-by-day account of the time Justin had stayed with her and her husband after Tommy’s death. The writing was legible though it required effort (this was before she took her calligraphy course), but Justin was ecstatic and asked if he could have the little notebook. “This is my history, ” he said. Later, after he had deciphered every last word: “Boy, was I loved. . Gail Godwin
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My tattoos, like most people's, were reminders, badges of personal experiences. Yes, I might wear them on my skin for the world to see, but their meaning was a little too personal. N.R. Walker
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Neither your position in society, nor power, nor dignity, nor selfishness, nor even personal promotion should enslave you Sunday Adelaja
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Believe in yourselves as sons and daughters of God, men and women with unlimited potential to do good in the world. Believe in personal virtue. There is no substitute for it anywhere under the. heavens. Believe in your power to discipline yourselves against the evils which could destroy you. Believe in one another as the greatest generation ever yet to live upon the earth. Gordon B. Hinckley
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Redesign your image, make it brighter! You can’t wait for any other time, any other person or any other skill. Once you are convinced about your personal power, you can enter the race and change the course of flow. Israelmore Ayivor
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See with a different eye, visualize with a colorful mind, manifest your thoughts with the energy within. Michael Bassey Johnson
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Fame is an island, and right before the castaway, the getaway of being known without being known. Criss Jami
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On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level. Edward Albert
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When I am, you are not. Ljupka Cvetanova
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Sometimes I briefly touch the life I want. My hand brushes the surface as I pass it by. C M Meridian
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You can only get outside yourself by looking inside. Tonya Hurley
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A Writer is Actor, Creator, Director & Producer Of HIS Life. Ask ME anything. Nirav Sanchaniya
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Things will happen that you can’t prevent, things will fall apart that you can’t hold together, but ultimately you’re shaping yourself and that final product speaks volumes about who you really are, not what people see you as or what you want to be. Erik Tomblin
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True joy comes from knowing Christ personally and from depending on His strength rather than your own. Jim George
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Personal discipline is a most powerful character quality and one worthy of dedicating your life to nurturing. Elizabeth George
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Philosophically, I am a logical empiricist and materialist, and I am a veteran of over 400 radio and TV interviews and debates. I am a Christ-myth advocate and am pursuing research into how Christianity could have begun without a historical Jesus of Nazareth. I am married with one daughter and three grandchildren. Frank R. Zindler
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As with all new inventions, there are upsides and downsides. The commercial drone is no exception. But until robust safeguards have been introduced to protect personal privacy from prying eyes in the skies, the true benefits to society of unmanned aerial vehicles will remain unrealised. Alex Morritt
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If a nation and any nation on this earth could raise up the standard of personal responsibility in their society, you will in no time see a nation of virtuous people, developed and civilized. Sunday Adelaja
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When there is no Personal Responsibility in any society, there cannot be a responsible government. Responsible government is an off shoot of a culture of Personal Responsibility. Sunday Adelaja
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At present, the successful office-seeker is a good deal like the center of the earth; he weighs nothing himself, but draws everything else to him. There are so many societies, so many churches, so many isms, that it is almost impossible for an independent man to succeed in a political career. Candidates are forced to pretend that they are catholics with protestant proclivities, or christians with liberal tendencies, or temperance men who now and then take a glass of wine, or, that although not members of any church their wives are, and that they subscribe liberally to all. The result of all this is that we reward hypocrisy and elect men entirely destitute of real principle; and this will never change until the people become grand enough to allow each other to do their own thinking. Our government should be entirely and purely secular. The religious views of a candidate should be kept entirely out of sight. He should not be compelled to give his opinion as to the inspiration of the bible, the propriety of infant baptism, or the immaculate conception. All these things are private and personal. The people ought to be wise enough to select as their officers men who know something of political affairs, who comprehend the present greatness, and clearly perceive the future grandeur of our country. If we were in a storm at sea, with deck wave-washed and masts strained and bent with storm, and it was necessary to reef the top sail, we certainly would not ask the brave sailor who volunteered to go aloft, what his opinion was on the five points of Calvinism. Our government has nothing to do with religion. It is neither christian nor pagan; it is secular. But as long as the people persist in voting for or against men on account of their religious views, just so long will hypocrisy hold place and power. Just so long will the candidates crawl in the dust–hide their opinions, flatter those with whom they differ, pretend to agree with those whom they despise; and just so long will honest men be trampled under foot. Robert G. Ingersoll
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Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds true with me. Haruki Murakami
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As cliché as it might sound, I'd rather lose than win by cheating. The latter is a much deeper, more personal loss in that one is admittedly whispering to himself his lack of competence. His cheating then begets more cheating, as he is ever-privately, ever-subconsciously insulting himself; thus, gradually deteriorating any remaining confidence. Criss Jami
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Undergoing personal change is a difficult but necessary process of maturing into the ultimate manifestation of a desirable self. True personal transformation requires a person honestly to assess their inner spirituality and adopt a clear vision of who they want to be. An earnest person experiencing inner transformation of their values and belief system is apt to feel conflicted, confused, and disorientated. Change of self is displacement, disarticulation, and loss of self. Alteration of our self-image results in disrupting, dislocating, and modifying a person’s perspective of what is significant. Kilroy J. Oldster
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Step into your track and begin your steps till you reach the end because life is a personal journey. Michael Bassey Johnson
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When asking for advice, search not for what is on the surface, Dig deeper, questioning what does this person believe in? J.R. Rim
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He lifted his shirt, and on his back was the White Rabbit, wearing his waistcoat and looking at his watch. It was just like the illustration from the book. Only standing next to him, back-to-back, was another White Rabbit wearing a leather motercycle jacket and boots and smoking a cigar. Michael Thomas Ford
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There is nothing better in life than commitment to personal development and lifelong learning. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Your journey on earth is personal journey of life. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Buying a book is not enough... You must absorb the knowledge it contains. Your personalized knowledge is not what's on your shelf, but how much you put into yourself! Israelmore Ayivor
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From watching Silvia, I'd learned that one of the worst things about being ill is that most people find your suffering opaque. With this sadness it was different. I felt that I needed to nurture and protect it from people's understanding. I wanted Susy's sympathy because I wanted comfort and to feel less alone, and yet I also didn't want it– I didn't want my personal grief to be part of something universal right then. . Olivia Sudjic
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Everything is reflected in both - outside (out there) and inside (in here) - marvel at it, experience, learn. The personal is also the universal, and the universal is also the personal. Jay Woodman
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It might be a little silly for someone getting to be my age to put this into words, but I just want to make sure I get the facts down clearly : I'm the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I'm the type of person who doesn't find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two everyday running alone, not speaking to anyone as well as four of five hours at my desk, to be neither difficult or boring. Haruki Murakami
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Do not shoot. Please.If you are convinced that you are not a liar, you probably analyze every one, instead of evaluating nothing. Questions are the most effective advertisements. Mark Sherman Smeester
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A country whose citizens do not read is already late because "reading" is just the first step to wisdom acquisition. Application of the learnt knowledge is the gateway to personal transformation. If you don't read, you have not yet begun anything! Israelmore Ayivor
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Make a good gallery! Your names and your photos give you a unique identity. Make and maintain a good name in the hearts of people. Paint good photos in their minds. Israelmore Ayivor
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Your brand will be called on upon when it's needed. When it's not needed at the moment, keep it safely till it's call comes. Some brands shine occasionally! Israelmore Ayivor
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I find it incredibly amazing how at every sunset, the sky is a different shade. No cloud is ever in the same place. Each day is a new masterpiece. A new wonder. A new memory. Sanober Khan
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Small children believe themselves to be gods, or some of them do, and they can only be satisfied when the rest of the world goes along with their way of seeing things. Neil Gaiman
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All the training was necessary for my personal development. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Accomplishment of your dreams requires personal sacrifice and hardworking. May the you have a determined spirit, will power and a great passion for the accomplishment of your dreams. Lailah GiftyAkita
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The difficulties in life are vital for our personal growth and well-being. Lailah Gifty Akita
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The solution to self-pity is found in the labor of selfless giving to others. T.F. Hodge
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There's more to me than you see, another me down inside somewhere, full of hate, ready to hurt, cut, smash, or if maybe there's no Other and there's just me alone, then I'm not the person I thought I was, I'm something twisted and terrible, terrible. Dean Koontz
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You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself. Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self. Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy. Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself. Otherwise, cede your gavel. Vera Nazarian
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I still have a tendency to sit back and wait out the bad things that try and take over my life. Dean Bakopoulos
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Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are a subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who has suffered from insomnia. Joseph Wood Krutch
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To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It has happened to all of us; we are its victims, are we have no control over it. William Glasser
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A personal revolution is the consequence of confronting self - as is. T.F. Hodge
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I like the multiplicity of books, because each book is different in the mind of each reader. It's the same with this film - if 300 people are in a cinema watching it, they will all see a different film, so in a way there are thousands of different versions of "Caché (Hidden)". The point being that, despite what TV shows us, and what the news stories tell us, there is never just one truth, there is only personal truth. Michael Haneke
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Every difficulty is an opportunity for personal growth. Lailah Gifty Akita
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A friend once told me "Michael, if you were a villain, you'd be the Joker, " to which I replied, "no, dear friend - if the Joker were a villain, he'd be ME. Michael Benningfield
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I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn. Sara Sheridan
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My instinct told me that she didn't want me to understand. What she felt and lived with couldn't be shared or understood by anyone else. Unknown
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Police officers are well known for their aggressive behaviors, search "Police Officer Angry Aggression Theory". I can speak from personal experience that they do cover up for each other and target individuals that they have a vendetta on. Police Internal Affairs is just an extension of the cover up machine, they uphold very few complaints. Steven Magee
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I gain with loss. I grow with hurt Nawaf AlHarbi
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I destroyed myself because I thought no one will destroy me that way but I guess I was wrong... they're stonger. Marivil