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Philosopher, Statesman, Dramatist

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

Certainty - Chance - Dependence - Expectation - Future - Loss - Power - Time - Uncertainty

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Bodhidharma

Athlete, Leader, Biographer

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.

Fools - Imagination - Nature - People - Practice - Time

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John C. Maxwell

Scientist, Clergyman, Author

Talent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise.

Ability - Character - Choice - Talent

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Ovid

Psychologist, Poet, Poet

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Praise - Time

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Moliere

Musician, Playwright, Playwright

With a smile we should instruct our youth.

Thinking - Youth

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Paramahansa Yogananda

Scientist, Leader, Guru

There is in India a story of a dying youth who, hearing the sobs of grief around him, cried: Insult me not with your cries of sympathy. When I soar to the land of eternal light and love; it is I who should feel for you. For me, disease, shattering of bones, sorrow, excruciating heartaches no more. I dream joy, I glide in joy, I breathe in joy evermore.

Breathing - Crying - Death - Disease - Eternity - Feelings - Grief - Hearing - India - Insult - Joy - Story - Youth

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Paulo Coelho

Writer, Novelist, Lyricist

Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best.

Talent - Universal

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Novelist

She was no longer that happy creature who in earlier youth wandered with me on the banks of the lake and talked with ecstasy of our future prospects. The first of those sorrows which are sent to wean us from the earth had visited her, and its dimming influence quenched her dearest smiles.

Creativity - Earth - Ecstasy - Influence - Prospect - Youth

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Vincent Van Gogh

Businessman, Artist, Painter

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

Gains - Loss - Youth

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Maya Angelou

Poet, Singer, Writer, Civil Rights Activist

I was married a few times, and one of my husbands was jealous of me writing.

Husband - Jealousy - Marriage - Time

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Alexis de Tocqueville

Diplomat, Political Scientist, Historian

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.

Doing - Drama - Feudalism - Oddity - Pioneering - Reading - Remembering - Time

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Winston Churchill

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Cyclist - Memory - Sarcasm - Time

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Montesquieu

Judge, Philosopher

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

Achievement - Dependence - Knowledge - Success - Time

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Jack London

Public Servant, Novelist, Author

Age is never so old as youth would measure it.

Age - Youth

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Bill Gates

Business Magnate, Investor, Humanitarian

Americans move more than 10 times over the course of a lifetime.

America - Movement - Time

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Jane Goodall

Writer, Scientist, Primatologist

My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No. So there is a whole army of youth that can do it. So I suppose my mission is to reach as many of those young people as I can through my own efforts.

Army - Effort - Harmony - Mission - People - Whole - World - Youth

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William Butler Yeats

Clergyman, Poet, Poet

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

Enemy - Innocence - Time

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Carl Sagan

Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist

Today, we're still loaded down - and, to some extent, embarrassed - by ancient myths, but we respect them as part of the same impulse that has led to the modern, scientific kind of myth. But we now have the opportunity to discover, for the first time, the way the universe is in fact constructed as opposed to how we would wish it to be constructed.

Discovery - Embarrassment - Facts - Impulse - Kindness - Leadership - Modern - Mythology - Opportunity - Opposition - Respect - Sameness - Science - Time - Universe - Wishing

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Gautama Buddha

Monk, Sage, Philosopher, Teacher, Religious Leader

Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.

Change - Enjoying - Happiness - Joy - Luxury - Time - World

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Confucius

Philosopher, Politician

To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

Talent

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