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Compassion

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It’s a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.

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Inspirational

The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

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John Bunyan

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

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Being Strong

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

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Growing Up

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

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Inspirational

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

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Courage

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

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Helping Others

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

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Funny

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

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Betty Friedan

Aging is not “lost youth” but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

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Bill Cosby

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

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Bill Gates

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

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Bill Gates

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

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Billy Graham

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

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Billy Graham

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

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