purpose of life

I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be
honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to
count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you
lived at all.

-- Leo C. Rosten (1908-1977) American Writer
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learning
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

-- Confucius (Chinese Philosopher) 551-479 B.C.

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learning
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more
to patient attention than to any other talent.

-- Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English Scientist

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contentment

He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but
rejoices in what he has.

-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Roman Philosopher

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appreciate

People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator....When I
was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle
drugs, sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and
photocopiers...I appreciate where we've come from.

-- Julian Simon (1933-1998) American Academic
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fear
Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step
would carry us clear through them.

-- Brendan Francis [Behan] (1923-1964) Irish Author

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use of your opportunities
To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred
obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities.

-- Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) American Author

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childlike
A childlike man is not a man whose development has been arrested;

on
the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of
continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves
in the cocoon of middle aged habit and convention.

-- Aldous Huxley

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influence

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

-- Arthur Schopenhauer
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courage

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without
losing heart.

-- R.G. Ingersoll (1833-1899)
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Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful
combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an
exuberant embrace of the present moment.

-- Tom Morris
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True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.

-- Louis Nizer (1902-1994) American Lawyer

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character

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in
the small ones.

-- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop

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enthusiasm
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be

aroused
by two things: first, an idea which takes the imagination by storm;
and second, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that idea into
action.

-- Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975)

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wealth
The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you
lost all your money.

-- Bernard Meltzer (1914-) American Law Professor

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an
experiment.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about
themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to
try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your
own terms.

-- Harrison Ford (1942-) American Actor
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Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide
forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

-- Elizabeth Stone
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Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the
success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult
task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy
in overcoming obstacles.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer