"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
- Epictetus (50 - 135)
Greek Stoic philosopher
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"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
- Epictetus (50 - 135)
Greek Stoic philosopher
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"Worry is the misuse of imagination"
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"Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best."
- Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
English poet
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"I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail."
- C.A. Beard (1874 - 1948 )
Historian
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"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
American First Lady and Political Activist
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"It teaches the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid. To be proud and unbowed in defeat yet humble and gentle in victory. And to master ourselves before we attempt to master others. And to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep. And to give the predominance of courage over timidity."
- General Douglas MacArthur, On the virtues of competitive athletics (1880 - 1964)
American five-star general and field marshal
And not just competitive sports... That goes for life!
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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
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"What we need to discover now in the social realm is the moral equivalent of war; something heroic that will speak to man as universally as war does, and yet will be as compatible with their spiritual selves as war has proved to be incompatible."
- William James (1842 - 1910)
American Philosopher and Psychologist
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"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
American Writer
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"Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing."
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
English Philosopher, Economist
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