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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

We write our own destiny; we become what we do.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Woman's success in...

Mary Ritter Beard: Woman's success in...

Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts -- who merely hunted and...

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St Teresa of Avila: How is it...

St Teresa of Avila: How is it...

How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is...

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Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented.

Source: In The...

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Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Source: An Anthropologist at...

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Marie Curie: To be nobody-but-yourself...

Marie Curie: To be nobody-but-yourself...

To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: A nomad I...

Isabelle Eberhardt: A nomad I...

A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.

Source:...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: All of my...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: All of my...

All of my life I've always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.

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Ellen Swallow Richards: I am really...

Ellen Swallow Richards: I am really...

I am really astonished at the amount of work we do. The only trouble here, they wont [sic] let us study enough. I...

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Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Source: Mind, An Essay on Human Feeling,...

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Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Courageous risks are life giving, they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you...

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Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

The essence of a free life is being able to choose the style of living you prefer free from exclusion and without the...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

. . . the surest test of discipline is its absence.

Source: The Story
-- Clara...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Goals too clearly...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Goals too clearly...

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

Source: Composing a Life,...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Source: In An...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Experience, like a pale musician, holds
A dulcimer of patience in his hand.


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Maria Mitchell: When we are...

Maria Mitchell: When we are...

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own...

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Charleszetta Waddles: You can have...

Charleszetta Waddles: You can have...

You can have all the intelligence in the world and don't have enough stamina. I have seen some very bright, bright...

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Ruth Benedict: If we justify...

Ruth Benedict: If we justify...

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not...

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