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Elizabeth Montagu: I endeavor to...

Elizabeth Montagu: I endeavor to...

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content when I cannot be mended and patient...

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Marianne Williamson: If you give...

Marianne Williamson: If you give...

If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to...

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St Teresa of Avila: If we plant...

St Teresa of Avila: If we plant...

If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe...

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Suzanne K Langer: A philosophy is...

Suzanne K Langer: A philosophy is...

A philosophy is characterized more by the formulation of its problems than by its solution of...

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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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Fannie Lou Hamer: White Americans today...

Fannie Lou Hamer: White Americans today...

White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made...

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Susanna Moodie: When things come...

Susanna Moodie: When things come...

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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Eleanor Roosevelt: You always admire...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You always admire...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Source: Meet the Press, 16 Sep...

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Margaret Thatcher: It's passionately interesting...

Margaret Thatcher: It's passionately interesting...

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

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

Source: The Story
-- Clara...

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Anne Sullivan: Keep on beginning...

Anne Sullivan: Keep on beginning...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of...

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Deborah Kerr: I adore not...

Deborah Kerr: I adore not...

I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much.

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Marie Curie: [H]umanity also needs...

Marie Curie: [H]umanity also needs...

[H]umanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as...

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: Injustice boils in...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: Injustice boils in...

Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its caldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of...

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Althea Gibson: Talent wins out....

Althea Gibson: Talent wins out....

Talent wins out.

Source: In And I Quote, by Ashton Applewhite, 1992.
-- Althea...

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Amelia Earhart: Obviously I faced...

Amelia Earhart: Obviously I faced...

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really...

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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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