Inspirational Quote Post

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I personally read 3-5 quotes every 2 hours during the business day to remind myself to reach for greatness, and I look forward to turning this discussion into a section of the network that will inspire us all.

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
Dale Carnegie

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Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:35pm: Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when e suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it.

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Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:35pm: I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.

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Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:36pm: Eric Hoffer:

Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunites for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:37pm: If every man would sweep his own door-step the city would soon be clean.

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Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:37pm: I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material.

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Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:38pm: Florida Scott-Maxwell:

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:39pm: What is hateful to thyself do not do to another. That is the whole Law, the rest is Commentary.

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Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:40pm: If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

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Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:40pm: I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

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Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:41pm: Florida Scott-Maxwell:

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:42pm: Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

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Permalink Reply by nccowboy on January 6, 2009 at 9:42pm: And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

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