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These effective expressions function as directing beacons, promoting both thought and feeling. They serve to encourage us throughout life's obstacles and to celebrate its triumphes. Drawing from a varied range of voices - from philosophers to poets, leaders to innovators - these quotes catch the human experience in all its complexity. Whether you're looking for inspiration, motivation, or a fresh point of view, let these words assist you navigate life's journey and discover delight in every minute.

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Small: Success is a journey, not a destination
Ben Sweetland
"Success is a journey, not a destination"
Ben Sweetland, Author
Small: If at first you dont succeed, try, try again
William Edward Hickson
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again"
William Edward Hickson, Writer
Small: A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit
Arnold H. Glasow
"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"
Arnold H. Glasow, Businessman
Small: We cannot hold a torch to light anothers path without brightening our own
Ben Sweetland
"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"
Ben Sweetland, Author
Small: Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow
Anthony J. D'Angelo
"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"
Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author
Small: Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop
H. L. Mencken
"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
Small: Just because everything is different doesnt mean anything has changed
"Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed"
Irene Peter, Writer
Small: Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible
Marion C. Garretty
"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"
Marion C. Garretty, Poet
Small: The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, w
Chris Van Allsburg
"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"
Chris Van Allsburg, Author
Small: Advice in old age is foolish for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the near
Cicero
"Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end"
Cicero, Philosopher
Small: I like adventure
Marc Garneau
"I like adventure"
Marc Garneau, Astronaut
Small: Do what you do best, and you will succeed
Øystein Stray Spetalen
"Do what you do best, and you will succeed"
Øystein Stray Spetalen, Businessman
Small: Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine
Anthony J. D'Angelo
"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine"
Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author
Small: Finds progress, mans distinctive mark alone, Not Gods, and not the beasts God is, they are, Man partly is, and
"Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
Small: One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency
Arnold H. Glasow
"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency"
Arnold H. Glasow, Businessman
Small: The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water
Sophocles
"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water"
Sophocles, Author
Small: Music is my religion
Jimi Hendrix
"Music is my religion"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
Small: The tiger is a magnificent creature and one that is threatened by human activities on all fronts. It is up to
Peter Knights
"The tiger is a magnificent creature and one that is threatened by human activities on all fronts. It is up to us to protect this iconic species and ensure that it has a future in the wild"
Peter Knights, Activist
Small: Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success
Ben Sweetland
"Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success"
Ben Sweetland, Author
Small: Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again
Willa Cather
"Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again"
Willa Cather, Author
Small: Success isnt a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire
Arnold H. Glasow
"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire"
Arnold H. Glasow, Businessman
Small: Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing to
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Novelist
Small: The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debat
Charles de Gaulle
"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
Small: To be the best, you need the best
Cristiano Ronaldo
"To be the best, you need the best"
Cristiano Ronaldo, Athlete
Small: The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it
Voltaire
"The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it"
Voltaire, Writer
Small: The biggest coward is a man who awakens a womans love with no intention of loving her
Bob Marley
"The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her"
Bob Marley, Musician
Small: If you cannot be a poet, be the poem
"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem"
David Carradine, Actor
Small: Im not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog
"I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog"
Whitey Herzog, Athlete
Small: Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills...
"Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing"
Gail Sheehy, Writer
Small: Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing
"Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing"
Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher
Small: Buildings should serve people, not the other way around
John Portman
"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"
John Portman, Architect
Small: As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades
"As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines"
James Longstreet, Soldier
Small: Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls
William Pennington
"Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls"
William Pennington, Politician
Small: Im interested in playing, not working
"I'm interested in playing, not working"
Don Van Vliet, Artist
Small: By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his p
Ashley Montagu
"By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being"
Ashley Montagu, Scientist
Small: Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
"Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth"
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Author
Small: Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures
Francis Bacon
"God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures"
Francis Bacon, Philosopher
Small: Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table
W. H. Auden
"Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table"
W. H. Auden, Poet
Small: Cats and monkeys monkeys and cats all human life is there
Henry James
"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"
Henry James, Writer
Small: If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity
Ralph Nader
"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: Better ones House be too little one day than too big all the Year after
Thomas Fuller
"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows
Epictetus
"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows"
Epictetus, Philosopher
Small: No member of our generation who wasnt a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn
Lyndon B. Johnson
"No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next
Henry Ward Beecher
"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next"
Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
Small: Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor
Euripides
"Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor"
Euripides, Poet
Small: Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark
Rabindranath Tagore
"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark"
Rabindranath Tagore, Poet
Small: For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human
Plutarch
"For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human"
Plutarch, Philosopher
Small: A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer