quote of the day | thomas babington macaulay

the measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.  

- thomas babington macaulay

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quote of the day | soren kierkegaard

life must be understood backwards, but...it must be lived forward.

 - soren kierkegaard

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quote of the day | jack kerouac

great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

 - jack kerouac 

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quote of the day | elmer davis

the first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you.

- elmer davis

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quote of the day | cecil beaton

be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

 - cecil beaton

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quote of the day | sarah napthali

i had previously decided that i would only post the quotes of the day on monday through friday, but i love this one and was compelled to post today!  

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we are what we think. all that we are arises with our thoughts. with our thoughts, we make our world. speak or act with an unenlightened mind and trouble will follow you as the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart...in this world hate never yet dispelled hate. only love dispels hate. this is the law, ancient and inexhaustible.

- from the book, "buddhism for mothers" by sarah napthali

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quote of the day | robert louis stevenson

don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant

 - robert louis stevenson 

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quote of the day | socrates

false words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

- socrates 

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quote of the day | henri cartier-bresson

in photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. the little, human detail can become a leitmotiv.

 - henri cartier-bresson 

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quote of the day | charles caleb colton

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. 
- charles caleb colton 

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quote of the day | thomas jefferson

good wine is a necessity of life for me

- thomas jefferson

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quote of the day | oliver wendell holmes

take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons.  you will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body.  

- oliver wendell holmes

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quote of the day | joan d. vinge

for every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

- joan d. vinge

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quote of the day | blaise pascal

the heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

 - blaise pascal 

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{new year's eve sky over howell mountain...before the snow}

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quote of the day | fyodor dostoevsky

the soul is healed by being with children.

 - fyodor dostoevsky 

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quote of the day | john heywood

a hard beginning maketh a good ending.

- john heywood

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quote of the day | benjamin franklin

be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

 - benjamin franklin 

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quote of the day | tom peters

celebrate what you want to see more of. 

- tom peters 

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quote of the day | henry ellis

all the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

- henry ellis

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quote of the day | marcus aurelius

very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. 

- marcus aurelius 

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