A collection of quotes that will challenge, motivate and inspire you. Compiled by Sinéad Duffy

Ireland
Joined February 2009
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use. - Wendell Johnson
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Simplicity is not a simple thing. - Charles Chaplin
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I can resist anything, except temptation. - Oscar Wilde
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. - Mark Twain
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. - Henry David Thoreau
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Remember that you are unique. If that is not fulfilled, then something wonderful has been lost. - Martha Graham
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Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. - Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. - Brendan Francis
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Good instincts tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out. - Michael Burke
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They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. - Andy Warhol
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He listens well who takes notes. - Dante
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. - Aesop
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When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart. - Russian Proverb
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. - Michel de Montaigne
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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. - Confucius
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days. - Lao Tzu
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Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. - Frank Tyger
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Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed. - Vincent van Gogh
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Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance. - Samuel Johnson
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To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with. - Mark Twain
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