Thoughts for the Day

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“The pursuit of justice is all I have ever known.”

Harry Belafonte…. singer, actor, civil rights activist

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In his own words: "A civil rights activist who could sing".

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“What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.”

Robert Browning, poet

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“If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell.”

Gordon Lightfoot, singer & songwriter

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“It’s the imperfections that make things beautiful.”

Jenny Han, writer

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“It’s always the simple that produces the marvellous.”

Amelia E. Barr, writer & educator

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“I have not failed.  I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

Thomas Edison

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“Consider the average intelligence of the common man.

Then realize 50% are even stupider.”

Mark Twain

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“I’ve learned that by doing things, things get done.”

Ray Bradbury, writer & screenwriter

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“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”

Paulo Coelho, author

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“Know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.”

Nora Roberts, writer

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“It was my belief something magical would happen. And some true magic did happen.”

Robbie Robertson… singer, songwriter & guitarist with The Band

  (1943 ~ 2023)

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“I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead.”

Jimmy Buffett, singer/songwriter

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“Its not about being better than someone else…..

its about being better than you were yesterday.”

Annon

Edited September 21, 2023 by smartnhappy

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“A healthy body is a guest-chamber for the soul; a sick body is a prison.”

Francis Bacon

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“The reason they call it ‘golf’ is that all the other four-letter words were used up.”

Leslie Nielsen, actor & comedian 

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“Instinct is a marvellous thing.  It can neither be explained nor ignored.”

Agatha Christie, writer

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“Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”

Truman Capote - writer, screenwriter, playwright 

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“Knowing how to think empowers anyone far beyond those that know only what to think.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson - astrophysicist, author, educator

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“He who does not desire power is fit to hold it.”

Plato

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“I think youngsters should start thinking about what kind of a world they’re 

going to leave for me and Kieth Richards!”

Wille Nelson, singer & songwriter

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“Rest satisfied in doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.”

Pythagoras 

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“The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.”

Voltaire

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“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”

Franklin Roosevelt

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“When the debate is lost, insults become the loser’s tool.”

Socrates