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It is better to do one's own duty,
however defective it may be,
than to follow the duty of another,
however well one may perform it.
He who does his duty as
his own nature reveals it, never sins.
- Lao Tzu
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No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
To realize that you do not understand is a virtue;
Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
- Lao Tzu
If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach,
but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect,
we will immediately feel overwhelmed.
- Anthony Robbins
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa
I leave no trace of wings in the air,
but I am glad I have had my flight.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.
- Erica Jong
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha
He who can no longer pause to wonder
and stand rapt in awe,
is as good as dead;
his eyes are closed.
- Albert Einstein
Clouds come floating into my life,
no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
but to add color to my sunset sky.
- Rabindranath Tagore
There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
- Leonardo da Vinci
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.
If we did not sometimes taste of adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome.
- Anne Bradstreet
Time, like life itself, has no inherent meaning.
We give our own meaning to time as to life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences.
No one can eliminate prejudices -
just recognize them.
- Edward R. Murrow
Say NO to the demands of the world.
Say YES to the longings of your own heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I say NO to the demands of the world.
I say YES to the longings of my own heart.
There is nothing I ever need to have.
There is nothing I ever need to do.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do not let Sunday be taken from you.
If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
- Albert Schweitzer
Do not blame the thistle that you see no beauty.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.
- Anonymous (often attributed to Abraham Lincoln)
Travelers, there is no path.
Paths are made by walking.
- Antonio Machado
Where there is no accusation of "fault,"
there can be no anger.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The River of Life has no meaning,
no good, no bad, no better, no worse,
no love, no hate, no fear, no anger, no joy.
The River of Life has no judgment, no expectation.
The River of Life just IS.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
No wind favors he who has no destined port.
- Montaigne
Imagine ... Imagine no religion.
- John Lennon
I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb
There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.
- William John Bennett
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
- Helen Keller
When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
- Confucius
Through humor, you can soften some
of the worst blows that life delivers.
And once you find laughter,
no matter how painful your situation might be,
you can survive it.
- Bill Cosby
If a man does not know what port he is steering for,
no wind is favorable to him.
- Seneca
Never allow a person to tell you NO
who doesn't have the power to say YES.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need
but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
- 1 John 3:17
There is no security on this Earth,
there is only opportunity.
- Douglas MacArthur
Life is NOT "Supposed to be Fair."
Know that there is no single way that life is "supposed" to be.
Demanding that life meet our expectations
is a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence.
Life is a game with no rules.
Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.
Our only path to happiness lies in being open
to receiving whatever life throws at us -
with Gratitude. Have NO Expectations of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Dreams are renewable no matter what our age.
- Dale Turner
Unless both sides win,
no agreement can be permanent.
- Jimmy Carter
Your life is the fruit of your own doing.
You have no one to blame but yourself.
- Joseph Campbell
We would never have a word for Joy
if there were no suffering.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Compassion blooms where there is no expectation.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Choose with no regret.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Without forgiveness, there is no future.
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Be careful not to do your good deeds
when there's no one watching you.
- Tom Lehrer
There is no substitute for hard work.
- Thomas Edison
There are no small acts of kindness.
Every compassionate act makes large the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
- William Blake
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
- Muhammad Ali
Do or do not, there is no try.
- Jedi Master Yoda in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
- Anonymous
Truth is the property of no individual
but is the treasure of all men.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
- Helen Keller
No crime is so great as daring to excel.
- Winston Churchill
No great thing is created suddenly.
- Epictetus
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
There is no certainty; there is only adventure.
- Roberto Assagioli
Forgiveness is not always easy.
At times, it feels more painful
than the wound we suffered,
to forgive the one that inflicted it.
And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
- Marianne Williamson
God has no religion.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
There are no right answers to wrong questions.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Formula to live your dream:
1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions.
- William James
No problem can be solved from the same level
of consciousness that created it.
- Albert Einstein
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom,
no longer lend your strength to that
which you wish to be free from.
Fill your life with love and bravery,
and you shall live a life uncommon.
- Jewel
Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
A man should do his job so well that the living,
the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are no guarantees.
From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough.
From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
- Emmanuel (Pat Rodegast)
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May the world be kind to you,
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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