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    Julia Donaldson
    “I opened a book and in I strode.
    Now nobody can find me.
    I've left my chair, my house, my road,
    My town and my world behind me.
    I'm wearing the cloak, I've slipped on the ring,
    I've swallowed the magic potion.
    I've fought with a dragon, dined with a king
    And dived in a bottomless ocean.
    I opened a book and made some friends.
    I shared their tears and laughter
    And followed their road with its bumps and bends
    To the happily ever after.
    I finished my book and out I came.
    The cloak can no longer hide me.
    My chair and my house are just the same,
    But I have a book inside me.”
    ― Julia Donaldson
    tags: childrens, poetry
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    Jane Austen
    “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: classics
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    Emily Brontë
    “If you ever looked at me once with what I know is in you, I would be your slave.”
    ― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
    tags: classics, love, obsession
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    Charlotte Brontë
    “No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. Happiness is a glory shining far down upon us out of Heaven. She is a divine dew which the soul, on certain of its summer mornings, feels dropping upon it from the amaranth bloom and golden fruitage of Paradise.”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Villette
    tags: classics
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    Benjamin Disraeli
    “The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it. ”
    ― Benjamin Disraeli
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    Homer
    “Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you - it’s born with us the day that we are born.”
    ― Homer, The Iliad
    tags: classics, death, fate, greece, grief, wisdom
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    Emily Brontë
    “He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
    ― emily bronte
    tags: classics, romance
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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  • #9
    I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
    “I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
    ― Sarah Williams
    tags: night, poetry
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    T.S. Eliot
    “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
    ― T.S. Eliot
    tags: poetry
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    Lord Byron
    “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
    There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
    There is society, where none intrudes,
    By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
    I love not man the less, but Nature more”
    ― Lord Byron
    tags: nature, poetry, solitude
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    Seamus Heaney
    “If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.”
    ― Seamus Heaney, Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney
    tags: expression, finding-your-voice, poetry
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    Stephen Fry
    “If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.

    Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”
    ― Stephen Fry
    tags: advice, depression, friendship, life, self-help
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    Dodie Smith
    “Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.”
    ― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
    tags: baths, deeds, depression
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    Andrew Solomon
    “Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.”
    ― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
    tags: belief, bravery, courage, depression, eating, exercise, food, future, life, living, love, loved-ones, medication, memories, reason, strength
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    Stephen Richards
    “The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.”
    ― Stephen Richards, Cosmic Ordering: You can be successful
    tags: focus, happiness, law-of-attraction, life-changing, manifestation, millionaire-mindset, mind-power, new-age, opportunity, positivity, self-help, spirituality, stephen-richards, success, visualization, wealth-creation
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  • #17
    Santosh Kalwar
    “Always be fearless. Walk like lion, talk like pigeons, live like elephants and love like an infant child.”
    ― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday
    tags: life-lessons, self-help
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  • #18
    Stephen Fry
    “Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - ' It destroys everything around it, except itself '.

    Self pity will destroy relationships, it'll destroy anything that's good, it will fulfill all the prophecies it makes and leave only itself. And it's so simple to imagine that one is hard done by, and that things are unfair, and that one is underappreciated, and that if only one had had a chance at this, only one had had a chance at that, things would have gone better, you would be happier if only this, that one is unlucky. All those things. And some of them may well even be true. But, to pity oneself as a result of them is to do oneself an enormous disservice.

    I think it's one of things we find unattractive about the american culture, a culture which I find mostly, extremely attractive, and I like americans and I love being in america. But, just occasionally there will be some example of the absolutely ravening self pity that they are capable of, and you see it in their talk shows. It's an appalling spectacle, and it's so self destructive. I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying 'How To Be Happy by Stephen Fry : Guaranteed success'. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say - ' Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself - And you will be happy '. Use the rest of the book to write down your interesting thoughts and drawings, and that's what the book would be, and it would be true. And it sounds like 'Oh that's so simple', because it's not simple to stop feeling sorry for yourself, it's bloody hard. Because we do feel sorry for ourselves, it's what Genesis is all about.”
    ― Stephen Fry
    tags: americans, depression, depression-humor, happiness, marriage-advice, morality, narcissism, oscar-wilde, pride, relationships, self-help, self-improvement, self-pity, sin, sins, the-key-to-happiness, vice
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    Jaachynma N.E. Agu
    “Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”
    ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper
    tags: accomplishments, african-american-authors, african-authors, agu-jaachynam-n-e, amazom, anyaele-sam-chiyson, aspiration, be-different, book, business, chiysonovelty-bookclub, elections, entrepreneurship, fame, forbes, greater-glory, greatness, higher-living, immortality, improvement, inspiration, international-authors, intimacy, it-is-time-to-get-very-rich, jaachynma, leadership, life, money, niche, nigerian-authors, president, reading, relationship, revolution, richest, risk-it, security, self-help, success, successful-living, the-best-option, the-prince-and-the-pauper, the-sagacity-of-sage, wealth
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    Stephen Richards
    “The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation.”
    ― Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free
    tags: law-of-attraction, mind-power, money, motivational, new-age, positive-thinking, self-help, stephen-richards, wealth, worthy
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  • #21
    Idowu Koyenikan
    “Whenever I am in a difficult situation where there seems to be no way out, I think about all the times I have been in such situations and say to myself, "I did it before, so I can do it again.”
    ― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability
    tags: coach, coaches, coaching, coaching-best-practices, coaching-best-standards, coaching-executive, coaching-quotes, daily, daily-inspiration, daily-life, daily-living, daily-motivation, daily-quotes, develop, develop-talents, developing-leadership-skills, developing-self, development, developmental-psychology, grow, grow-up, growing, growing-up, growth, growth-life, growth-process, health-and-fitness, healthy, healthy-habits, healthy-lifestyle, healthy-living, personal, personal-branding, personal-development, personal-development-goals, personal-development-insights, personal-development-quotes, personal-growth, personal-planning, personal-responsibility, personal-transformation, personality, self, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-help, self-improvement, self-love, self-motivation, self-realization, self-worth, success, success-coaching, success-in-business, success-in-life, success-quotes, success-self-improvement, success-strategies, successful, successful-living, successful-people, transformation, transformation-of-consciousness, transformations, work-ethic, work-out, work-out-for-your-health
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    Stephen Richards
    “Reality is a projection of your thoughts or the things you habitually think about.”
    ― Stephen Richards
    tags: abundance-creation, cosmic-ordering, focus, goals, law-of-attraction, life-changing, manifestation, mind-power, new-age, positive-thoughts, reality, self-help, spirituality, stephen-richards, thoughts, wealth-creation
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  • #23
    Idowu Koyenikan
    “Today is a new day and it brings with it a new set of opportunities for me to act on.
    I am attentive to the opportunities and I seize them as they arise.
    I have full confidence in myself and my abilities.
    I can do all things that I commit myself to.
    No obstacle is too big or too difficult for me to handle because what lies inside me is greater than what lies ahead of me.
    I am committed to improving myself and I am getting better daily.
    I am not held back by regret or mistakes from the past.
    I am moving forward daily.
    Absolutely nothing is impossible for me.”
    ― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability
    tags: affirmation, affirmation-and-attitude, affirmation-quotes, affirmational, affirmations, coach, coaches, coaching, coaching-best-practices, coaching-best-standards, coaching-executive, coaching-quotes, daily, daily-inspiration, daily-life, daily-living, daily-motivation, daily-quotes, develop, develop-talents, developing-leadership-skills, developing-self, development, developmental-psychology, experience, experience-inspiration, experience-mistakes-wisdom, experience-quotes, experienced, experiences-and-adventures, grow, grow-up, growing, growing-up, growth, growth-life, growth-process, life-and-living, life-experience, life-lessons, life-quotes, personal, personal-branding, personal-development, personal-development-goals, personal-development-insights, personal-development-quotes, personal-growth, personal-planning, personal-responsibility, personal-transformation, personality, self, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-help, self-improvement, self-love, self-motivation, self-realization, self-worth, success, success-coaching, success-in-business, success-in-life, success-quotes, success-self-improvement, success-strategies, successful, successful-living, successful-people, transformation, transformation-of-consciousness, transformations, waste-of-life, waste-of-time, wasted-time
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  • #24
    Pandora Poikilos
    “We are so accustomed to the comforts of "I cannot", "I do not want to" and "it is too difficult" that we forget to realize when we stop doing things for ourselves and expect others to dance around us, we are not achieving greatness. We have made ourselves weak.”
    ― Pandora Poikilos, Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out
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    Stephen Richards
    “Judgment is a negative frequency.”
    ― Stephen Richards
    tags: cosmic-ordering, focus, goal-setting, happiness, law-of-attraction, life-changing, manifestation, mind-power, new-age, opportunity, positivity, self-help, spirituality, stephen-richards, success, visualization, wealth-creation
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  • #26
    Richard Polak
    “What is it that inspires you? What do you love to do? What would you do for free? At the beginning of my busi-ness career, my why was to become a millionaire, not a good why! And why not? Because that is an aspiration rather than a why. Aspirations, I have found, won’t fuel me when the going gets tough. But a true “why” will.”
    ― Richard Polak
    tags: business-success, learning, self-help, self-improvement
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    Sheryl Sandberg
    “Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.”
    ― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
    tags: business, career, inspirational, self-help, women
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  • #28
    Dan Millman
    “Where are you? Here
    What time is it? Now
    What are you? This moment.”
    ― Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
    tags: self-help, wisdom
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  • #29
    “A BILL OF ASSERTIVE RIGHTS

    I: You have the right to judge your own behavior, thoughts, and emotions, and to take the responsibility for their initiation and consequences upon yourself.

    II: You have the right to offer no reasons or excuses for justifying your behavior.

    III: You have the right to judge if you are responsible for finding solutions to other people’s problems.

    IV: You have the right to change your mind.

    V: You have the right to make mistakes—and be responsible for them.

    VI: You have the right to say, “I don’t know.”

    VII: You have the right to be independent of the goodwill of others before coping with them.

    VIII: You have the right to be illogical in making decisions.

    IX: You have the right to say, “I don’t understand.”

    X: You have the right to say, “I don’t care.”

    YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NO, WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY”
    ― Manuel J. Smith, When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope - Using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy
    tags: assertiveness, self-help
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    Nikki Rowe
    “Be a woman of confidence, not cockiness.
    Know your boundaries, set no limits.
    Speak your kindness and turn your back to conformed groups.
    The only way to be a woman of change in this world, is to walk what you talk and set your own soul free first.”
    ― Nikki Rowe
    tags: adversity, chronicillness, courage, crps-inspiration, crps-warrior, empowerment, fortitude, free-spirit, heal-yourself, healer, illness, inspirational, inspire, intutive, nikki-rowe, powerful, self-help, wild-women, women
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