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"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind."
-William James 1842

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
-Marcus Aurelius

"Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within." 
-Thomas Paine 

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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." 
– Mark Twain

“The key to happiness is the decision to be happy." 
- Marianne Williamson

"Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right." 
- Henry Ford

“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
- Carlos Castaneda

"Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional." 
- M Kathleen Casey 

Intelligence

"The difference between a smart person and a wise person is that a smart person knows what to say while a wise person knows whether or not to say it."
- Author Unknown

"Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone." 
– Author Unknown

"It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." 
-Aristotle 

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself." 
- Chinese Proverb

Health

“The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet and Doctor Merryman.”
- Jonathan Swift 

"Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives." 
- Maurice Chevalier

"If they have more than four amalgam fillings in their mouth, the average person's saliva is so high in mercury they cannot legally spit in the toilet."
- David Kennedy, D.D.S.

"Man does not cease to play because he grows old, 
he grows old because he ceases to play." 
- Drew Lachey

"No illness which can be treated by the diet should be treated by any other means." 
- Moshe ben Maimon

General

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." 
- Henry Ford 

"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
- Robert Heinlein

"We make a living by what we get, 
we make a life by what we give."
- Sir Winston Churchill

"You will never find time for anything. 
If you want time you must make it." 
- Charles Buxton

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children." 
- Native American Proverb

“The hole you give through is the hole you receive through.”
- Chinese Proverb

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