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Inspirational Quotations #152

January 15, 2007 By Nagesh Belludi Leave a Comment

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
—Aldous Huxley (English Humanist)

Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.
—Brian Tracy (American Author)

Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.
—Alice Walker

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
—Alice Walker

Examine the contents, not the bottle.
—The Talmud (Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith)

The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you’re down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you’re moving.
—Roberto Goizueta (Cuban Businessperson)

Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever.
—Leo Buscaglia (American Motivational Speaker)

To get to heaven we must take it with us.
—Henry Drummond

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
—George S. Patton (American Military Leader)

Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
—Arabic Proverb

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