You have pissed your last in this house . . . and I don’t make velvet roses anymore.

- Toni Morrison

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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

– Thomas Carlyle

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.

– Maxim Gorky

«The hard days are what make you stronger.»

– Aly Raisman

Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.

– Roy T. Bennett

Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people’s opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!

– Steve Maraboli

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is.

– Dennis Rodman

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

– Barack Obama

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

– Benjamin Franklin

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

– Logan Pearsall Smith

There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!

– Edgar Cayce

I am a total loser, in every aspect of my life. I rarely go out.

– Sean Hannity

I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.

– Doug Hutchison

The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn’t know about yourself.

– Shannon L. Alde

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

– Mother Teresa

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

– Maya Angelou

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

– Benjamin Franklin

Beautiful things comfort; they bring a real clarity and ease. We have to continue to make our environments beautiful – it’s sort of like a prayer. If you surround yourself with beautiful things, you have a better life – one with more oxygen.

– Anjelica Huston

I don’t expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

– Isaac Asimov

Write this down: My life is full of unlimited possibilities.

– Pabl

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

– James E. Faust

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

– Iris Murdoch

I’m a Christian by choice.

– Barack Obama

Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It’s not ‘I love you’ for this or that reason, not ‘I love you if you love me.’ It’s love for no reason, love without an object.

– Ram Dass

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.

– Isaac Asimov

On the other hand, if the future is not the one you chose then you may have to use your willpower to obtain the future of your liking.

– Stephen Richards