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Inspiring Quotes - Page 66

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Henry Esmond: And Lovel the Widower”, p.106

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything really good.

"A Faulkner perspective: a companion-guide to the limited first edition of the Selected letters of William Faulkner".

There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.

Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister (2013). “Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams”, p.35, Addison-Wesley

The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2374, Manonmani Publishers

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Quoted in James Gleick, Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (1992)

The final mystery is oneself.

Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.34, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.

"At 80, Maya Angelou Reflects on a 'Glorious' Life". "Weekend Edition" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. April 6, 2008.

I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

Marilyn Monroe, Ben Hecht (2006). “My Story”, p.153, Rowman & Littlefield

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

Maggie Kuhn, Christina Long, Laura Quinn (1991). “No stone unturned: the life and times of Maggie Kuhn”