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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves — there lies the great, singular power of self-respect

© Joan Didion

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be

© Socrates

Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish

© Ovid

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows

© Buddha

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it

© Pearl Buck

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting

© Buddha

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination

© Napoleon Bonaparte

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

© Ralph Emerson

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart

© Rumi

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own

© Lao Tzu