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«Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.»
Author: Greer Garson (Actress) | About: Life, Mistakes, Money | Keywords: flair, good enough, starting
«Sometimes I feel like a Stepping Stone... I am that kind, young lady that offers a wanderer food 'n drink off to the side of the road -- in the middle of nowhere as they journey into the next phase of their life. I am that kind, young lady that will change a stranger's life forever, and be a burned out memory in the back of their mind... I was that lady with the sad green eyes, the kind smile... The one that offered you a helping hand and good conversation while you ate your food.»
«Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.»
Author: James Hillman | About: Goals, Life
«Sometimes the easiest way is the hard way.»
Author: John Finn | About: Life
«Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.»
«Sometimes you're the window; Sometimes you're the bug.»
Author: Mark Knopfler | About: Life
«So long as we do not blow our brains out, we have decided life is worth living.»
«Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.»
«Stop and consider! life is but a day; A fragile dew-drop on its perilous way From a tree's summit; a poor Indian's sleep While his boat hastens to the monstrous steep Of Montmorenci»
Author: John Keats (Poet) | About: Life | Keywords: hastens, Indian, perilous, steep, summit
«Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.»