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«How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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«Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
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Happiness
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«The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.»
«If you are a dreamer,come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!»
«The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.»
Author: Ann Landers
(Advice columnist)
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«Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.»
Author: Dale Carnegie
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Confidence,
Fear
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«I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion»
«After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school»
«If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.»
«One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.»
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