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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Acceptance Fight Freedom Life Limitation Work
It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Abundance Die Fear Hunger Live Trouble
We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Believe Confidence Faith Inspirational Time
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Evil Laugh Speak True Yourself
Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Account Giving Inspirational Life Positive
You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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Attention Choose Expose Giving Self Love Yourself
In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Goals Influence Lie Life Please Purpose
Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Harmony Inspirational Live Nature Rule
Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Alone Appearance Impression Life People Strength
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Impossible Learning Man Thinking
Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Breathe Conservation Eat God Preference Thinking
Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Believe Healing One Liner Recover Ruin
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Bad Believe Goodness Improvement One Liner
It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Body Goodness Heart Inspirational Look Soul
If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Freedom Inspirational Let Go Life Live Sorrow
It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Business Finish Motivational Patience Start Success

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

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