Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Invitations to speak upon public occasions are among my most grievous embarrassments. Why is it inferred that one is or can be a public speaker because she has written a book? Writing is a very private business. I do not know any other occupation which requires so much privacy unless it is a life of prayer or a life of crime.

Corra May Harris's Popular Quotes

I believe if we can wait long enough that every honorable sorrow will become a kind of joy.

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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

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Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination …

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If you wish to collect complimentary material for a record of yourself, never appeal to your relations. They may be proud of you as an asset to the f…

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The deadly monotony of Christian country life where there are no beggars to feed, no drunkards to credit, which are among the moral duties of Christi…

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sanity, in my opinion, is an achievement. I have seen very few well-balanced people in my life who were not dunces.

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war is a ferocious form of insanity. Nothing can justify it.

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I think now happiness is a thing you practice like music until you have skill in striking the right notes on time. We have no vocation for it. And I …

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I have long suspected that the power of speech is not a power at all, but a mere form of hysteria from which the living that really know the truth ne…

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