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“It is the comparison that makes you proud”
“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man… It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone” — C. S. Lewis
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“Sacrifices or selfishness”
“I always found that the prosperity or the misery of a people is in direct proportion to its liberties or concerns, and consequently to the sacrifices or selfishness of its ancestors.” — Jose Rizal
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“How close they were to success”
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up!” — Thomas Edison
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“Obedience ceases to be an irritant”
“When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God endows us with power.” — Ezra Taft Benson
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“I prefer to laugh”
The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache. — Marjorie Pay Hinckley
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Leisure
What is this life if, full of care We have no time to stand and stare — from “Leisure,” by W.H. Davies