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“He knew that Vronsky could not be prevented from amusing himself with painting; he knew that he and all dilettanti had a perfect right to paint what they liked, but it was distasteful to him. A man could not be prevented from making himself a big wax doll, and kissing it. But if the man were to come with the doll and sit before a man in love, and began caressing his doll as the lover caressed the woman he loved, it would be distasteful to the lover. Just such a distasteful sensation was what Mihailov felt at the sight of Vronsky’s painting: he felt it both ludicrous and irritating, both pitiable and offensive.”
Leo Tolstoy

“Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it."
Leo Tolstoy

“Eveyrbody thinks of changing Humanity..and nobody thinks of changing Himself...”
Leo Tolstoy

“[T]he gradual extension of our settlements will as certainly cause the savage, as the wolf, to retire; both being beasts of prey, though they differ in shape.”
George Washington

“Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.” 
Napoleon Hill

“And there's one thing about this underground work, we shan't get any rain.”
C.S. Lewis

“There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. Its why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.
Oprah Winfrey

“There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. It tells you to do the straight thing and it does not seem to care how painful, or dangerous, or difficult it is to do.”
C.S. Lewis

“The real wealth of a planet is in its landscape, how we take part in that basic source of civilization- agriculture.”
Frank Herbert

“I’m a big believer in hard work, grinding it out, and not stopping until it’s done,”
Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.” 
Nelson Mandela

“Never trouble another for what you can do yourself”
Thomas Jefferson

“This is the day which the Lord has brought about; we will rejoice and be glad in it. PSALM 118:24” 
Joyce Meyer

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“The pathway to freedom begins when we face the problem without making excuses for it.”
Joyce Meyer

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