Quotes with mid-life

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  • William James We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Booker T. Washington We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    American Novelist (1811 - 1896)
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  • Joseph Addison What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • George Washington Carver When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
    George Washington Carver
    American botanist and inventor (1864 - 1943)
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  • Booker T. Washington Wherever our life touches yours, we help or hinder... wherever your life touches ours, you make us stronger or weaker.... There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Molière Without knowledge, life is not more than the shadow of death.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Robert Anthony You are wholly complete and your success in life will be in direct proportion to your ability to accept this truth about you.
    Robert Anthony
    American psychologist and self-help writer
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  • Yann Martel You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.
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    Yann Martel
    Canadian author (1963 - )
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  • Daniel Francois Esprit Auber Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
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  • C. C. H. Pounder 'Bagdad Cafe' was a film that changed many, many people's lives... how they saw themselves and how they looked at their life situation. I thought I made a little movie. All the mail that I get is about how it changed lives, and that's wonderful.
    C. C. H. Pounder
    Guyanese–American actress
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  • Barbara Windsor 'EastEnders' has been wonderful to me and it's no secret that it changed my life all of those years ago. I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind; she's such a wonderful character to play. I have had the pleasure of working with a marvelous cast and crew and have made many lasting good friends.
    Barbara Windsor
    English actress (1937 - )
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  • Carl Lewis 'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go.
    Carl Lewis
    American athlete (1961 - )
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  • Campbell Brown 'Morning Joe' host Mika Brzezinski's personal life is a minefield. Her father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and while one brother is an Obama appointee, the other advises Romney.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro 'The Butler' has virtually nothing in common with its source material, the life of White House butler Gene Allen, except for the fact that the main character of the film and Allen were both black butlers in the White House.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Ella Wheeler Wilcox 'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.
    Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    American Poet, Journalist (1850 - 1919)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes 'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more ado, and without so much as a rap o'er the pate, or a kick of the guts; to go out like the snuff of a farthing candle, and die merely of the mulligrubs, or the sullens.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Byron Howard 'Zootopia' features such a large and diverse range of characters - one of our biggest casts ever for a Disney Animation film. We needed talented actors who could help bring these animals to life.
    Byron Howard
    American film director and producer (1968 - )
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  • Betty Ford ... a woman... told us she was forever getting herself into trouble. But I just keep coming back, she said. I just keep showing up for my life. Showing up for life. Being blessed with the rebirth that recovery brings.
    Betty Ford
    American First Lady (1918 - 2011)
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