The only real job of a teacher, espec...

The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves.

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The most beautiful thing we can exper...

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

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Plain women are always jealous of the...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women’s husbands.

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Grow deep roots to harvest rich fruit...

Grow deep roots to harvest rich fruit! When your roots run deep, you cannot help but bear the fruit of the Spirit.

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Love is the most important thing in t...

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.

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National leaders who find themselves ...

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services

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If you have love in your life it can ...

If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don’t have it, no matter what else there is, it’s not enough.

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If you have love in your life it can ...

If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don’t have it, no matter what else there is, it’s not enough.

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It is said, in a fire, everyone runs ...

It is said, in a fire, everyone runs away from it save for the fireman who run towards it. When dealing with students, be the fireman.

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Not everybody trusts paintings but pe...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

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Every morning I get up and look throu...

Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.

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Don’t shy away from earning, bu...

Don’t shy away from earning, but don’t sell away your soul.

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There isn’t a flaw in his golf ...

There isn’t a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he’s such a great kid.

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An earned compliment costs nothing, b...

An earned compliment costs nothing, but its returns are immeasurable. Very humanly, when we are complimented, when our efforts are appreciated, most of us will usually strive to perform even better down the line. What a return on the investment of delivering a few earned words of praise!

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Gravitation can not be held responsib...

Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.

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