Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots -- but you have to play the ball where it lies.

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"Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course - the distance between your ears."

- Bobby Jones

Self-awareness

"Golf is a game that is played on a course measuring 5 inches between the ears."

- Bobby Jones

Self-awareness

"There is no such thing as golfer playing over his head. A hot streak is simply a glimpse of a golfer’s true potential."

- Bobby Jones

Motivation

"Sports creates a bond between contemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide."

- Bobby Jones

Connection to Earth

"You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about."

- Bobby Jones

Focus

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

Philosophy

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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