It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak, and another to hear.

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"What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."

- Henry David Thoreau

Courage

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

- Henry David Thoreau

Success

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer."

- Henry David Thoreau

Respect

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

Ambition

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"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."

- Beauty and the Beast

Relationships

"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."

- Nick Cannon

Relationships

"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."

Relationships

"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."

- Donald E. Westlake

Relationships

"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."

- Lucille Ball

Relationships