A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing.

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""I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.""

- Herman Melville

Courage

"I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts."

- Herman Melville

Adversity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"With a frigate’s anchors for my bridle-bitts and fasces of harpoons for spurs, would I could mount that whale and leap the topmost skies, to see whether the fabled heavens with all their countless tents really lie encamped beyond my mortal sight!"

- Herman Melville

Aspirations

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"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Vince Lombardi

Well-being

"Sometimes you lie in bed at night and you don’t have a single thing to worry about. That always worries me!"

- Charlie Brown

Well-being

"People waste their time pondering whether a glass is half empty or half full. Me, I just drink whatever’s in the glass."

- Sophia Petrillo

Well-being

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

- Robert Orben

Well-being

"If you think your boss is stupid, remember: You wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter."

- John Gotti

Well-being