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To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may se

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together… humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. – William Wordsworth

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The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind. – William Wordsworth

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Age
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William Wordsworth
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Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. – William Wordsworth

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Future
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William Wordsworth
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We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Balance is a dynamic, never dull process. – Kristina Turner, The Self-Healing Cookbook, 2002, originally published 1987

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Moderation

Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must it always be a contest between fornication, obesity and laziness, and celibacy, fasting and hard labor? – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Moderation

Spontaneity is good. Routine is good. Conflicting goodness? No. Balance is life. – Terri Guillemets

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