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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because its only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. – Barack Obama

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One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. – Barack Obama

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What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps Im not who I say I am when it comes to my faith – something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time. – Barack Obama

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I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, weve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. Weve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions. – Barack Obama

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You can never really live anyone elses life, not even your childs. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what youve become yourself. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. – Plato

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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. – Henry Van Dyke

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The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins. – Heywood Broun

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Put your trust in the Lord and go ahead. Worry gets you no place. – Roy Acuff

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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication. – Michel de Montaigne

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