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Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. - Washington Irving

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving

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Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. Youre never as good as youd like to be. So theres always something to hope for. – Washington Irving

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Hope
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Washington Irving
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There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift ones position, and be bruised in a new place. – Washington Irving

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Change
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The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I dont mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead. – Ken Blanchard

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Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. – Buddha

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Purpose

Begin each day as if it were on purpose. – Author Unknown

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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose. – Leo Buscaglia

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What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity. – G. K. Chesterton

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Dont do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts. – Henry Rollins

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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind. – Paracelsus

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The sensitiveness claimed by neurotic is matched by their egotism: they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they pay an even increasing amount of attention in themselves. – Marcel Proust

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