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Below are many quotes that I find inspirational, philosophical, and/or humorous.  There are some that I only partially believe in, but I have them posted as I feel they couldbe useful to others.  If you have a quote that you think is inspirational, philosophical, humorousor any combination of those... send it to me via e-mail,and I will post it up as long as I approve of it.  If your quote is posted, I will give you credit and provide a link to your page.

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"A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.  He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself.  He lets you know he believes in you.  He makes you get more out of yourself.  And once you learn how good you really are, you never settle for playing anything less than your very best."
- Reggie Jackson

"It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life."
- P. D. James

"Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact."
- William James

"If you want a quality, act as if you already had it."
- William James

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
- William James

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson

"It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid."
- Lady Bird Johnson

"Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them."
- Lady Bird Johnson

"A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other."
- Samuel Johnson

"Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument."
- Samuel Johnson

"The true art of memory is the art of attention."
- Samuel Johnson

"We must remember that a right lost to one is lost to all."
- William Rhys Jones Jr.

"I have accepted fear as part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back..."
- Erica Jong

"I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it."
- Erica Jong

"Jealousy is all the fun you think they had."
- Erica Jong

"People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul."
- Carl G. Jung


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