“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”

George Bernard Shaw playwright, Nobel Prize winner

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MOTIVATION
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. #<Author:0x00007f68de8733d8>
LIVE LIFE
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. #<Author:0x00007f68de861c78>
KINDNESS
For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again. #<Author:0x00007f68de8504f0>
STRENGTH
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Freedom is never given; it is won. #<Author:0x00007f68de898bd8>
SERVICE
All things are bound together. All things connect. Whatever happens to the Earth happens to the children of the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. #<Author:0x00007f68de8e3228>
UNITY
life, seek the company of a friendly book… from the reading of ‘good books’ there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way. #<Author:0x00007f68de8d1460>
LITERACY
The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. #<Author:0x00007f68de91b9e8>
CREATIVITY
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. #<Author:0x00007f68de909c48>
GENEROSITY
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. #<Author:0x00007f68de8f8470>
PERSISTENCE
In necessary things, unity; in disputed things, liberty; in all things, charity. #<Author:0x00007f68de942750>
CHARITY
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AMBITION
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INSPIRATION
Extend yourself in kindness to other human beings wherever you can. #<Author:0x00007f68de9699e0>
KINDNESS
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