Morning Coffee Quotes

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“He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.”
— Francois de la Rochefoucauld

“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
— Charles Dickens

“If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.”
— Yiddish Proverb

“Have no fear of perfection. You'll never reach it.”
— Salvador Dali

“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”
— Max Lucado

“Some people see things that are and ask, Why?
Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not?
Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.”
― George Carlin

“Anger is one letter short of danger.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”
— C.S. Lewis

“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our Thanksgiving.”
— W.T. Purkiser

“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.”
— Henry David Thoreau

“When you're good at making excuses, it's hard to excel at anything else.”
— John L. Mason

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
— Saint Thomas Aquinas

“There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.”
— Robert Brault

“In every success story, you will find someone who has made a courageous decision.”
— Peter F. Drucker

“It’s better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.”
— James Thurber