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The common denominator for success is work.
- John D. Rockefeller
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Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
- John D. Rockefeller
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha 
The invariable mark of wisdom is to
see the miraculous in the common.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
- William James
The most common way people give up their power
is by thinking they don't have any.
- Alice Walker
A common denominator of all religions is that
they have the power to bring out the best and the worst in people.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common.
Celebrate it every day.
- Anonymous
The common denominator of our heroes
is that each set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are old heads in the world
who cannot help me by their example or advice
to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself;
but I believe that it is in my power
to elevate myself this very hour
above the common level of my life.
- Henry David Thoreau
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
The future has nothing in common with the past -
except natural laws and human nature.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Society is always taken by surprise
at any new example of common sense.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.
The ability to direct individual accomplishments
toward organizational objectives.
It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
- Andrew Carnegie
If you fear making anyone mad,
then you ultimately probe for
the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
- Jimmy Carter
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams
and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined,
you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are,
and doing things as they ought to be done.
- Josh Billings
Common Sense is that which judges
the things given to it by other senses.
- Leonardo da Vinci
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way,
you will command the attention of the world.
- George Washington Carver
If one advances confidently
in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live
the life which he has imagined,
he will meet with success
unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau
Learn to do common things uncommonly well;
we must always keep in mind that anything
that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.
- George Washington Carver
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
- Calvin Coolidge
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet.
We all breathe the same air.
We all cherish our children's future.
And we are all mortal.
- John F. Kennedy
I have learned, that if one advances confidently
in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life he has imagined,
he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined,
he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary;
new, universal, and more liberal laws
will begin to establish themselves around and within him;
or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor
in a more liberal sense,
and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings.
- Henry David Thoreau
It is curious - curious that physical courage
should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare
- Mark Twain
Common looking people are the best in the world:
that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
- Abraham Lincoln
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing,
moving at different speeds.
A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
- William James
Well excuse me - we've got something
a little unusual going on here -
time travel, parallel universes,
or just a little common ordinary insanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do real life people actually fall in love
with the idea of being in love?
Unfortunately, it is actually quite common.
Someone wants desperately to have
the husband or wife of their dreams.
They visualize the vine-covered cottage
with the white picket fence.
They choose the colors for the nursery.
They design all the aspects of their married life.
A real person stands no chance of measuring up to those fantasies.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language
that can transcend political or social boundaries.
- Jimmy Carter
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap
whence everyone must take an equal portion,
most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
- Socrates
The future belongs to those
who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Whatever you do, you need courage.
Whatever course you decide upon,
there is always someone to tell you
that you are wrong.
There are always difficulties arising
that tempt you to believe your critics are right.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
Those who believe they can do something
and those who believe they can't
are both right.
- Henry Ford
Trust your own inner guidance.
Have faith that your steps are
carrying you toward your dreams.
Keep your eyes on the heavens
and believe that your feet will carry you well.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe,
it can achieve.
- Napoleon Hill
I don't believe that imagining is enough.
- Bono
Stand often in the company of dreamers.
They believe you can achieve impossible things.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Believe that life is worth living,
and your belief will help create the fact.
- William James
You can, when you believe you can.
- Anonymous
It is done to you as you believe.
- Ernest Holmes
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott
I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!
- John Lennon
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
- Anne Frank
What people believe prevails over the truth.
- Sophocles
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure
in doing good to another.
- Thomas Jefferson
We believe whatever we want to believe.
- Demosthenes
Believe you can - and then make it happen.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The thing always happens that you really believe in;
and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Your life becomes what you believe.
- Jewel
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world.
For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
- Margaret Mead
Shallow men believe in luck.
Strong men believe in cause and effect.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
In spite of everything, I still believe
that people are really good at heart.
I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation
consisting of confusion, misery and death.
- Anne Frank
The probability that we may fail
in the struggle ought not to deter us
from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
- Abraham Lincoln
Take time to contemplate -
away from the opinions and influence of others -
what you really want
and what you believe to be important in your life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Before you can forgive others,
you must be a person whose forgiveness matters.
Before you can have gratitude for your life,
you must believe that your life has value.
Before your choices have value,
you must feel that you yourself have value.
Before you can dream a great dream for your future,
you have to believe that your future matters.
Before you can build positive habits of resolve and commitment,
before you can begin to live into the Japanese proverb,
"Fall seven times, stand up eight,"
you must believe that your life matters.
Before you can celebrate your life, you must Honor it.
And, before you can feel unity with,
and Honor toward, Spirit and all creation,
you must Honor yourself to feel worthy of that unity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared
believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
- Bruce Barton
Never stop dreaming your inspired future.
Believing in your dreams is only the first step,
but unless you have a dream that you believe in,
you are leaving your future to random chance.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities.
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Don't believe me,
don't believe yourself,
and don't believe anyone else.
- don Miguel Ruiz
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing
was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
- Margaret Mead
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