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The course of true love never did run smooth.
- William Shakespeare
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What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare 
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
- William Shakespeare
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To thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
- William Shakespeare
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
- William Shakespeare
Be true to thyself.
- William Shakespeare
(paraphrase of Shakespeare's famous quote)
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which
doth mock the meat it feeds on.
- William Shakespeare
Love is blind.
- William Shakespeare
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
- William Shakespeare
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
- William Shakespeare
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
- William Shakespeare
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
- William Shakespeare
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
- William Shakespeare
There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
- William Shakespeare
In time we hate that which we often fear.
- William Shakespeare
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
- William Shakespeare
Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
- William Shakespeare
Love sought is good,
but given unsought is better.
- William Shakespeare
When a father gives to his son, both laugh;
when a son gives to his father, both cry.
- William Shakespeare
Discretion is the better part of valor.
(originally "The better part of valor is discretion")
- William Shakespeare
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
- William Shakespeare
All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
but my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
- William Shakespeare
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
by any other name would smell as sweet
- William Shakespeare
When I saw you I fell in love,
and you smiled because you knew.
- commonly but falsely attributed to William Shakespeare
The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
- William Shakespeare
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
Would you rather be right or happy?
- A Course in Miracles
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
- A Course in Miracles
Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself
that you have built against it.
- A Course In Miracles (commonly misattributed to Rumi)
I set my own course through the ocean of life.
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My happiness depends on me.
- A Course in Miracles
Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
- A Course In Miracles
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable.
They little know what radical change are possible through prayer.
Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses,
to be used by Thee, O infinite creator,
in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me.
I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult
or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
How we spend our days is of course
how we spend our lives.
- Annie Dillard
The ego lives by comparisons...
The ego cannot survive without judgment.
- A Course in Miracles
I Act with Bold Courage -
Taking inspiration from the powerful vision of my future,
I boldly set sail with courage and intent.
I hold my course with focused attention and relentless commitment,
as I weather the storms of life.
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Seek not outside yourself.
- A Course in Miracles
The success of love is in the loving -
it is not in the result of loving.
Of course it is natural in love
to want the best for the other person,
but whether it turns out that way or not
does not determine the value of what we have done.
- Mother Teresa
Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?
- Luciano Pavarotti
A small body of determined spirits
fired by an unquenchable faith
in their mission
can alter the course of history.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
I hold my course with focused attention
and relentless commitment,
as I weather the storms of life.
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The common denominator of our heroes
is that each set their own course.
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If you want to be heroic,
Don't emulate your heroes,
learn from them.
Heroes don't follow anyone,
they set their own course.
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Do you prefer that you be right or happy?
- A Course in Miracles
Persevere in moving toward highly worthwhile but difficult goals.
In smaller issues, take an easier course.
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Stay at the center
and let all things take their course.
- Lao Tzu
There are many answers you have received
but have not yet heard.
- A Course In Miracles
You cannot be totally committed sometimes.
- A Course In Miracles
We should take care not to make the intellect our god;
it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
- Albert Einstein
Honor your past, and all the consequences of that past.
Receive insight into relieving the pain
caused by past experiences and current attitudes toward life.
Observe life as it currently appears,
and then train yourself to observe life
from other perspectives that support a higher quality of living.
Re-consider your priorities.
Chart your Course.
Set Sail with Courage.
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Life is a dangerous - ultimately fatal - endeavor,
so you may as well live it full out.
Chart your course, cast off the lines,
and boldly sail the seas of life.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man
take which course he will,
he will be sure to repent.
- Socrates
Every loving thought is true.
Everything else is an appeal for healing and help,
regardless of the form it takes.
- A Course In Miracles
The world you see has nothing to do with reality.
It is of your own making and does not exist.
- A Course In Miracles
The trouble with having an open mind, of course,
is that people will insist on coming along
and trying to put things in it.
- Terry Pratchett
Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until
we have been stuck, incapacitated,
or blown off course for awhile.
- David Whyte
When any situation arises which tempts you to become disturbed,
say: "There is another way of looking at this."
- A Course In Miracles
In your brother is The Light.
See him as sinless,
and there can be no fear in you.
- A Course In Miracles
And think not, you can direct the course of love;
for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
- Khalil Gibran
Take a course in good water and air;
and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own.
Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
- John Muir
You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
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I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
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Play with life, laugh with life,
dance lightly with life,
and smile at the riddles of life,
knowing that life's only true lessons
are writ small in the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
A true friend is someone who
thinks that you are a good egg
even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked.
- Bernard Meltzer
The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson
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