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"The quality of your life is determined by how you feel at any given moment.How you feel is determined by how you interpret what is happening around you,not by the the events themselves."
"The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations."
"If you want a quality, act as if you already had it."
"Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn't have it naked, she'll never it clothed."
"Be persistent in good actions."
"Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first."
"Prints mimic what we are as humans: we are all the same and yet every one is different. I think there's a spiritual power in repetition, a devotional quality, like saying rosaries."
"The investment game always involves considering both quality and price, and the trick is to get more quality than you pay for in price. It's just that simple."
"Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence and intelligence until these qualities 'lock in' to your subconscious mind."
"You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal."
"When we come to the last moment of this lifetime and we look back across it, the only thing that's going to matter is 'What is the quality of our love?'"
"Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself."
"A man's hatred is always concentrated upon that which makes him conscious of his bad qualities."
"The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked."
"Producing quality compost is the most important job on the organic farm. A lot of the problems I see on farms I visit could be solved by making better compost."
"A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible."
"Between friends there is no need for justice, but people who are just still need the quality of friendship; and indeed friendliness is considered to be justice in the fullest sense."
"Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged."
"Because a true sense of purpose is deeply emotional, it serves as a compass to guide us to act in a way completely consistent with our values and beliefs. Purpose does not need to involve calculations or numbers. Purpose is about the quality of life. Purpose is human, not economic."
"There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit."
