"I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it.After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it."

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Source : Louis Sachar (2011). “Holes”, p.57, Yearling

Louis Sachar

#Life And Love Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Mind Quotes

“When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.”
“At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since.”

Source : Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group
“Health care costs are on the rise because the consumers are not involved in the decision-making process. Most health care costs are covered by third parties. And therefore, the actual user of health care is not the purchaser of health care. And there's no market forces involved with health care.”
“The more successful you become, the longer the yardstick people use to measure you by.”
“I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies.”
“When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember then, as always, that God the Trinity looks upon you with eyes brighter than the sun; also all the angels, your own Guardian Angel, and all the Saints of God.”
“I reckon that women looked their best at the turn of the century.”
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”

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