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Morals “You are pulling down heaven and raising up a whore” (Arthur Miller, The Crucible)
Spiritual “The flame consume my dwelling place. And when I could no longer look, I blest His name that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust. Yea, so it was, and so ‘twas just. It was His own, it was not mine, Far be it that I should repine” (Anne Bradstreet, “Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666”)
Kindness “I went for a draft of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us” (Ben Franklin, “Arrival in Philadelphia”)
Patriotic “The war is inevitable- and lit it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!” (Patrick Henry, “Speech to the Virginia Convention”)
Inspiration “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” (Aristotle)
Responsibility “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” (Abraham Lincoln)
Hard work “The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.” (Thomas Edison)
Creativity “Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes too.” (Jimmy Buffett)
Determination “Now I may not have much, but I have more determination then any man you're ever likely to meet.” (Big Fish)
One with Nature “Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim thy growth, to be resolved to earth again.” (William Cullen Bryant, “Thanatopsis”)
Love “Love is a two-way street constantly under construction.” (Carroll Bryant)
Emotional “Some people call me sick and twisted. I feel that I'm neither; I am instead a Romantic.” (Kenzie Western)
Hard Working “A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance)
Love • “When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.” (Jon Krakauer, Into The Wild)
Retrogressing “Science does not know its debt to imagination.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Common Sense “Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Greed “Wealth- which is power! How blind I was! Now, at last, life will be worth the living. I will spend, squander, dazzle.” (Mark Twain, “The Five Boons Of Life”)
Sorrow “Tim, it’s a war. The guy wasn’t Heidi – he had a weapon, right? It’s a tough thing, for sure, but you got to cut out that staring.” (Tim O’brian, “The Man I Killed”)
Preparation “Maybe we should always assume the worst.” (Chuck Palahniuk)
Trust “Who’s crazy: people who trust other people, or people who don’t?” (Lenore Skenazy)
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