The document presents a compilation of 20 inspirational quotes focusing on the complexities of human relationships, personal growth, and societal issues. Each quote emphasizes themes such as compassion, love, personal responsibility, and the importance of community. The collection encourages readers to reflect on their interactions with others and the broader implications of their actions in the world.

1. 20 F a v o r it e Q u o te s
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2. “People are more difficult to work
with than machines. And when you
break a person, he can't be fixed.”
― Rick Riordan
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3. “When you stop
expecting people
to be perfect, you
can like them for
who they are.”
― Donald Miller
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4. “The world is a dangerous place to live,
not because of the people who are evil, but
because of the people who don't do
anything about it.”
― Gad Yaacobi
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5. “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the
people with whom fate brings you together,
but do so with all your heart.”
― Marcus Aurelius,
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6. “The most beautiful people I've known
are those who have known trials,
have known struggles, have known loss,
and have found their way out of the depths.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
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7. “Good people do not need laws to tell them
to act responsibly, while bad people
will find a way around the laws”
― Plato
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8. “If you surround
yourself with the
good and righteous,
they can only raise
you up. If you
surround yourself
with the others, they
will drag you down
into the doldrums of
mediocrity, and they
will keep you there,
but only as long as
you permit it.”
― Mark Glamack
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9. “We have to heal
our wounded world.
The chaos, despair,
and senseless
destruction we see
today are a result of
the alienation that
people feel from
each other and their
environment.”
― Michael Jackson
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10. “You should never hate anyone, even your worst
enemies. Everyone has something good about them.
You have to find the redeeming quality
and love the person for that.”
― Jeannette Walls
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11. “The reason
many people in
our society are
miserable, sick,
and highly
stressed is
because of an
unhealthy
attachment to
things they have
no control over.”
― Steve Maraboli
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12. “Love only
grows by
sharing. You
can only
have more
for yourself
by giving it
away to
others.”
― Brian
Tracy
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13. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is
the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Meade
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14. “People will
forget what you
said, people will
forget what you
do, but people
will never forget
how you made
them feel.”
― Jason Barger
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15. “People struggling with life in a fallen world often want
explanations when what they really need is imagination.”
― Paul David Tripp
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16. “The only means by which one could attain complete
happiness is to avoid living in constant expectation of
it. It's the expectation that causes our unhappiness and
consequent bitterness about life”
― Mohammed Naseehu Ali
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17. “It is not the brains
that matter most, but
that which guides
them — the
character, the heart,
generous qualities,
progressive ideas”
― Fyodor
Dostoyevsky
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18. “Bekind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about
other people and figure out what you might have in
common with them.”
― Viggo Mortensen
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19. “Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s
looking. There are too many people who think that
the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only
thing that’s wrong is to get caught.”
― J.C. Watts Jr.
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20. “It seems to me that you can almost define civilization by
saying it's people who are not willing to hurt other people
because the other people are different.”
― Gene Wolfe
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21. People don't care how much you know, until they know
how much you care...”
― Josephine Radew
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22. The End
May all people grow
in Wisdom and Compassion
Then there’ll be Peace and Happiness
in each Nation.
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
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