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Letter "L" » light
«I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(
President)
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Keywords:
bound,
bounded,
bounding,
goes,
light,
part,
part with,
stand,
stands,
succeed,
The Light,
To Live,
while,
win,
wrong
«If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.»
«Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.»
Author: Napoleon Hill
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About:
Perseverance
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Keywords:
An electric,
a few,
before,
discouraged,
discourages,
discouraging,
Edison,
electric,
electric light,
fail,
failed,
few,
light,
made,
times
«I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.»
Author: Og Mandino
(
Essayist,
Psychologist)
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Keywords:
all star,
darkness,
endure,
light,
shows,
starred,
starring,
stars,
the darkness,
The Light,
The Way,
yet
«For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.»
«If the eye does not want to see, neither light nor glasses will help»
«Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(
Architect,
Engineer,
Painter,
Sculptor)
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About:
Truth
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Keywords:
bears,
bear on,
bear up,
beyond any doubt,
beyond doubt,
darkness,
doubt,
falsehood,
light,
relation,
relation to
«Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.»
Author: Buddha
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About:
Virtue,
Wisdom
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Keywords:
appears,
deeds,
earth,
guidance,
just as,
light,
maze,
mazes,
needs,
peaceful,
pure,
safely,
the Earth,
The Light,
The Maze,
treasures,
uncovered,
uncovering,
uncovers,
virtue,
walk,
walk of life
«If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.»
Author: C.S. Lewis
(
Novelist,
Scholar)
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About:
Universe
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Keywords:
After Dark,
As If,
come to light,
creatures,
dark,
dark a,
eyes,
found,
founds,
just,
just as,
know,
light,
light up,
meaning,
Our universe,
out,
should,
therefore,
The Creatures,
the universe,
the whole way,
universe,
universes,
Very light,
Was,
were,
whole,
wholes,
would-be,
would
«Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.»