A life of reaction is a life ...

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
 Rita Mae Brown

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
 Rita Mae Brown
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
 Rita Mae Brown
When Mother died I was both freed and abandoned, as are we all at this profound juncture in our lives.
 Rita Mae Brown
Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former.
 Rita Mae Brown
Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.
 Rita Mae Brown