Tolu Omodara

Energetic, empathetic & candid: I'm a product of Grace, a beneficiary of Mercy & I intend to live all my days in such a way that when I die, I'll be missed.

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"The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones."
-John Maynard Keynes, Economist (5 Jun 1883-1946)

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“Carry out a random act of kindness with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
-Diana, Princess of Wales

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"Those that are most slow in making a promise, are the most faithful in the performance of it."
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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"Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that."
-Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, preacher, journalist, and activist (12 May 1802-1861)

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"One must not be mean with the affections; what is spent of the fund is renewed in the spending itself." -Sigmund Freud, neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (6 May 1856-1939)

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"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
-Annie Dillard, author (b. 30 Apr 1945)

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"The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions."
-Robert Lynd, writer (20 Apr 1879-1949)

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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
-Arthur Schopenhauer

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"The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic - in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea - known to medical science is work." -Thomas Szasz, author, professor of psychiatry (15 Apr 1920-2012)

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“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use."
-Ruth Gordon

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"You see, war is not the answer / For only love can conquer hate. / You know we've got to find a way / To bring some lovin' here today."
-Marvin Gaye, singer and songwriter (2 Apr 1939-1984)

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain

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"The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
-Vincent van Gogh, painter (30 Mar 1853-1890)

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"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
-Helen Keller

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"Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it."
-Gloria Steinem, activist, author, and editor (b. 25 Mar 1934)

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“I don’t think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”
-John D. Rockefeller

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"Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism."
-Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court (19 Mar 1891-1974)

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"Only the brave know how to forgive."
-Laurence Sterne

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"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
-Dr. Seuss, author and illustrator (2 Mar 1904-1991)