What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free tochangethis destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.Anas Nin,The Diary of Anas Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934Anas Nin

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in Neuilly, FranceFebruary 21, 1903

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January 14, 1977

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edit dataWhat we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free tochangethis destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to cg, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.Anas Nin,The Diary of Anas Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.Steve Maraboli,Life, the Truth, and Being FreeDare to Be

When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.

When there isdarkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.

When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.

When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.

When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.

When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.

When youre feeling tired, dare to keep going.

When times are tough, dare to be tougher.

Whenlove hurtsyou, dare to love again.

When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.

When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.

When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.

When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.

When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.

When the day has ended, dare to feel as youve done your best.

Dare to be the best you can

At all times, Dare to be!Steve Maraboli,Life, the Truth, and Being FreeIf people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you've made, if they don't realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go.Steve Maraboli,Life, the Truth, and Being FreeLife doesnt get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.Steve Maraboli,Life, the Truth, and Being FreeLet today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.Steve Maraboli,Life, the Truth, and Being FreeA kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.Steve Maraboli,Life, the Truth, and Being FreeThe right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.Steve Maraboli,Life, the Truth, and Being FreeEnter, stranger, but take heedOf what awaits the sin of greed,For those who take, but do not earn,Must pay most dearly in their turn.So if you seek beneath our floorsA treasure that was never yours,Thief, you have been warned, bewareOf finding more than treasure there.J.K. Rowling,Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneThere's a sucker born every minute

From Wikipedia, thefree encyclopedia"There's a sucker born every minute" is aphrasemost likely spoken by David Hannum, in criticism of bothP. T. Barnum, an Americanshowmanof the mid 1800s, and his customers. The phrase is often credited to Barnum himself. It means "Many people are gullible, and we can expect this to continue."

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[hide] 1Attribution to Barnum 2History 3See also 4References 5External linksAttribution to Barnum[edit]When Barnum's biographer, Arthur H. Saxon, tried to track downwhenBarnum had uttered this phrase, he was unable to verify it. According to Saxon, "There's no contemporary account of it, or even any suggestion that the word 'sucker' was used in the derogatory sense in his day. Barnum was just not the type to disparage his patrons."[1]

Photo ofP T BarnumbyCharles EisenmannSome sources claim the quote is most likely from famous con-man Joseph ("Paper Collar Joe") Bessimer,[2]and other sources say it was actually uttered by David Hannum, spoken in reference to Barnum's part in theCardiff Gianthoax. Hannum, who was exhibiting the "original" giant and had unsuccessfully sued Barnum for exhibiting a copy and claiming it was the original, was referring to the crowds continuing to pay to see Barnum's exhibit even after both it and the original had been proven to be fakes.

Another source credits late 1860sChicago"bounty broker, saloon and gambling-house keeper, eminent politician, and dispenser of cheating privileges..." Michael Cassius McDonald as the originator of theaphorism. According to the bookGem of the Prairie: Chicago Underworld(1940) byHerbert Asbury, when McDonald was equipping his gambling house known asThe Store(atClarkand Monroe Streets in Chicago) his partner Harry Lawrence expressed concern over the large number ofroulettewheels andfarotables being installed and their ability to get enough players toplay the games. McDonald then allegedly said, "Don't worry about that, there's a sucker born every minute."[pageneeded]The phrase is the title of the opening song in the Broadway musicalBarnum, about P.T. Barnum's life.

History[edit]The earliest appearance of the phrase in print is in the 1885 biography ofconfidence manHungry Joe,The Life of Hungry Joe, King of the Bunco Men.[3]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_a_sucker_born_every_minute" \l "cite_note-4" [4]Another early appearance is inOpie Read's 1898 novelA Yankee from the West.[5]In a slightly different form, the phrase shows up in the January, 1806,European Magazine: "It was the observation of one of the tribe of Levi, to whom some person had expressed his astonishment at his being able to sell his damaged and worthless commodities, 'That there vash von fool born every minute.'"[6]According to David W. Maurer, writing inThe Big Con(1940),[7]there was a similar saying amongst con men: "There's a mark born every minute, and one to trim 'em and one to knock 'em". Here 'trim' means to rip off, and 'knock' means to persuade away from a scam. The meaning is that there is no shortage of new victims, nor of con men, nor of honest men.

In the 1930John Dos PassosnovelThe 42nd Parallel, the quotation is attributed toMark Twain.