"One who limits himself to his chosen mode of ignorance."

Hubbard, Elbert on experts   

"There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose."

Hubbard, Elbert on failure
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"Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it."

Hubbard, Elbert on freedom
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"If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends."

Hubbard, Elbert on friends and friendship   

"Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards."

Hubbard, Elbert on giving
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"Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory."

Hubbard, Elbert on gossip
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"Habit is a form of exercise"

Hubbard, Elbert on habit
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"Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence."

Richter, Jean Paul on character   

"Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much."

Bacon, Francis on questions
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"Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential."

Robbins, Anthony on questions   

"He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter."

Fielding, Henry on adversity
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"Failure is success if we learn from it."

Forbes, Malcolm S. on adversity
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"When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better."

Forbes, Malcolm S. on adversity
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"Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The great chain of necessity wherewith we are bound has divine significance; and nothing happens which has not some service in working out the sublime destiny of the human soul."

Ford, Elias A. on adversity
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"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."

Ford, Henry on adversity
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"He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson on adversity
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"Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues."

France, Anatole on adversity
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"What is to give light must endure the burning."

Frankl, Viktor E. on adversity
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"There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work."

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon on laziness
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"Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the more he is able to accomplish."

Buxton, Thomas on laziness   

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."

Caplan, Mortimer on laziness
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"A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think."

Loos, Anita on mind
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"Fate keeps on happening."

Loos, Anita on fate
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"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."

Decouvertes on questions
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"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

Mahfouz, Naguib on questions
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"Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you."

Hubbard, Elbert on habit
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