"The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not."

Huxley, Aldous on education
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"Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it."

D'Angelo, Anthony J. on complaints and complaining
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"The key to every man is his thought. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. "

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on uncategorised
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"If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on failure
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"The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief."

Barron, Frank on decisions
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"If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win"

Reuther, Walter on failure
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"I've learned that you don't have to win first place to win."

Zmeskal, Kim on winners and winning   

"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding."

Bible on wisdom
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"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere."

Reagan, Ronald on management
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"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love"

Mother Teresa on love
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"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."

Einstein, Albert on truth
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"Truth is like a torch; the more it is shook it shines."

Hamilton, Sir William on truth
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"There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us."

Marden, Orison Swett on praise   

"When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."

Lincoln, Abraham on common sense
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"Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes."

Seneca on anticipation   

"The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."

Proverb, Chinese on action
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"You can never be happily married to another until you get a divorce from yourself. A successful marriage demands a certain death to self."

Mccant, Jerry on marriage
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"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on action
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"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."

Hoffer, Eric on affectation
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"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes --ah, that is where the art resides."

Schnabel, Artur on music   

"Your life is what your thoughts make it."

Aurelius, Marcus on life
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"Everything done in the world is done by hope."

Luther, Martin on world
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"The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart."

Franklin, Benjamin on art
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"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."

Lombardi, Vince on commitment
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"It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it."

Byron, Lord on life
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"Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership."

Humes, James on speakers and speaking
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"Confess you were wrong yesterday; it will show you are wise today."

Proverb on confession
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"Make no judgments where you have no compassion."

Mccaffrey, Anne on judgment and judges
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"An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate."

De Chateaubriand on originality
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"An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching."

Proverb on example
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"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on courage
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"It's good to be clever, but not to show it."

Proverb, French on intelligence and intellectuals
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"Every crisis offers you extra desired power."

Marston, William Moulton on crisis   

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."

Borge, Victor on laughter
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"I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts."

Pilgrim, Peace on health
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"If you wish for peace be ready for war."

Proverb on peace
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"Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after."

Pope, Alexander on passion   

"Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime."

Saying, Jewish on sin   

"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell."

Crawford, Joan on love
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"There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is."

Bradley, Bill on pain
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