"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."

Confucius on action
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"Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change."

Confucius on change
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"To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness."

Confucius on virtue
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"The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen."

Iacocca, Lee on action
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"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."

Aristotle on self-control
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"The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust."

Billings, Josh on self-control
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"When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something."

Browning, Robert on self-control
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"Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words"

Caddy, Eileen on self-control
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"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."

Confucius on self-control
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"We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win."

Gibbon, Edward on self-control
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"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

Lao-Tzu on self-control
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"Truth lies within ourselves: it takes no rise from outward things, whatever you may believe. There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness and to Know rather consists in opening out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape than in effecting entry for light supposed to be without."

Browning, Robert on truth
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"Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on."

Churchill, Winston on humankind
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"In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on absurdity
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"Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it."

Dickinson, Emily on truth
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"If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people -- including me -- would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism."

Thompson, Hunter S. on journalism and journalists
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"Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well."

Butler, Samuel on lies and lying
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"Truth never damages a cause that is just."

Gandhi, Mahatma on causes
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"Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours."

Brown, Les on dream
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"The more you can dream, the more you can do."

Korda, Michael on dream
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"When you dream alone, with your eyes shut, asleep, that dream is an illusion. But when we dream together, sharing the same dream, awake and with our eyes wide open, then that dream becomes reality!"

Unknown, Source on dream
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"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."

Owens, Jesse on determination
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"All books are either dreams or swords."

Lowell, Amy on books - reading
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"Dream the impossible dream, Fight the unbeatable foe, Strive with your last ounce of courage, to reach the unreachable star."

Darion, Joe on dream
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"Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him."

Allen, James on thoughts and thinking
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"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

Allen, James on thoughts and thinking
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"We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them."

Buddha on thoughts and thinking
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"Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man."

Alcott, Amos Bronson on thoughts and thinking
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"You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are."

Arrington, Eva on thoughts and thinking
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"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."

Waitley, Denis on smile
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"Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others."

Ward, William A. on life
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"Smile; it the second best thing one can do with one's lips."

Unknown, Source on smile
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"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness."

Ward, William A. on smile
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"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

Buscaglia, Leo on motivation
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"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."

Andrews, Julie on discipline
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"The discipline of desire is the background of character."

Locke, John on desire
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"Success... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

Hilton, Conrad on perseverance
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"Difficulties are things that show a person what they are."

Epictetus on difficulties
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"You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life."

Bilkey, James G. on difficulties
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"The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back."

Buren, Abigail Van on character
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