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“Walk towards the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.”
“Whatever good things we build end up building us.”
“The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.”
“No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.”
“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.”
“The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.”
“It is in the darkness that one finds the light.”
“You are the average of the five people you spend most time with.”
“You just can't beat the person who never gives up. ”
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
“Have patience—wait, but do not sit idle; work while you are waiting; smile while you are wearied with monotony; be firm while everything around you is being shaken; be joyous while the ugly face of despair grins at you; speak aloud while the malevolent forces of the nether world try to crush your mind; be valiant and courageous while men all around you are cringing with fear and cowardice.”
“Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.”
“We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.”
“It's not how much you make, it's how much you keep.”
“You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.”
“Instead of thinking about what you are going to do when you retire, think about how you can do that now and make a living from it.”
“Very often design is the most immediate way of defining what products become in people's minds.”
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
“With self-discipline most anything is possible.”
“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.”
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