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“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”
“Success is a poor teacher.”
“In order to be walked over, you have to be lying down.”
“I wasn't brave, I just didn't have time to be scared.”
“Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.”
“When the fish is caught we pay no more attention to the trap.”
“Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'”
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and its a failure, you will fail above everyone elses success.”
“Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.”
“For it is in giving that we receive.”
“As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.”
“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”
“The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind.”
“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”
“Success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right.”
“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.”
“The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.”
“It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
“If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it.”
“As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!”
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
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