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“Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.”
— Robert Greene
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
— Winston Churchill
“Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.”
— Ansel Adams
“The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.”
— John Maynard Keynes
“A needle is not sharp at both ends. ”
— Chinese Proverb
“The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.”
— Deepak Chopra
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.”
— Charles Mingus
“Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.”
— Roy T. Bennett
“The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.”
— Dalai Lama
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
— Epictetus
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”
— Robin Williams
“Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious. ”
— Sigmund Freud
“A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.”
— Baltasar Gracian
“Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it. ”
— Wayne Gretzky
“Selflessness is humility. Humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free.”
— Jeff Wilson
“Turn your face to the sun, as flowers know how to do.”
— Ming-Dao Deng
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
— Toni Morrison
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
— Rachel Carson
“The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.”
— Euripides
“Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed.”
— Kenneth Branagh
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. — George Addair”
— George Addair
“Constantly think about how you could be doing things better.”
— Elon Musk
“To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.”
— Ayn Rand
“At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable.”
— Christopher Reeve

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