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“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
“Balance is not something you find, it's something you create.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”
“To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”
“The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.”
“The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.”
“Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times.”
“We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.”
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.”
“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”
“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.”
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”
“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.”
“People really don’t like to hear success explained away as luck — especially successful people.”
“Everyday you can take a tiny step in the right direction.”
“Never give way to laziness.”
“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”
“Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.”
“We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.”
“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.”
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. ”
“Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.”
“In the middle of chaos lies opportunity. ”
“Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.”
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