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“Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.”
“If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace.”
“To do great work one must be very idle as well as very industrious.”
“Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you've got to give it.”
“I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.”
“Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.”
“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
“Our joy does not have to be based on our circumstances.”
“It is in changing that we find purpose.”
“What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.”
“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ”
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
“There is only the one reality, neither to be realized nor attained.”
“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.”
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
“The strongest and sweetest songs yet remain to be sung.”
“When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.”
“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”
“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion.”
“Better late than never.”
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