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I don't believe in pessimism.
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Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how'
always follows.
We must not make the 'how' an excuse
for not facing and accepting the 'what.'
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Emotion has taught humankind
to reason.
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No one really listens
to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.
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No one can help you in
holding a good job except Old Man You.
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To attain happiness in
another world we need only to believe something;
to secure it in this
world, we must do something.
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Doubt indulged soon becomes
doubt realized.
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One never knows what
each day is going to bring.
The important thing is
to be open and ready for it.
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Change is inevitable
- except from a vending machine.
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All great discoveries
are made by men/women whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.
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The head never rules
the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.
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Real difficulties can
be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
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I don't know the key
to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
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If you don't control
your mind, someone else will.
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What do you want most
to do?
That's what I have to
keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.
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People who drink to drown
their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.
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A mistake is evidence
that someone tried to do something.
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Any man's life will be
filled with constant and unexpected encouragement
if he makes up his mind
to do his level best each day.
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Life is a battle in which
we fall from wounds we receive in running away.
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Ideas won't keep; something
must be done about them.
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Progress is impossible
without change,
and those who cannot
change their minds cannot change anything.
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You live longer once
you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.
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Life is like a dogsled
team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
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Don't marry the person
you think you can live with;
marry only the individual
you think you can't live without.
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Anything I've ever done
that ultimately was worthwhile...initially scared me to death.
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If it wasn't for the
rocks in the bed, the stream wouldn't make such a beautiful noise.
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What you are afraid to
do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.
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Hope is the feeling you
have that the feeling you have isn't permanent.
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Rudeness is the weak
man's limitation of strength.
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Choosing a goal and sticking
to it changes everything.
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Readjusting is a painful
process, but most of us need it at one time or another.
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We most always change,
renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
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No knowledge is more
crucial than knowledge about health education.
Without it, no other
life goal can be successfully achieved.
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Happiness is not having
what you want, but wanting what you have.
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Luck is what happens when preparation
meets opportunity.
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The best thing about
the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
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Pick battles big enough
to matter, small enough to win.
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First things first, second
things never.
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Your future depends on
many things, but mostly on you.
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What we think, we become.
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You're never too old to become younger.
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It is slavery to live
in the mind unless it has become part of the body.
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Be nice to people on
the way up.
They're the same people
you'll pass on the way down.
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The impossible is often
the untried.
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Life is either a daring
adventure or nothing.
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We learn the rope of
life by untying its knots.
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Nothing great in the
world has been accomplished without passion.
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There is no substitute
for hard work.
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It is the Supreme art
of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
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Good friends are good
for your health.
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The real menace in dealing
with a five-year-old or six or seven
is that in no time at
all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.
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People who fight fire
with fire usually end up with ashes.
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Putting off an easy thing
makes it hard. Putting off a hard think makes it impossible.
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