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"Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks."
"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."
"If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he represents. Remember, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must growl, condemn, and eternally find fault - resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content - but as long as you are part of the institution, do not condemn it. If you do, the first high wind that comes along will blow you away, and probably you will never know why."
"The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one."
"Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away."
"Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway."
"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today."
"Positive anything is better than negative nothing."
"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing."
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."
"Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail."
"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words."
"Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves."
"Responsibility is the price of freedom."
"The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination."
"Life is just one damned thing after another."
"The love we give away is the only love we keep."
"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal."
"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success."