"It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get."
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"Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius."
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"True life lies in laughter, love and work."
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"Everything comes too late for those who only wait."
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"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose."
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"Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts."
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"Victory; a matter of staying power."
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"As we grow better, we meet better people."
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"I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid."
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"The reward of a good deed is in having done it."
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"Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved."
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"No matter how long you live, die young."
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"Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness."
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"Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used."
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"Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time."
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"The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment."
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"Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader."
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"Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life."
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"You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence."
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"The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one."
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