"When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt."
"It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."
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Source: Attributed to Mirabeau by Albert Sorel, based on words found in the introduction to Mirabeau's 'De la monarchie prussienne sous Frèdèric le Grand' (1788)
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