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"There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother."
"Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes."
"We Irish will never achieve anything; but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks"
"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
"All the inspiration I ever needed was a phone call from a producer."
"Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction."
"Strength lies in differences, not in similarities"
"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."
"When you're finished changing, you're finished."
"When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next."
"It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges."
"Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character."
"Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it."
"People need to wake up and realize that life doesn't wait for you. If you want something, get up and go after it."
"Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make"
"The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten."
"If I am more alive because love burns and chars me, as a fire, given wood or wind, feels new elation, it's that he who lays me low is my salvation, and invigorates the more, the more he scars me."
"Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life."
"Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life."
"Open your heart and listen to what it is telling you. Follow your dreams, because only a man who is unashamed of himself can manifest the glory of God."
