"Greatness doesn’t come from what you do, but from who you are."
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"We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society."
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"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines ... Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business."
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"Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax."
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"Within you is the divine capacity to manifest and attract all you desire."
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"There's a way to do it better - find it."
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"For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph."
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"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."
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"And whenever you encounter a problem, no matter how insurmountable it might seem, there is one simple response that should be ingrained in your behavior: Never give up."
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"Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet."
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"Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~"
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"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain."
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"Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement."
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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
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"Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance."
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"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life."
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"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place."
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"An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty."
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"Where love is, what can be wanting? Where it is not, what can possibly be profitable?"
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"Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a stone; the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing."
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