"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore."
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"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
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"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."
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"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."
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"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
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"With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose."
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"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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"The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention."
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"I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right."
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"Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success."
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"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
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"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
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"I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done."
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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
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"And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something."
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"Being willing is not enough. We must do."
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"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
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"You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own."
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"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."
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