"Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them."
"Let every man or woman here remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia."
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Source: Russell Conwell (2007). “Acres of Diamonds (Business Success Edition)”, p.50, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
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